Models of Maelstrom: Battle for Earth Begins (3dx.dat)

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Models of Maelstrom: Battle for Earth Begins (3dx.dat)

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Hello there. There is a game that came out in 2007 by KDV Games called Maelstrom: Battle for Earth Begins. Archives with the models of this game can be opened with 7z, but models themselves use the format called 3dx.dat and I can't find an importer of this format for 3ds max. Could anyone help with it? If needed I can provide examples of models from this game.

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UMMWzZ ... NSd8p/view
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OP updated. Examples of the files are provided.
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SSJshao wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2019 6:13 pmand I can't find an importer of this format for 3ds max.
I can't help with 3ds max - here's what to get with hex2obj (view links in my sig):
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RESOURCE_MODELS_CUT_R_ANTONOVA.3DX.dat.png
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Tuts: a) Bigchillghost, viewtopic.php?f=29&t=17889
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shakotay2 wrote: Mon Jul 29, 2019 6:26 pm
SSJshao wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2019 6:13 pmand I can't find an importer of this format for 3ds max.
I can't help with 3ds max - here's what to get with hex2obj (view links in my sig):
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RESOURCE_MODELS_CUT_R_ANTONOVA.3DX.dat.png
hex2obj extracts only mesh or animations too? Is it possible to extract them?
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SSJshao wrote: Mon Jul 29, 2019 10:18 pmhex2obj extracts only mesh
correct (and uvs)
Tuts: a) Bigchillghost, viewtopic.php?f=29&t=17889
b) Extracting simple models: http://forum.xentax.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=10894
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shakotay2 wrote: Tue Jul 30, 2019 6:54 pm
SSJshao wrote: Mon Jul 29, 2019 10:18 pmhex2obj extracts only mesh
correct (and uvs)
There is no way to extract animations?
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Anyone?
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