Dex Help?

12-21-2003, 12:25 AM

I'm quite confused. I'm using GMax, have amde my model, and now I want it in Warcraft. Easy enough, right? I wish. So, I got Dex, opened GMax, and did this:

Clicked on the Hammer Icon On the Right of the Screen
Clicked on "MAXScript"
Clicked on "RunScript"
Chose Dex
In the Window that Opens, I clicked "Export to File" but I got something that told me gmax users couldn't use "Export to File" and to use "Write to Memory" or "Print to Listener" instead.
So, I clicked "Write to Memory" but it told me that the feature was not yet implemented.
So, I clicked "Print to Listener" and then clicked "Open Listener"
A window opened with some dribble on it, but the last words were "Export Successful!"

Ummm... great... but what the hell does this mean? Where do I go from here? Did I not do something right?

12-21-2003, 02:15 AM	#2
SwordMaster36	btw, can u maybe put dex up on ur next post, i cant find it anywhere! once u do, ill try it out and tell u

12-21-2003, 11:12 AM	#3
Xaga	Dex script with read me. Hope it helps.

12-21-2003, 02:29 PM	#4
SwordMaster36	i got a different exporter for gmax, and it worked for me. i exported it to a txt document, now i just hav to get it to mdl format... here's wat i exported it to:

12-21-2003, 02:58 PM	#5
Xaga	And how will u turn that into .mdl?

12-21-2003, 04:21 PM	#6
TopGun	Xaga, could you give me step-by-step instructions on what to do?

12-21-2003, 05:09 PM	#7
Xaga	I'll try. I used Dex with 3ds max on an edited dune worm model. Run Dex like u did before. Click on Print to listener. Open listener (F11) in the listener window File->Save as... File type: All(.) File name: anything u want but must end with .mdl

12-21-2003, 05:22 PM	#8
TopGun	I opened the listener and went to file, but then there was no save as button. Am I supposed to click "file>save as" in GMax itself or in the listener window?

12-21-2003, 05:39 PM	#9
Xaga	in the listener window

12-21-2003, 05:51 PM	#10
TopGun	Damn it, I don't have that in my listener window. All I have is this: File> Close -------- New Script... Open Script... Run Script... You said you were on 3Ds max? Is it even possible to import/export with GMax? I think it is...

12-21-2003, 05:54 PM	#11
Xaga	That wont be a problem. I hope that dex clears the listener window in gmax so select all text copy it into notepad and save it. Dex can export in gmax.

12-21-2003, 06:37 PM	#12
TopGun	Ok, I copied and pasted it to notepad and got it in .mdl format, but Warcraft uses MDX. How do I make the MDL into an MDX?

12-21-2003, 07:24 PM	#13
Xaga	There is a file converter in the dl, witch can convert .mdl to .mdx. use that.

12-21-2003, 07:46 PM	#14
TopGun	The only two things in the download are: 'DeX 0.185m.mcr 'DeX-Readme.txt ????? Well, I Downloaded Yobguls, and when I tried to convert the .mdl to an .mdx I got an error. AGH!

12-21-2003, 08:02 PM	#15
SwordMaster36	ok, ill try to save iut as an mdl thnx!