Where can I find .3ds format specs?

[cep21]

Where can I find complete .3ds format specs? All the specs I’ve found are very incomplete. I’ve seen some “source code” that loads .3ds files, but source code isn’t want I need. It’s usually thousands of lines long, in multiple files, and requires me to learn about whatever rendering enviroment it was built for. I need the format specs. There are very good specs for other formats (.ms3d for example), so I’m sure such a thing exist for .3ds somewhere. Any help out there? Would be very appriciated.

PS: I have 3dsmax6 on my computer, but can’t find .3ds specs anywhere inside it. Am I looking at the wrong places?

[ap_kelly]

Here are the sites I used when looking for info on the .3ds file format. I never found a complete list of all the node types, and different sites reference different versions of the .3ds file format.

http://c3ds.sourceforge.net/index.php?action=home
http://lib3ds.sourceforge.net/

A couple of us here have already written routines in Java to load .3ds files, so take a look at these.

http://games.swizel-studios.com/libraries.html
http://www.java-gaming.org/cgi-bin/JGNetForums/YaBB.cgi?board=xith3d;action=display;num=1086617555

Enjoy,

Andy.

[ribot]

or here:

http://www.wotsit.org/search.asp?s=3d