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Problem with 3DS Export

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If I export a model as 3DS format, I find it cannot be imported to gmax: The error in gmax is "Improper file format". I also have problem trying to import the 3DS mesh to photoshop (photoshop stops responding and I have to kill the process).

I also get the following warning message if I import the 3DS file back to MCX:

6:36 AM M3DSReader Warning Unknown Chunk: ***UNKNOWN*** (0x0000A08A)

Using MCX dev release dated 12/6/2015

Thanks,
Barry
 
Originally I was trying 3ds to experiment with rendering in photoshop. Wavefront obj format works though

It appears this issue has already been reported here: http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/3ds-format-not-working.435781/

I'm using Win7 Ultimate 64 bit. Ran windows update so I'm on latest but the problem remains. I'll try it on win10 when I get a chance.

Edit: The model is a fairly simple hangar I made in gmax. I'll upload it if that will help though from the other thread above it's not reproducible on Arno's computer.
 
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bdf369 said:
Originally I was trying 3ds to experiment with rendering in photoshop. Wavefront obj format works though

It appears this issue has already been reported here: http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/3ds-format-not-working.435781/

I'm using Win7 Ultimate 64 bit. Ran windows update so I'm on latest but the problem remains. I'll try it on win10 when I get a chance.

Edit: The model is a fairly simple hangar I made in gmax. I'll upload it if that will help though from the other thread above it's not reproducible on Arno's computer.
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Ok. I was just wondering since the 3ds format has never worked well for me in a file conversion without a lot of reconstruction so I abandoned it a long time ago.
 
Hi,

There was a bug reported before, but I thought that was for one specific model, not for any 3ds file. I'll check if I can reproduce it.

3ds is an antique format, so if another format also works that is often a better choice.
 
I have given up completely with using 3ds and SCASM in MDX, too much frustration! These old formats seem to confuse MDX, so I will now use only Wavefront obj, mdl and bgl.
 
Well I started this tool to be able to get from SCASM to MDL. So it should be capable of that :). But the format is more flexible (some SCASM macro's use really ugly code that's hard to interpret as MDL). Formats like the FSX MDL are much more well defined and thus easier to work with.
 
Thanks for the help, I didn't realize that 3DS was such an old format. Wavefront OBJ is working well for me.
 
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