Exporting md5mesh/md5anim

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   Hi, what's the easiest way to export md5mesh/anim files from C4D? 

As far as I know, there is no md5 plugin for C4D, but there are several for 3DS MAX. Unfortunately the bones seem to get lost when exporting to .3ds. Is there a way to transfer a model completely with all bones to 3DS?

In case that this should not work, which of the exported file formats contain bone information?

Thanks!

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4players Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 2006 Jul 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote 4players Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Exporting md5mesh/md5anim Posted: 2006 Jul 04 at 3:31am
	Hi, what's the easiest way to export md5mesh/anim files from C4D? As far as I know, there is no md5 plugin for C4D, but there are several for 3DS MAX. Unfortunately the bones seem to get lost when exporting to .3ds. Is there a way to transfer a model completely with all bones to 3DS? In case that this should not work, which of the exported file formats contain bone information? Thanks!

kuroyume0161 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 2002 Oct 29 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 2639	Post Options Post Reply Quote kuroyume0161 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 2006 Jul 05 at 2:21pm
	What application uses this format?
	Robert Kuroyume's DevelopmentZone

4players Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 2006 Jul 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote 4players Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 2006 Jul 10 at 3:23pm
	MD5 is used by Doom III and Quake IV. We used that format for our engine, because that was the fastest way to get started. In the mean time I found out that the FBX format can be used to exchange models with bones with 3DS MAX. Unfortunately no bone animation seems to be exported with FBX 6 (can easily be seen by reimporting the FBX file into C4D). Am I doing something wrong? "Export Animations" is activated in the options.

kuroyume0161 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 2002 Oct 29 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 2639	Post Options Post Reply Quote kuroyume0161 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 2006 Jul 11 at 6:44am
	Ah. For C4D FBX, you'll need to use FBX 5. There is a converter available for this from Alias (which is probably at AutoDesk nowadays). More information about this might be available at Maxon's main site.
	Robert Kuroyume's DevelopmentZone

4players Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 2006 Jul 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote 4players Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 2006 Jul 12 at 3:28am
	FBX 5 didn't help unfortunately. But we've tried it with another model and now it works. Don't know what the problem was, but everything works fine now with the other file. I had my doubts if this multiple step conversion (C4D -> .fbx -> 3DS MAX -> MD5Plugin -> .md5) would actually work, but it does! Thanks for your help!