DAE Model Importing for Dummies

[Exorcist]

Check your import settings, check your export settings, and most importantly, Reset before importing Brawl .daes. Also make sure all polygons are rigged and that every bone is in the skin modifier for each polygon.

BJ, I think you should add to the OP in big, big red letters that if you import Brawl .daes intending to keep their rigging or when reimporting .daes for editing, you HAVE to Reset.

[Large Leader]

Quick question before I start rigging a model...

If the model is already rigged to a skeleton, will importing it to 3DS lose that memory (in other words, will I have to rerig everything?)

[Chaos_Knight]

Quick question before I start rigging a model... If the model is already rigged to a skeleton, will importing it to 3DS lose that memory (in other words, will I have to rerig everything?)

Well you would have to use the bones from Brawl in order to get that model into the game.

[Large Leader]

Its already in Brawl. I just want to attach a polygon to a different bone.

[Shinobu Nyan!]

Its already in Brawl. I just want to attach a polygon to a different bone.

There's a tutorial on how to do that somewhere on the forums.

[SomeKindOfMetroid]

For the filesize reducing step, how do you know which objects have which textures? I know the names of the textures being used, but I can't find them anywhere in 3DS Max.

Another question: On the model I'm importing, the highest-index object is a sort of blocky outline that covers the entire model. If I leave it in when exporting, the model gives a "given key was not present in the directory" error when imported into BrawlBox. If I delete it the model imports fine. What is it and should I be worried about it?

EDIT: Whoa, is that the shadow? If so, that's really convenient. I can just make a model out of it and rig it to FitSzerosuitShd...

Also, the screenshot of export settings shows Inches for units, but that screws the model up (makes the objects lie on the floor as the wrong size, while the skeleton is unaffected). It should be centimeters.

[Shinobu Nyan!]

For the filesize reducing step, how do you know which objects have which textures? I know the names of the textures being used, but I can't find them anywhere in 3DS Max.

Another question: On the model I'm importing, the highest-index object is a sort of blocky outline that covers the entire model. If I leave it in when exporting, the model gives a "given key was not present in the directory" error when imported into BrawlBox. If I delete it the model imports fine. What is it and should I be worried about it?

EDIT: Whoa, is that the shadow? If so, that's really convenient. I can just make a model out of it and rig it to FitSzerosuitShd...

Also, the screenshot of export settings shows Inches for units, but that screws the model up (makes the objects lie on the floor as the wrong size, while the skeleton is unaffected). It should be centimeters.

The name of the texture should be in the objects name.
Ex. Object name = head
Texture name = head+ some numbers
It's usually something like that.

[BlackJax96]

For the filesize reducing step, how do you know which objects have which textures? I know the names of the textures being used, but I can't find them anywhere in 3DS Max.

Another question: On the model I'm importing, the highest-index object is a sort of blocky outline that covers the entire model. If I leave it in when exporting, the model gives a "given key was not present in the directory" error when imported into BrawlBox. If I delete it the model imports fine. What is it and should I be worried about it?

EDIT: Whoa, is that the shadow? If so, that's really convenient. I can just make a model out of it and rig it to FitSzerosuitShd...

Also, the screenshot of export settings shows Inches for units, but that screws the model up (makes the objects lie on the floor as the wrong size, while the skeleton is unaffected). It should be centimeters.

If you checked "Bitmap" in the Material ID Detacher script, the objects will be named the texture with an index.

And the export settings are correct.

The import settings are centimeters. The export settings are inches.
If you happen to import as inches, then export with centimeters.

You always need to keep the Scale Factor at 1.0 on import and export.

[pieme619]

All you have to do is click Add bones, select the bones to add, and then click ok. As long as you've imported the bone tree, I don't see how you could have problems adding bones.

[BlackJax96]

All you have to do is click Add bones, select the bones to add, and then click ok. As long as you've imported the bone tree, I don't see how you could have problems adding bones.

*facepalm* I meant your question, not my answer.

[BlueBrain]

will the tutorial actually go on, or will this keep being a A/A thread?

[BlackJax96]

will the tutorial actually go on, or will this keep being a A/A thread?

I dunno lol
I really dunno.

[BlueBrain]

...
lol
not funny actually :srs:

[Tabuu Forte Akugun]

For some reason, when I get to deleting the polygons in 3DS max, they just won't delete. D:

[KingMiniMoni]

Hey guys,

I've been following your guide, but I just can't get the .DAE to import correctly. I've tried different plugins, even the ones you linked to. I'm using 3DS Max 2010. Whenever I import my Ganondorf looks like this:

http://imgur.com/a/IFx4L

I've tried both Ganondorf and Wolf (Wolf looks even WORSE! :P) I tried the .DAE creating progress with both Brawlbox 0.65 and 0.67. I really don't know what I am doing wrong. I downloaded a .DAE model from a different game and it imports just fine.

It would be great if I could get some help so I could get started! :(