Xenoblade Chronicles X/2 3ds max plugin

[PredatorCZ]

The plugin will let you to import models and animations.
In addition, it can export textures to .dds or .png format, while loading model.
Now I know, that there is already one made by me like year or so old, however it runs on maxscript and was real messy mess for both me, and user.
This plugin is much faster and safer than maxscript one.
I'm aware of making a possible duplicate, however since this plugin should be released a year ago, shit happened, and since has been abandoned.
Due the fact, that plugin is relatively new and have nothing to do with older maxscript one, it's logically better for me to make another thread, to not generate necessary chaos inside single thread.



Master page for 3ds max plugin.
Master page for toolset.


I will also require from you any and every feedback you can think of.
For plugin, you can create issues in repo.
For everything else here, or on blog.
Thank you.

[lionheartuk]

This is awesome dude, great work.
I was wondering if there are plans to support environment meshes such as props and the maps at all.

[PredatorCZ]

This is awesome dude, great work.
I was wondering if there are plans to support environment meshes such as props and the maps at all.

Props are using oj prefix. (oj.cpk?)
Map support is coming up, but only for XenobladeX.

[PredatorCZ]

XenoToolset V1 has been released.

Added casmExtract (Xenoblade X map converter/extractor)
Added mdoTextureExtract (Extracts textures from camdo/wimdo/wismt(DRSM) files)
Added xenoTextureConvert (Converts MTXT/LBIM into DDS/PNG formats)

XenoMax V1.1 has been released.

Added support for loading instanced meshes and external textures.
Small fixes.

[andree]

I tried to import the .wimdo models in 3ds max 2015, and it crashed (tried it multiple times, one of which gave me a actual error), can you fix the compatibility with 3ds max 2015 please?

[demonslayerx8]

Any chances of ya adding support for XC2 maps?

Also works perfectly for me on 3ds max 2016, altho seems like it doesn't grab vertex normals properly, and seems like some animations changes vertex weights on some meshes.

[PredatorCZ]

Any chances of ya adding support for XC2 maps?

Also works perfectly for me on 3ds max 2016, altho seems like it doesn't grab vertex normals properly, and seems like some animations changes vertex weights on some meshes.

Can you please tell a name of the file and a name of the animation that causes vertex weights glitch?
Can you also post a name of the file causing vertex normals glitch?

[demonslayerx8]

Any chances of ya adding support for XC2 maps?

Also works perfectly for me on 3ds max 2016, altho seems like it doesn't grab vertex normals properly, and seems like some animations changes vertex weights on some meshes.

Can you please tell a name of the file and a name of the animation that causes vertex weights glitch?
Can you also post a name of the file causing vertex normals glitch?

for animation glitches
np453201 (importing any NPC animations seems to cause the whole bone structure to get all messed up)


Vertex normal and weight glitches when importing certain animations
bl300901
animation: battle_eye (or something close like that)

[PredatorCZ]

Vertex normal and weight glitches when importing certain animations
bl300901
animation: battle_eye (or something close like that)

Some animations are used as additive animations, these are not supported (yet?).
I didn't knew, that they are even using those.
As for the vertex weight and vertex normal glitches you mentioned, they are caused by these animations.

[MACandCHEEZWIZ1]

Hi, and thanks for your hard work. I've recently been trying to get to the point where I can view Xenoblade 2 models, and I'm almost there.

I'm using Autodesk 3ds Max 2018, and I downloaded your releases for XenoMax, HavokMax, and XenoToolset. When I load models, their textures don't seem to come with them despite being part of the WIMDO file. Some textures partially loaded for Pyra once, but I don't know how to replicate that. How might I go about getting them to load properly?

Edit: I also wanted to ask about bl000302.mot. It doesn't seem to have any animation names associated with it and it crashed 3ds Max when I tried to load it for bl000302.wimdo. It seems to specifically be used for this event instance of a certain character
https://xenoblade.github.io/xb2/bdat/co ... .html#1074
But I can't figure out what its purpose might be.

[PredatorCZ]

I'm using Autodesk 3ds Max 2018, and I downloaded your releases for XenoMax, HavokMax, and XenoToolset. When I load models, their textures don't seem to come with them despite being part of the WIMDO file. Some textures partially loaded for Pyra once, but I don't know how to replicate that. How might I go about getting them to load properly?

All necessary calls are in XenoMax project.
If you're talking about applying textures to model, there is no specific way to replicate material flowchart.
Their materials are node based (similar/same to materials in Unreal Engine 4). I had spent a lot of time with reversing materials, but determining which nodes are used and how they're connected, will be piece of cake. Best way, would be to decompile shader program, however, there are not decompilers for wiiu shaders (but there is research like Decaf, CEMU also decompiles shaders, but it's closed source), I don't think there's any research for switch shaders at all (prolly yuzu have some). So basically it's a really long shot to add support for materials. Only thing it can do, is to load samplers for each material, then decide how to apply texture based on it's name.

Edit: I also wanted to ask about bl000302.mot. It doesn't seem to have any animation names associated with it and it crashed 3ds Max when I tried to load it for bl000302.wimdo. It seems to specifically be used for this event instance of a certain character.

I don't have wimdo of that model. Is that from an update? 00030x should be pneuma.

[andree]

.motstm_data archive files can be renamed into .anm files and can be used with this plugin, but it only loads one animation from the .motstm_data archive, can you add in support for remaining animations inside the .motstm_data files?

[PredatorCZ]

.motstm_data archive files can be renamed into .anm files and can be used with this plugin, but it only loads one animation from the .motstm_data archive, can you add in support for remaining animations inside the .motstm_data files?

motstm_data is a stream file, motstm is TOC, I should be able to make bms script for extracting files...
Also what's on the image?

[MACandCHEEZWIZ1]

Edit: I also wanted to ask about bl000302.mot. It doesn't seem to have any animation names associated with it and it crashed 3ds Max when I tried to load it for bl000302.wimdo. It seems to specifically be used for this event instance of a certain character.

I don't have wimdo of that model. Is that from an update? 00030x should be pneuma.
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The model should be the standard bl000301.mot (Pneuma). The datamine shows that there are two separate Pneumas, with the second one at index 1074 having the debug name 覚醒ホムラ（イベント用） Awakened Homura (for event). I figure this specific instance of her is used for specific cutscenes but I was hoping that the specific motion associated with the instance (bl000302.mot) would confirm exactly what she was used for. When I tried using a save editor to insert her into the game with that motion, she's frozen in place like a model without motions applied, but of course I'd have to find the correct scenario in which it's used. Since it crashes 3ds Max when I try to load it for her and doesn't even have any animation names associated with it, I don't know what to make of it myself.

[PredatorCZ]

The datamine shows that there are two separate Pneumas, with the second one at index 1074 having the debug name 覚醒ホムラ（イベント用） Awakened Homura (for event). I figure this specific instance of her is used for specific cutscenes but I was hoping that the specific motion associated with the instance (bl000302.mot) would confirm exactly what she was used for. When I tried using a save editor to insert her into the game with that motion, she's frozen in place like a model without motions applied, but of course I'd have to find the correct scenario in which it's used. Since it crashes 3ds Max when I try to load it for her and doesn't even have any animation names associated with it, I don't know what to make of it myself.

The event/cutscene animations are stored in motstm files, or in event/mot folder.
bl000302.mot doesn't contain any animation data, only state machine.