Some help with Sparkedit/exporting .obj files

ariel_jesus237 · Post by **ariel_jesus237** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:00 pm

Ok so I will explain what it is I'm attempting to do and where my problem lies. I am trying to mod GoldenEye (for the N64) by importing a Halo map into it. This is somewhat possible as maps from Perfect Dark & Banjo Kazooie have been succesfully modded into the game. Now my problem lies in the fact that I need an .obj & .mtl file from the map I am attempting to import (Hang Em High in this case). SparkEdit allows me to export a mesh of the map into .obj format but this obj format does not come with an .mtl to reference any textures so its basically just a bunch of lines and vertices. I was wondering how can i get an .obj with an .mtl from SparkEdit, and how could I export all the textures or bitmaps from the .map file. Thanks in advance.

bcnipod · Post by **bcnipod** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:04 pm

ariel_jesus237 wrote:Ok so I will explain what it is I'm attempting to do and where my problem lies. I am trying to mod GoldenEye (for the N64) by importing a Halo map into it. This is somewhat possible as maps from Perfect Dark & Banjo Kazooie have been succesfully modded into the game. Now my problem lies in the fact that I need an .obj & .mtl file from the map I am attempting to import (Hang Em High in this case). SparkEdit allows me to export a mesh of the map into .obj format but this obj format does not come with an .mtl to reference any textures so its basically just a bunch of lines and vertices. I was wondering how can i get an .obj with an .mtl from SparkEdit, and how could I export all the textures or bitmaps from the .map file. Thanks in advance.

use HMT for exporting as an .obj and I have never heard of a .mtl file ever.

wtfomfghaxor · Post by **wtfomfghaxor** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:07 pm

I dont think you can export the .obj of a BSP with HMT(you need to use sparkedit) and i don't know what an .mtl file is. But where did you learn about making maps for goldeneye?

EDIT: in hmt go under the [bitm] tag and use that to export DDS textures, then convert them to a different file type with DXTbmp

bcnipod · Post by **bcnipod** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:10 pm

wtfomfghaxor wrote:I dont think you can export the .obj of a BSP with HMT and i don't know what an .mtl file is. But where did you learn about making maps for goldeneye?

EDIT: in hmt go under the [bitm] tag and use that to export DDS textures, then convert them to a different file type with DXTbmp

you can export the BSP as an OBJ in eschaton i was talking about objects in the map.

ariel_jesus237 · Post by **ariel_jesus237** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:12 pm

i have hmt but how do i export the obj with it? and .mtl is a file that references the textures of the map. i dont know what it is either lol i just know i need it

and i learned about the maps from www.goldeneyevault.com

and i have managed to export textures as .dds but i need that .mtl file somehow

supposedly from one of my fellow modders, the .obj refers to the map's textures referenced again in the .mtl file which finally leads us to the bitmaps.

ariel_jesus237 · Post by **ariel_jesus237** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:13 pm

bcnipod wrote:
wtfomfghaxor wrote:I dont think you can export the .obj of a BSP with HMT and i don't know what an .mtl file is. But where did you learn about making maps for goldeneye?

EDIT: in hmt go under the [bitm] tag and use that to export DDS textures, then convert them to a different file type with DXTbmp
you can export the BSP as an OBJ in eschaton i was talking about objects in the map.

YES thats what i need, the bsp is like the map itself right? but when i export it as obj is it just a single obj file?

ariel_jesus237 · Post by **ariel_jesus237** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:18 pm

where can i find eschaton?

bcnipod · Post by **bcnipod** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:23 pm

Search for it. or look on the first page of the utilities section.

MoDFox · Post by **MoDFox** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:24 pm

http://forums.halomods.com/viewtopic.php?t=55226

ariel_jesus237 · Post by **ariel_jesus237** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:26 pm

got it i'll let y'all know how it goes

ariel_jesus237 · Post by **ariel_jesus237** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:28 pm

wait is that a mac only program?

wtfomfghaxor · Post by **wtfomfghaxor** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:31 pm

no. there is a windows version too

ariel_jesus237 · Post by **ariel_jesus237** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:03 pm

i downloaded the one from filefront but i see no .exe all i see is like a mac program

edit: nvm got it thanks

so how do i extract the bsp with eschaton?

MoDFox · Post by **MoDFox** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:07 pm

go to the scenario editor tab at the top

ariel_jesus237 · Post by **ariel_jesus237** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:18 pm

damn that didnt help i need a way to convert that .map into an .obj with .mtl lol well thanks anyways

MoDFox · Post by **MoDFox** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:22 pm

Why don't you search google or ask on the goldeneye forum about dds to mtl or jpg to mtl or something?

ariel_jesus237 · Post by **ariel_jesus237** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:24 pm

well i found this thing that converts stuff to obj and i saw mtl mentioned so hopefully it can convert map to obj/mtl

its called okino polytrans and it has a wavefront obj geometry export converter or something like that

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