SHADOWWATCH - a Unity 3D mini game

Finally got to finish my little game, you'll notice a lot of influence from Blizzard's Overwatch ( hence even the name ) and of course a lot of assets are borrowed from that game to.

Here are a few screenshots, and the link to download the Alpha build

Download

Small detail, press the E button to get healed :p

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Warcraft 3 Reforged models

Some bugfixing done on my import script

Also started the export script

Here is a look at the new shaman model:

Download updates from my script on my github:

My Github Maxscripts

Griffon Studios Warcraft 3 Reforged Model importer

Since the dawn of creation of Warcraft 3 Reforged, I've been looking into the new 3D Model formats.

This new(ish) format is very comparable to the old mdx format... however

If you want to import these models, well, now you can.
The import script can be downloaded here:

Download Warcraft 3 Reforged Import Script for Max

Unzip the archive into your startup folder of 3D Studio Max, currently every version (2016+) has been tested.

The tool installs some plugins for Max:

In the create pane, select the helpers, there you will find 6 new plugins:

Opening the Material editor, you will find the Material Plugin:

During the import, the script will use these plugins. If they are not installed, you will not be able to use the importer.

To run the importer, first select the Asset Root folder, this is used to automatically map the correct textures, if not set correctly, no bitmap will be imported

Navigate to the utility pane, and select MaxScript to open the script

Once the path is set, press the import button and select the model you want to import:

Some layers are hidden, especially when you decided to import all the LOD's. To view them, open the Layer Explorer and hide/unhide what you need:

Open my Animation Properties window to view the animation sequences, click on any of them to change the timeline and check out the animation. This can be found in the Macro scripts, if you don't find it, check the Griffon Studios folder you unpacked earlier and run the GriffonStudios_AnimationProperties.ms script again and select the macro.

Now I know this is a importer on beta models, that are not ready to be released yet, neither is this importer fail safe ofcourse
But for studying models this should be good enough

A quick way to look through the whole list of models is to use my  3D Model Viewer, this can be downloaded here:

3D Model Viewer

Open up the viewer, select the root path of the files you extracted and feast your eyes

Next on my todo list is to create a custom exporter for the new mdx file format

Some usefull Max scripts

function CleanUpLayers=
    (
        /*
            set the (default) layer as the current one and delete all empty layers
        */

        local nLayers = LayerManager.Count
        local defaultLayer = LayerManager.GetLayer(0)
        defaultLayer.current = true

        local layers = #()
        for i= 1 to nLayers do append layers (LayerManager.GetLayer(i-1))

        for layer in layers do
        (
            layer.nodes &nodes
           
            if ( layer.name != "0" and nodes.count == 0 ) then
                LayerManager.deleteLayerByName layer.name
        ) 
    )

3D Model Viewer Update

Changes to my 3D Model Viewer v3.2

Support for Overwatch models, raw models and owmdl files

both file types can be exported via a tool called datatool.exe which can be found here: Overwatch-Model-Thread-v3


Once you exported a map or any model, you can view the list of unique models in my viewer, as shown below:

Exporting the model to obj also exports an mdl file that contains the mapping to the textures. The obj file can be viewed via numerous of tools, like Autodesk FBX Review viewer.

Support for Gangstar New Orleans

Funny open world game from GameLoft, Gangstar: New Orleans.

The new model viewer can be downloaded here:

Griffon Studio's 3D Model Viewer v3.2

NOTE: .NET Framework 4.7 required!! (Download .NET Framework 4.7)