3DS to EGG?

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hey, im pretty new to panda an python in general but im not at all new to modeling and i have some .3ds models i wish to use in panda 3d but iv searched all over and haven’t found a straight answer on converting models to .egg format. the manual said blender could be used but i dont see that on the list of exportable formats, i found a direct exporter but for some reason some of my models get inverted faces when i convert to .x so 3ds is my preferred format at the moment. please help

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sourceforge.net/projects/chicken-export/

Install this script like any other blender script, then just export from blender to .egg using this script.

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thank you

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Oh, by the way, on my laptop the script had trouble importing some modules, so I had to edit the script a bit to bypass that. Not sure if anyone else has had to before.

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it made blender a tad slow but it worked, now im really just confused on he scripting part. like the order, model paths, running the file, ect.

I tryed to use it but pyPE says it dosent know how to handle the format?
My script is

from direct.showbase.ShowBase import ShowBase
 
class MyApp(ShowBase):
 
    def __init__(self):
        ShowBase.__init__(self)
         self.environ = self.loader.loadModel(c:/panda-1.1.7/models/mech.egg)
         self.environ.TeparenTo(Self.Render)
         self.environ.setScale(0.25, 0.25, 0.25)
         self.environ.setPos(0, 5, 0)
app = MyApp()
app.run()

but it dosent load when i try to run the app

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I believe you don’t have to specify that it is an egg file.
self.environ.reparentTo(self.render) is how it is spelled.
I don’t use pype, so I don’t know about that.

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The file name should be a string (i.e. you must specify it with quotes ) e.g.

self.loader.loadModel( 'path/to/model/mech.egg' )

And… c:/Panda-1.1.7? Which version are you using?