   3d studio Sprite Renderer
  Hi,i''m looking for a plugin or external tool for 3dstudio. The thing i want to automate is that all animation frames will be stored in one big file.For example if i render a 10 frames animation with 80x80 pixels 3dstudio creates 10files (anim00000.bmp, anim00001.bmp, ...). Is there a way to create simply one 800x80 pixel bitmap where the single frames are pasted together?an external little tool would also work.anyone an idea resp. can help me? thanx
  You have the Sprite Render Tool for 3dsmax on www.scriptspot.com who does exactly what you requested. However the program does not put all frames into one big bitmap. I have a program who does that but that is an in house tool which I can''t share with me.   ;  Quasty, I''ve got a tool that does this.  I wrote it to compile graphics for one of my 2D game projects.  I''ve abandoned the project and have moved onto a fully 3d version, so I don''t use it anymore.The interface is usable, but barebones.  However, it will let you take a series of images (named file0000 thru fileXXXX) and it will combine them into a single image of your specifications -- plus allowing you to add a border around each subimage in case you are using it as a sprite sheet for 3d.  It also outputs a text file description of all the frames.  My game read that in and used it to figure out the height/width per frame, plus offset values.  The program will even automatically fill in a sprite''s black background with pink (the standard transparency color).If you want, I can whip up some documentation and upload it to my webserver for download.   ---[[ Gaping Wolf Software ]] [[ GameGenesis Forums ]] ;quote:Original post by FenrirWolf  If you want, I can whip up some documentation and upload it to my webserver for download. wow - if you can do it that''ll be really great!thank you! ;  Okay, here it is:  The animation programNot a very pretty interface, but it gets the job done.  Look for the readme.txt for help on how to use it!   ---[[ Gaping Wolf Software ]] [[ GameGenesis Forums ]]   [edited by - fenrirwolf on February 2, 2004 1:38:38 AM];  Thanx a lot! I was looking for exactly this... ;  Yer welcome!  BTW, use the one in the \CAC directory.  I''m not sure how my test \animout directory got in there, too...I''ve fixed the archive, though!   --- - 2D/Pixel Artist - 3D Artist - Game Programmer - Ulfr Fenris[[ Gaping Wolf Software ]] [[ GameGenesis Forums ]] 