AgreMeister Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 First Post!anyway, Ive been having trouble with the blender 2.5 to X-Plane scripts. I installed them per the instructions, they appear in the addons window of the user preferences, I've checked the activate box, and nothing new appears in the import or export menuswhat am I doing wrong? any help is appreciated.John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goran_M Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 First Post!anyway, Ive been having trouble with the blender 2.5 to X-Plane scripts. I installed them per the instructions, they appear in the addons window of the user preferences, I've checked the activate box, and nothing new appears in the import or export menuswhat am I doing wrong? any help is appreciated.JohnYou're probably better off asking Sam in his thread over at the org.http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?showtopic=47934I don't think any of the commercial developers here use Blender 2.5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dozer Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 The simplest mistake is that you need to enable specific Blender layers for rendering in 2.5. As far as I can find out, the only official documentation for the XP2Blender scripts are two videos on Vimeo by Sam256. http://vimeo.com/user5006039/videosedit @Goran: what do the 'big boys' use then? I was sure you use Blender - v2.4 is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goran_M Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 We use Blender 2.49 for exporting.(Although I've been told to use AC3D because it's a LOT easier for animations.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guym-p Posted July 2, 2011 Report Share Posted July 2, 2011 AC3D has several distinct advantages that I have not discovered, or matched, in Blender. Ben Supnik's X-Plane plugin is one of them, another is the ability to highlight several (or all) objects and view and edit the entire UV map. If anyone knows how to do this in Blender I'd love to know. On the other hand, Blender is a more polished, grown-up application with more features. For me, the most useful features are instances, local and view manipulation, superior unwrapping of complex shapes, and rendering.If only one piece of software had all the advantages! Meanwhile I use both. I use Blender 2.49 for passing stuff to and from AC3D, and Blender 2.5 for actual work, because of the nicer interface and better rendering.Guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmo W Posted July 3, 2011 Report Share Posted July 3, 2011 Ha, I could never fathom 2.4, but .5 is so much more understandable.Why do you export to to AC3D, for animation? Sheesh, blener animation, yet to understand that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goran_M Posted July 3, 2011 Report Share Posted July 3, 2011 Blender Animation, although I have gotten very used to it, is still not as good as AC3D animation because Blender doesn't go through the range of motion for the object. For example, the needles snap from 1 keyframe to the next. In AC3D, you can see the needle move smoothly between the keyframes. Of course, for a needle, it doesn't really matter, but for complex animations like Fowler flaps, landing gear, or anywhere else where there is a "parenting" of one animation to another, AC3D animation is much more convenient because it is possible to see the entire animations movement and make adjustments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guym-p Posted July 3, 2011 Report Share Posted July 3, 2011 Capsnully: Actually, I use AC3D for most of it, but only because I started the Comet that way. Since then, I have grown to like Blender, and I might well start the next one in Blender, but I'd still go back to AC3D for UV maps, animation and manipulators.Goran_M: I didn't know that about Blender animation. I could not get by without the smooth animation preview, so it's another reason for me to keep animation in AC3D.Guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All9Yards Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Has anyone developed a script to export in Blender 2.5x, obj's to X-Plane yet?? Now trying to figure out AC3D to map a photo to just one side of, say a building, aka cube. Can't seem to get there and becoming frustrated. The tuts for AC3D are very lacking compared to Blender tuts. But if if is not possible in Blender, then ok, work with AC3D. That's a challenge. Any help out there would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All9Yards Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Has anyone developed a script to export in Blender 2.5x, obj's to X-Plane yet?? Now trying to figure out AC3D to map a photo to just one side of, say a building, aka cube. Can't seem to get there and becoming frustrated. The tuts for AC3D are very lacking compared to Blender tuts. But if if is not possible in Blender, then ok, work with AC3D. That's a challenge. Any help out there would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dozer Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Yep it's possible! The scripts are maintained by a chap called Sam256 and you can get them from Github here:https://github.com/der-On/XPlane2Blender/From the Github page, use the 'Wiki' link to find the videos that explain how to use it. (Last time I checked, a few months ago, there wasn't much written documentation, but about twenty minutes of video that explained pretty much everything!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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