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Post by TinSoldier on Sept 29, 2017 4:53:03 GMT
dl.dropbox.com/s/hnyt60kwtk44c9x/mview.exe?dl=1mview is the recommended utility to view 3drads included xfiles. It has the option to also save xfiles in binary and binary compressed format. If your xfile utility or program doesn't support binary compression of it's xfiles, mview can reduce a 299Kb file to 39Kb, or 171Kb to 31Kb. Using binary compression on all your xfiles is a loading time boost. I always save my xfiles in text form just so i can edit the texture filenames later on, which i often do, but converting them with mview is a very good last step idea. This can probably apply to any program supporting xfiles in binary /compressed form.
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Post by indiedev on Sept 29, 2017 5:48:44 GMT
good tip, and great little old app that, i use it to validate meshes which it offers to fix if it finds errors.
but if only we could zip all our resources into a single big .pak file like other engines do, would be way better, as reading lots of small files is still much slower than 1 big one of same overall size.
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Post by kulu on Oct 2, 2017 8:38:47 GMT
awsome. will give this app a definite try, since blender doesnt offer a compressed .x file option.
thanks Tinsoldier!
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Post by kulu on Nov 3, 2017 13:02:10 GMT
Im getting warnings from my antivirus about the Mview exe. whats the deal?
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Post by NicusorN5 on Nov 3, 2017 14:35:49 GMT
Im getting warnings from my antivirus about the Mview exe. whats the deal? Ignore these warnings. It's just a false-positive warning.
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Post by indiedev on Nov 3, 2017 16:15:57 GMT
virus total = 0/67 hits, what on earth AV are you using kulu?
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Post by TinSoldier on Nov 4, 2017 0:06:35 GMT
if you're using the mview i supplied, you can always find another copy on the web if you don't trust it.
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Post by kulu on Nov 4, 2017 4:38:55 GMT
I used it at home with no problems. But at the other place the anti-virus was asking me if Im sure that I want to run this app. at home I use Avast free version . Thanks for the link , I actually found thatmost of my models had 'bowties' which is a term Im new to , but it offered to correct those errors ,and also compact my mesh files. awsome tool, too bad it doesnt seem like you can automate or check files in batches, but still a usefull app.
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Post by indiedev on Nov 4, 2017 9:29:26 GMT
you can make your own automated batches using you guessed it - automation software. i used payed app remouse to do 100's of frame animated renders.
BTW, an AV saying 'are you sure to run it' is like 'we don't know if this file is safe yet, as it's too old/uncommon to be in our pre-scan database' not 'we scanned it already and it is a virus'. you can manually scan it yourself before running it to be sure.
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Post by kulu on Nov 4, 2017 10:16:53 GMT
Sweet. maybe I'll download an automation software. I didnt know there were programs like that. hahahahahahaha!! Ive been living under a rock for too long. I think its time I get out more.
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Post by indiedev on Nov 5, 2017 13:55:15 GMT
but don't get too carried away with model compression, saving a few hundred kb will make very little difference [test that by timing load times before/after] so unless they are big complex models over 1mb i'd say it's a waste of time, and better gains can be had elsewhere with mipmapped dds etc.
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Post by kulu on Nov 5, 2017 16:05:50 GMT
cool. I managed to compress a big .x file to 14mb . it was a model of a forest , so that was cool I think it got shaved by a couple mbs . I also noticed that you can achieve soft shadows with a baked shadow map that is in dds format with mip maps. I was able to fix some meshes with mview for Story of kennuck. thanks for sharing guys.
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