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This has been around for awhile but I'm sure that not everyone knows about it.

1. Join a server
2. /saveworld -o filename.obj
3. find then load the .obj file in your favorite editor.

thats really helpful. but when i try to import the .obj file to blender, nothing happens.

Blender's default OBJ importer doesn't accept negative indices. Try
loading it into another editor first, and then saving it (ex: Wings3D
does support negative indices, and saves with only positive indices,
iirc).

ok thanks, but what other editors are there?

WarPig wrote:ok thanks, but what other editors are there?

Try reading trepan's post again.

There is a very simple .obj archive here.
If anyone cares to convert it to a blender friendly format, I'll take a look at fixing the .obj importer.


I know it's an odd request, but I'm not going to install/uninstall erlang, esdl and wings, just to run wings for 20 seconds.

I believe this is what you wanted Teppic.
http://cbg.bzflag.org/images/A-Delusion ... 2wings.zip


Also.. there are three options for saveworld.
-m saves a .bzw, the way you are used to seeing it.
-o saves in obj format.
-g removes any object groupings.

Optic Delusion wrote:I believe this is what you wanted Teppic.
http://cbg.bzflag.org/images/A-Delusion ... 2wings.zip

That link is borken .

sorry,i was eating bad paste. try this one.
http://cbg.bzflag.org/images/A-Delusion/j2wings/

Hey! In honor of my little post being made a sticky... Here's another juicy little tidbit that I'm sure not everybody knows about.

There is a file, config.cfg ..on my mac it's located in
/Users/delusional/Library/Application\ Support/BZFlag/2.0/config.cfg
I'm not sure where it will be on other operating systems.

In that file, change two lines and save.
set saveSettings 0
set showCoordinates 1
(I also like a larger set scrollPages)

This will show the player's position at all times, absolutely wonderful for mapping.

Optic Delusion wrote:This has been around for awhile but I'm sure that not everyone knows about it.

1. Join a server
2. /saveworld -o filename.obj
3. find then load the .obj file in your favorite editor.

when u say join a server, do you mean in a terminal or in the actual bzflag game. if in terminal what command would u type? if in game how would u do it????

If you don't know how to join a server, you should start with learning the game.

NO wrote:

Optic Delusion wrote:This has been around for awhile but I'm sure that not everyone knows about it.

1. Join a server
2. /saveworld -o filename.obj
3. find then load the .obj file in your favorite editor.

when u say join a server, do you mean in a terminal or in the actual bzflag game. if in terminal what command would u type? if in game how would u do it????

Join a server like you would if you were about to play on it. Via BZFlag.exe.

Then press 'n', 'm', '.', ',', 'z' or whatever as if you were going to type something, then simply type /saveworld -o filename.obj

Optic Delusion wrote:-m saves a .bzw, the way you are used to seeing it.
-o saves in obj format.
-g removes any object groupings.

How do I convert the BZW on my desktop to OBJ ?
THNXS

PW0DA wrote:How do I convert the BZW on my desktop to OBJ ?
THNXS

Create a server, host the map file on it, and follow OD's instructions above...

will the reverce process work for .obj-.bzw converting?
(host .obj file - /saveworld "filename" - map is saved in .bzw format)

You can't host an .obj file with bzfs, so no. You can use modeltool to convert an obj to a bzw though. Search the forum.

Do you need to use obj, can you go straight from Blender with plugin to game?

Maybe. There is a set of BZW tools for Blender, if you can get them to work. Check on the BZFlag Wiki for more information.