Lightwave v7.5 importer

An early version of the Lightwave v7.5 importer for Xith3d. You can download the Lwimporter.zip source zip here.
It’s released under the BSD OpenSource licence.

Just basic LW files will be parsed. The class to use is ped/lwimport/LwLader.java - please have a look at its Javadoc, which is included. It also lists some notes and the most important limitations including those I’ll try to lift in the near future.
Again I’d like to say that the importer is a “byproduct” of my current hobby project. So …

  • it’s never been started with the intention to satisfy the standards of a stand-alone importer;
  • its priority is that it works with my project, so unfortunately no time for a never-ending story when it comes to include new features. Of course making it more stable is a very valid issue;
  • I’m sure many things could be done better. :slight_smile:

What’s missing with no plans to implement:

  • Cameras, light sources etc;
  • Animation, the simple time based one (no idea how to do this currently).
  • A lot more, including all the high-tech stuff of LW, which it got tons of.

Comments, bug reports, etc, appreciated.
Good luck.

Bombadil, thanks for making it available! I tried to download the file now and the link was broken :-/

Strange. I tested it and it worked…

Anyway, maybe some “.zip” trouble with that free space web site (they sometimes don’t allow direct links to archives).
I’ve changed the URL.

The link works fine now.
Thanks once again :slight_smile: I’ll give it a try with some models later ;D

Smooth group support added.
In a LW model each material can define an own crease angle. Default is 35°. The importer scans the material’s faces for soft edges and puts them into the same smooth group. Faces with hard edges start a new smooth group.