Comments on: Blender to POD for Oolong http://www.BluMtnWerx.com/blog/2009/03/blender-to-pod-for-oolong/ Computing at the Edge! Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:29:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Erwin Coumans http://www.BluMtnWerx.com/blog/2009/03/blender-to-pod-for-oolong/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Erwin Coumans Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:28:11 +0000 http://www.BluMtnWerx.com/blog/?p=38#comment-281 You could check out readblend or bParse, both can read .blend files directly. In particular bParse has easy access to any data within the Blender file. Check out http://code.google.com/p/gamekit/ or see Oolong Engine/Examples/Demos/readblend There is no example how to read the skinned/animation data yet, but it will be added. You could check out readblend or bParse, both can read .blend files directly. In particular bParse has easy access to any data within the Blender file. Check out http://code.google.com/p/gamekit/ or see Oolong Engine/Examples/Demos/readblend

There is no example how to read the skinned/animation data yet, but it will be added.

]]> By: Paul Z http://www.BluMtnWerx.com/blog/2009/03/blender-to-pod-for-oolong/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Paul Z Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:55:11 +0000 http://www.BluMtnWerx.com/blog/?p=38#comment-279 Hi Paul(s), I'm Paul.. Any more news on this technique? Specifically, I'm worried about supporting animation like Alex above. Anyone get it to work? Hi Paul(s), I’m Paul..

Any more news on this technique? Specifically, I’m worried about supporting animation like Alex above. Anyone get it to work?

]]> By: Alex http://www.BluMtnWerx.com/blog/2009/03/blender-to-pod-for-oolong/comment-page-1/#comment-266 Alex Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:20:49 +0000 http://www.BluMtnWerx.com/blog/?p=38#comment-266 Hi, Pod format supports animated and skinned models. Does anyone know how to export a skinned model from blender? Unfortunally blender collada exporter does not support skinning.. For now the only way I found to create a POD file with an animated/skinned model is use the 3ds max plugin.. but consider that 3ds max is free for 30day and non-commercial use. I can't sell my game without a regular licence.. so.. any suggestions? Hi, Pod format supports animated and skinned models.

Does anyone know how to export a skinned model from blender?
Unfortunally blender collada exporter does not support skinning..

For now the only way I found to create a POD file with an animated/skinned model is use the 3ds max plugin.. but consider that 3ds max is free for 30day and non-commercial use.
I can’t sell my game without a regular licence..

so.. any suggestions?

]]> By: greg http://www.BluMtnWerx.com/blog/2009/03/blender-to-pod-for-oolong/comment-page-1/#comment-257 greg Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:41:59 +0000 http://www.BluMtnWerx.com/blog/?p=38#comment-257 heh, it is unique... but I've messed a little with max and maya and they've each got their ways of doing things - I only enough to know nothing, though. I tried vertex colouring in blender on friday and it just gave me white cubes. Awesome :) I read some other posts on the list about quake model support, and asking if anyone (particularly you) had managed to get animation from blender into the iphone. I can't say I'm anywhere close to that - the hello oolong world falling cubes compilation is where I'm at, and all this other performance and opengl and c++ memory managenent programming stuff is currently making my head hurt. I'll keep following your posts - thanks for sharing the info. // greg heh, it is unique… but I’ve messed a little with max and maya and they’ve each got their ways of doing things – I only enough to know nothing, though. I tried vertex colouring in blender on friday and it just gave me white cubes. Awesome :)

I read some other posts on the list about quake model support, and asking if anyone (particularly you) had managed to get animation from blender into the iphone. I can’t say I’m anywhere close to that – the hello oolong world falling cubes compilation is where I’m at, and all this other performance and opengl and c++ memory managenent programming stuff is currently making my head hurt. I’ll keep following your posts – thanks for sharing the info.

// greg

]]> By: paul http://www.BluMtnWerx.com/blog/2009/03/blender-to-pod-for-oolong/comment-page-1/#comment-256 paul Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:01:41 +0000 http://www.BluMtnWerx.com/blog/?p=38#comment-256 The Blender tutorial states right up front that the GUI is unique and hard to use initially but you'll grow to love it. Well, I can't say I love it yet, but at least I can use the tool. Sometimes you really have to hunt for the functionality you need. Thank goodness for the tooltips over the buttons or I'd never figure it out! Here's the link to the texturing post for those who are following behind... http://www.BluMtnWerx.com/blog/2009/06/opengl-es-text…oolong-powervropengl-es-texture-mapping-for-iphone-oolong-powervr/ The Blender tutorial states right up front that the GUI is unique and hard to use initially but you’ll grow to love it. Well, I can’t say I love it yet, but at least I can use the tool. Sometimes you really have to hunt for the functionality you need. Thank goodness for the tooltips over the buttons or I’d never figure it out!

Here’s the link to the texturing post for those who are following behind…
http://www.BluMtnWerx.com/blog/2009/06/opengl-es-text…oolong-powervropengl-es-texture-mapping-for-iphone-oolong-powervr/

]]> By: greg http://www.BluMtnWerx.com/blog/2009/03/blender-to-pod-for-oolong/comment-page-1/#comment-255 greg Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:04:44 +0000 http://www.BluMtnWerx.com/blog/?p=38#comment-255 hi Paul, good stuff - I just saw the oolong list arrive with your message... I'll check your texture post out later :) I tried wrangling with blender a little yesterday - it's always been a tricky beast to get started with and I've never really gone further than opening it up and doing very simple things. I did mess with the pipeline a little (made a cube, exported to collada, converted to pvr and viewed in shaman), but I haven't gone as far as oolong stuff yet (much more reading and head scratching required!). cheers, // greg hi Paul,

good stuff – I just saw the oolong list arrive with your message… I’ll check your texture post out later :)

I tried wrangling with blender a little yesterday – it’s always been a tricky beast to get started with and I’ve never really gone further than opening it up and doing very simple things. I did mess with the pipeline a little (made a cube, exported to collada, converted to pvr and viewed in shaman), but I haven’t gone as far as oolong stuff yet (much more reading and head scratching required!).

cheers,

// greg

]]> By: paul http://www.BluMtnWerx.com/blog/2009/03/blender-to-pod-for-oolong/comment-page-1/#comment-254 paul Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:26:01 +0000 http://www.BluMtnWerx.com/blog/?p=38#comment-254 I'll try to get the texturing blog post finished tomorrow. I’ll try to get the texturing blog post finished tomorrow.

]]> By: greg http://www.BluMtnWerx.com/blog/2009/03/blender-to-pod-for-oolong/comment-page-1/#comment-253 greg Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:47:48 +0000 http://www.BluMtnWerx.com/blog/?p=38#comment-253 hi Paul, I'm about to run through the oolong101, making some models and getting them imported etc to learn me some iphone/c++/oolong action. I was wondering about the semi-painful toolchain of creating geometry and then having to apply the textures by hand (in code), so I'll be searching or waiting for your post about the easier pipeline from blender including texturing :) ...otherwise I'm assuming that you were previously having to load and apply textures to each face in code (using the mesh nodes you documented above) - fine for small stuff like I'm about to try, but not great for more model data. I haven't checked that part of the oolong code yet, but do the pod importers not have renderers? Is it the coder's responsibility to set up and draw the faces etc. for models? as a non-mac (and not really a c++) programmer, thanks for your other xcode setup and sound tips as well - I'm hoping to get stuck in over the next few weeks to try and make sense of it all. Actually, I'm interested in getting some 2d stuff happening as well (and have noticed a few posts on the oolong list about it vs cocos2d etc) so it will be interesting to see how things come together. cheers, // greg hi Paul,

I’m about to run through the oolong101, making some models and getting them imported etc to learn me some iphone/c++/oolong action. I was wondering about the semi-painful toolchain of creating geometry and then having to apply the textures by hand (in code), so I’ll be searching or waiting for your post about the easier pipeline from blender including texturing :) …otherwise I’m assuming that you were previously having to load and apply textures to each face in code (using the mesh nodes you documented above) – fine for small stuff like I’m about to try, but not great for more model data.

I haven’t checked that part of the oolong code yet, but do the pod importers not have renderers? Is it the coder’s responsibility to set up and draw the faces etc. for models?

as a non-mac (and not really a c++) programmer, thanks for your other xcode setup and sound tips as well – I’m hoping to get stuck in over the next few weeks to try and make sense of it all. Actually, I’m interested in getting some 2d stuff happening as well (and have noticed a few posts on the oolong list about it vs cocos2d etc) so it will be interesting to see how things come together.

cheers,

// greg

]]> By: Paul http://www.BluMtnWerx.com/blog/2009/03/blender-to-pod-for-oolong/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Paul Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:41:42 +0000 http://www.BluMtnWerx.com/blog/?p=38#comment-252 Great! I'm looking forward to it. I've tinkered with Blender in the past... but now I'm going through some tutorials in earnest. Maybe by the time I can make actually the art I need, you'll have your blog post published! Great! I’m looking forward to it. I’ve tinkered with Blender in the past… but now I’m going through some tutorials in earnest. Maybe by the time I can make actually the art I need, you’ll have your blog post published!

]]> By: paul http://www.BluMtnWerx.com/blog/2009/03/blender-to-pod-for-oolong/comment-page-1/#comment-251 paul Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:16:31 +0000 http://www.BluMtnWerx.com/blog/?p=38#comment-251 I haven't tried that, but it sounds like an interesting path to pursue. i'll look into it. Since I wrote this post, I have figured out how to use textures properly in Blender and am getting excellent results when exporting through Collada to PoverVR POD. I have a blog post on the topic in progress, but I have to finish an update to iPunt before I can finish the blog post. (Unless I get some spare hours where I'm just too burned out to do real work!) I haven’t tried that, but it sounds like an interesting path to pursue. i’ll look into it. Since I wrote this post, I have figured out how to use textures properly in Blender and am getting excellent results when exporting through Collada to PoverVR POD. I have a blog post on the topic in progress, but I have to finish an update to iPunt before I can finish the blog post. (Unless I get some spare hours where I’m just too burned out to do real work!)

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