@r_fletch_r: that would be the right way to do it, but since I am only scanning for simple characters or strings I avoided regular expressions as they are a pain to figure out. Just a simple string query find / mark function that loops through string using something like string.indexOf(key,lastOffset)... Fast enough for…
sqlite is quite fast for me. I didn't choose it primarily for the speed though. I just hate to have a folder with 10.000s of small files (yes, I did scan my reference and texture archives at one point). Inside the sqlite I store the thumbs as either png (for alpha) or jpg to save some space. I store image size, format, if…
I have recorded a video of the latest tools I have made in one package called Dark Blender. I have automated almost the entire pipeline of game asset creation. My tool allow to generate a mesh from a drawing (in the video i do that manually, this tool doesnt existed)…
been working on a reverse SWF motion / graphics grabber What this script does is reading a dropped SWF (can be AS1, AS2, AS3, scripted or not - just anything) and extract all used visual elements, store them in a packed sprite sheet and save the tweens in a XML list. Because I analyse every single frame and compare it with…
I'm not a technical artist but I do write scripts from time to time, mostly just to save myself from "death by momentous task". This time around I got tired of shuffling objects around renaming materials and triangulating meshes when I was exporting to UDK. So I wrote a quick, simple little script that handles that stuff…
Hm... Very good questions/ suggestions. 1. Yes, this would cause is to probably not zip. But when u load max the next time and close the UI, it zips them up. I don't think there is anyway to fix this really. Or at least, always zip them up before crashing. 2. Its not "Done" yet I guess, and I have 1-2 other new tools I've…
tested it, feels very nice :) already a lot more lightweight. Some suggestions:* use a ImgTag instead of Bitmap UI control to place the logo at the top. The advantage is that it doesn't show the sunken 3d edge effect and it might look a bit more clean. * I closed it and then wanted to find it back, why was it not in a…
wow i just discover that topic today, there is so much great thing on there :) I will contribute soon, i am working on a Zplugin , having some slow progress, but i can already share this image of the plugin with you sorry, it a wip so the final UI will evolve a little bit. hope you enjoy ! I put the much love i had to…
geeze you guys are so smart. Crazybutcher and Kurt, that's amazing. I'm a dumbhead so all I could do was work a bit on a standalone xNormal batcher app. It's pretty much just made for when you need to do complex batchbakes of tons of pieces and you don't want to set them all up manually. I decided to finally make it after…
@animax - You may need to download Dotnet4.0 on your x64 machine for this to work. I thought windows would have installed it, but maybe not. For anyone crashing, try installing Dotnet 4.0 and let me know if that fixes it... @Denny - I will look at the Drag/Drop right now quick. I think I might know whats wrong. Either way,…