Collision meshes for levels

Snowfly

I have schematics for 18 levels for a side scrolling platformer that I want to block out collision meshes for, but since I'm not building for a specific engine yet, will I be able to create the meshes in a 3D app (3ds max or Silo) and drop them into the engine later on for gameplay prototyping? Or are there specific tools or formats I should be using for this kind of thing?

Hoping for replies other than "It depends..." although maybe that's being too optimistic.

CrazyButcher

even using primitives such as spheres/boxes/cylinders should work, as with maxscript one can dump those infos, too (just dont triangulate them). I wrote a maxscript for luxinia to dump collision stuff, for same purpose. And triangle meshes should always work for any engine supporting them in the first place.

Eric Chadwick

So you wanna make a mockup for playtesting? Maybe Game Level Builder...
http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max/game-level-builder-0

Snowfly

Thanks-

Like I mentioned, I'm laying out levels for a 3D side scroller, so it's nothing too complex and everything is grid based. I'm tracing paths over the levels in Photoshop and exporting them out as .ai to drop into max. Boring menial work, hooha. Just getting it out of the way so I can move on to the fun stuff.




But I'll have a fiddle around with Game Level Builder, the tools to verify convex meshes might come in handy.

Crazy Butcher- does Luxinia work with triangle meshes for collision?

CrazyButcher

yes luxinia does support triangle meshes. as well as other primitives, and heightmap terrain.