GameTools PLB blender exporter

See:

http://tubadev.net/wiki/index.php?title=WebGFX:Converting_blender_models

(The remainder of this page is historical information)

There are two python scripts in the games/loadPLB/scripts area that pertain to exporting PLB files from within the blender 3D modeller.

 plib_export.py
 plib_convert.py

The former is interactive - the latter is intended for batch use when converting a bunch of '.blend' files to '.plb' using a Makefile or something. Otherwise, the two scripts are identical.

The plib_export.py script needs to be installed by either copying or symlinking to '~/.blender/scripts/plib_export.py'.

The plib_convert.py script may be used in a Makefile as follows:

  .SUFFIXES: .blend .plb
  FILES = jeep.plb moke.plb

  all: ${FILES}

  .blend.plb:
        blender $< -P /u/gameTools/loadPLB/scripts/plib_convert.py -w

Wikiid Pages relating to gameTools (edit)

gameTools - Main page

gameTools - Support Tools :

plb_to_ac3d, mklevel, mktile, mktree, tiled, autogen_java, mk3dgallery

gameTools - File Formats :

title_screen.rgb, ultimate.xml, material.xml, decoration.xml, physics.xml

tiled.xml, tiled_autotiles.xml, Level files, Tile naming scheme, PLB files

gameTools - Source Code :

Game functions: gameCamera, gameClock, gameChecksum/gameHashTable, gameHTTP,

gameIsect, gameJoystick, gameParticleManager, gameScreen/gameMouse,

gameSky, gameStarter, gameStrokeFont, gameUtils

Material database: MatList/MatEntry