Ambience / diffuse setting plugin request

agamemnus · 12 Jun 2010, 04:30

Edit: I am half sure I already posted something like this but it didn't go anywhere...

A few months ago, I tried exporting a building from Sketchup to the 3ds format. A serious problem I had is that ambiance (or was it diffuse?) settings could not be controlled. I had to export twice (see top and bottom-left of attachment):

Once with a "white" color for the textures.
Once with a "normal" color (unchanged-- the "reset color" setting)
Then, I had to overwrite textures for the "white" color textures.

The problem with just using "white" colors is that the texture becomes modified -- see bottom-right of attachment.
The problem with just using normal colors is that the model gets a texture setting that's not desirable.

I cannot control this setting.. hoping someone could help!

Another problem I have is that with the 3ds format, all the texture file names are reduced 8 in the prefix. This is a problem for both clarity and where 8 isn't enough -- different textures start over-riding each other. I'm not sure if it is an inherent limitation of 3ds, or Sketchup's fault.

It's a huge hassle right now...

Thanks.

thomthom · 12 Jun 2010, 10:22

@agamemnus said:

Another problem I have is that with the 3ds format, all the texture file names are reduced 8 in the prefix. This is a problem for both clarity and where 8 isn't enough -- different textures start over-riding each other. I'm not sure if it is an inherent limitation of 3ds, or Sketchup's fault.

That is due to limitation of the .3ds format that is over 30 years old. Horrible file format IMO. You can't even have meshes of mor than 32K polygons.

agamemnus · 13 Jun 2010, 17:14

The models will go into a computer game.

Any suggestions on a different format and/or intermediate programs?