3ds Max 2013 to Dota 2?

Kawaii Catgirl

Currently working on a weapon for Dota 2 and I would like to see what it looks like in game. However, I'm having a terrible time finding a guide on correctly exporting my model from 3ds Max to Dota 2, or Source in general.

I currently have Wall Worm installed, but I'm not sure how to go about setting up my paths correctly and what not.

Can anyone give me a clear answer on how to set this all up?

pior

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TmepHy6FT2A

Dota does not rely on the regular Source workflow anymore - everything is built into the game.
It's actually very simple once you know the drill

Kawaii Catgirl

I followed the guide and everything, but when I go to look at it in-game, it only shows the default weapon instead of mine.

I'm not receiving any errors when importing either.

pior

Ha - this I cannot help with, I was only messing around with wearable items so far, and nothing too serious ... (just for the sake of seeing how its done.)

Here's another doc - way too long since it also covers modeling, but there might be some good information in there.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=123397498

Also, there is a Dota subforum here too - people over there will sure be able to help you.

Good luck !

Kawaii Catgirl

I thought about asking down there, but I figured I'd try here first.

Kawaii Catgirl

I figured it out why my model wasn't showing up. I had an alpha layer in my texture file that was only showing the wireframe. Not sure how that happened :V

However, now my model is really really small. I've imported the .fbx file into 3ds Max and it's about the same size of the model in that, but in-game it's super small. Any idea what causes this?

pior

Well, usually if you manage to get the item exported and showing up, the only parameters left to check would be things like axis location, reset Xforms, and so on.

Farfarer

Also check the FBX output scales from Max. You can up/lower it by - roughly - multiples of 10 or 100 by choosing metres/cm/mm/etc as the scale.