blenxy

Blenxy

Epic Blender 2.79 template for Super Mario Galaxy modeling (honest work).

TODO

• Redo the whole logic of the CSV BCK importer/exporter
• ...

Features

• Custom Collada importer for SuperBMD Collada files.
• Custom Collada exporter for conversion with SuperBMD.
• Reference axis SMG axis shows on all 3d models to guide the visualization of a mesh in the Super Mario Galaxy coordinate system (Y up).
• Custom mesurement unit Galaxy Unit (or GU in short) that is used to mimic the game's original modelling environment (1 GU is 1 centimeter).
• Epic Mario model like the default cube in Blender when starting the template (truly the most important part of the template >:]).
• ...

Installation

• Go to releases
• Locate the last release
• Download the blenxy.zip file
• Open Blender and go to File > Application Templates > Install Template from File...
• Search and select the blenxy.zip file
• The extension will download the python modules it needs in the first execution and automatically close Blender after installation (errors might happen here so open blender in CMD/Terminal to keep track of them).
• If everything went nicely, enjoy the extension!

Contribute

If you want to contribute or report an issue open a new issue in Issues. I will answer when I have time.

Thanks to

• Tarsa for the J3D Animation Editor program (JAE).
• Gabbo for pointing me out the Blender Python API reference.
• RenolY2 for J3DView and SuperBMD.
• The authors of the material I could read about BMD/BDL.
• The many stackoverflow threads (or similar forums/pages) in which Blender Python API issues/facts are discussed.

Changelog

• Collada importer/exporter updated. It still relies in Blender's default Collada importer/exporter. It is consistent enough to keep it this way for a long time.