SKMToolSet , Last Chance

I also find it nessessary to not create the TOTAL animation + Models + rigs (tools)

due to the fact that they belong to atari, and I dont want to make a bridge to other
games or modding any easier.

this tool was meant for TOEE.

I want to stay true to where these tools originated.

I used the info that was givin from past enginuity and the reverse,
for the DATA header and offsets only, to create the parse flow,
queues and stacks of data that could be transversed and translated, into
different forms for render, edit, and application.

INFO from CO8 modders.


these are the resulting works from knowing only the first 32 bytes of the HEADER details of the file format.

 

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Re-opening TOOL SET DOWNLOAD @ POST #1

 

Hello. Is it possible to post a Wiki step-by-step on importing a model from ToEE into Blender along with the other files located in the specific folder and convert them to files that Blender and other modeling software that understands the Wavefront format? For example: Say that a modder wants to take a ToEE model and eventually adapt it for import to the Skyrim Creation kit for future development.
I see a great amount terrific tips scattered around the Forum, so I was hoping for a centralized "manual" of sorts. Thanks for reading.

 

OK as far as a manual goes, I will try to explain a little further here.

ALL SKMTOOL SET applications are console based command win32
Text based applications that convert or inject data into files; where the input file
is never changed but the output is a new file with a different name; good for
back ups and room for mistakes.

I have not created a friendly GUI or interface for them sorry.
I dont know if I want to spend the time on something like that or not.

{ assuming you have downloaded the SKM TOOL SET, and extracted the files into a folder
onto your PC }

too answer blender question

Code:

also assume that you use short name compatible file paths
example: 
[c:\SKMTOOLSET] good 
[c:\SKM  TOOL  SET] maybe bad


to import an OBJ file into blender:

step 1. Find a TOEE SKM file you would like to view in blender or anim8or.
|
\-> Right click menu over FILE->click open with
    |
     ->Browse to the xtracted skm tools folder and select skm2obj.exe
        (you should see that the file is passed to the skm2obj convert tool)
          once the tool opens press "anykeys" until the parse/conversion completes 

step 2. If the conversions is successful you should see a new [filename.skm].OBJ
           in the same directory as the file you selected to be converted via skm2obj.exe
           (verify)

step 3. Open blender application. 
           |
            .click->file menu->import
            browse (yet again) to the new file conversion  [filename.skm].OBJ that you had
            just created by converting using skm2obj.exe

step 4.  Blender specific:
            If you see that your model faces are inverted or appear wrong
            go edit mode, select all faces then flip normals.

 

I have some trouble. I just used the skmtoolset and spent the better part of last night making a model in anim8or. The an82skm does not work for me, it does nothing. I think it may be due to me using the most recent version 0.98. Is there a workaround for this or a possibility of updating the skmtoolset?

 

@winston...

I think you can maybe export from anim8or .98 as the obj format then use wave2skm on
exported OBJ .

I tried to design the tools to use the most popular cad format. It would seem that the OBJ file type
was the most succesful.

so most of the fine tuning to the app was done with using the OBJ.
anim8or and most other cad apps use this format import/export.

 

note: for Windows 64 bit and multi core users.

compatibilty mode run for window xp or for wow32.dll as admin
and before running tools set explorer affinity core set to one core?
or run cmd promt at core affinity one as admin and compatible mode
for wow32.dll or windows 32 bit or nt or xp.

all that (core affinity) is done through task manager ctrl+alt+del process tab.


use at own risk just fyi.