tony3d opened this issue on Jul 27, 2005 ยท 8 posts
tony3d posted Wed, 27 July 2005 at 9:59 AM
Why is it that Vue can't export a simple object with procedural textures? I mage a simple cylinder in Lightwave applied a test around the side ( top and bottom had different names) then saved it as a lightwave object. When you bring it into Lightwave the UV textures are all screwed up. Any Ideas?
bruno021 posted Wed, 27 July 2005 at 11:12 AM
Vue's procedurals are not understood by Lightwave, as Lightwave's procedurals are not understood by Vue. Same with Cinema4D, and same with all procedurals I guess. And quite a shame too.
jc posted Wed, 27 July 2005 at 10:06 PM
Any procedural item is a "virtual" one created by custom programming. It's not a standard item made of polys, etc. Each program that makes such items uses their own non-standard programming. So it's no surprise they can't be exported. Vue 5i at least tries to make standard approximations to export, like making an exportable mesh terrain from their custom procedural terrain (i think).
tony3d posted Wed, 27 July 2005 at 11:34 PM
Vue tries ro make UV Map for the procedurals, but fails big time. It can't even export a simple object back to Lightwave if that object was first created in Lightwave. Go figure....
impish posted Thu, 28 July 2005 at 4:05 AM
I did a quick test last night. A Vue sphere textured with the standard black and white chequered texture. Exported it as an object (obj) file with a texture map. Reimported it back into vue and the scale of the cheque had changed. Looking at the UV map Vue generated its sort of right but not perfect. I'll probably open a tech support thread about this at e-on's site later. You might want to open one about the similar issue your experiencing too. It may be we are the first people to have the problem.
tony3d posted Thu, 28 July 2005 at 10:56 AM
I already erported this to Vue. Thanks, glad to here your having the same problem.
tony3d posted Thu, 28 July 2005 at 10:56 AM
I already erported this to Vue. Thanks, glad to here your having the same problem.
impish posted Tue, 02 August 2005 at 3:56 AM
I've just put the new beta on and the first few tests I've done are producing texture maps that match what I would expect to see. I havn't tried bringing in an object with its own UVs to see if they are preserved on export.