need help with chimp1.5...PLEASE

[The_Hushed_Casket]

ok, I'm a total n00b and I am trying to export my model from g-max into a .jms and in all the tutorials and the chimp readme it says "run chimp blah blah blah, and then press the export halo map button" where is the damn export halo button?! i've been trying everything for hours and nothing works. this is probably an incredibly stupid question so you can flame me all you want, but could someone give a straight answer?

[The_Hushed_Casket]

ya, I think that its not just that^ I need help with, I cant get gmax to run chimp, is their some special place I should be saving it to, 'cause I have it in c:\gmax\scripts

[McFarlane]

I would help but I don't use gmax.

[Tack122]

im guessing you put it in plugins... i could be wrong... but common sense says you put a plugin in the plugin folder...

[gamer3]

read the readme...it tells u there, yes i had problems too b4 i read the readme and if this does not help then i cants help u out

[Excal]

Ahh, again. I've seen this topic too many times. Here:

1. Go to the MAXScript menu option and select Run Script. Select chimp.ms in the Chimp folder (IT IS NOT A PLUGIN, DO NOT PUT IN PLUGINS FOLDER).

2. Check the "Listener Window" check box.

3. Press Export Halo Structure.

4. Go to chimp folder and run the "GrabListener" Program.

5. Save it to your models folder in your data directory.

6. Open the saved file with your text editor of choice (prefferably Notepad).

7.

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----------------------------------------
[color=blue]Chimp: Start...
----------------------------------------
 Parsing Materials
  Material 1: Mtl #7
  Material 2: Mtl #8
 Parsing Geometry
  Processing Object 'collision geometry' (F:216 V:110)
  Verts: 648
  Faces: 216
***** Begin Jms *****[/color]
8200
3251
1
frame
-1
-1
0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	1.000000
54.9021	-80.4885	0.0
2
Mtl #7
<none>
Mtl #8
<none>
0
1
unnamed
648
0
0.0	0.0	0.0
0.0	0.0	-1.0

0
0
0.0	2.60472	-14.7721	40.0
-0.248342	-0.968672	0.0
-1
0
0.0
0.0
0
0
-2.60472	-14.7721	32.0
-0.185862	-0.982576	0.0
-1
0
0.0

0.0
0
0
2.60473	-14.7721	32.0
0.161408	-0.986888	0.0
-1
0
0.0
0.0
0
0
2.60473	-14.7721	40.0
0.0979398	-0.995192	0.0
-1
0
0.0
0.0
0
0
2.60473	-14.7721	32.0
0.161408	-0.986888	0.0
-1
0
0.0
0.0
0

ETC.........


[color=blue]***** End Jms *****
----------------------------------------
Chimp: End
----------------------------------------[/color]

8. Delete all the text within the color blue tags at the begining and end of the file. The color blue tags will not be in your file. They are just here to show you what you have to delete.

9. Save as modelname.jms (modelname standing for your models name... duh!)

10. Compile and there shouldnt be any errors unless it has to do with open edges etc. if its collision geometry or a level.

*wrists hurt[/u][/code]

[theguy2042000]

yes there is an error when you try to run it in sapien you dont see the sky and after the radiosity you dont see anything i think that chimp is a worthless piece of f*u*king crap it doesnt write in the materials which totally kills you at the end if you notice the materials on the code
MTL#6
<none>
instead of
+sky
c:\\program files\haloce bla bla bla
like its supposed to be ,they need to work on that