Looking for Blockbench models to help test the import feature!

Justin

Hey everyone! One of the many things that's currently in the works is to improve the built-in Blockbench importing functionality, through which you can import .bbmodel files into a mesh-based model. If you create models in Blockbench and have any that you'd be willing to post here, it would be a huge help in testing out the fixes I've made so far!

If you'd like to help but would prefer to not share them publicly, you can e-mail them to me at justin@rpginabox.com.

Thanks so much in advance! I'm excited about getting this feature working better for those who want to use it!

mail.wi

Okay, I'm in! The archive contains three complex models: a pistol, a character, and a monster. The monster is animated using inverse kinematics. All three models include animations.

models.zip

61kB

Justin

mail.wi Thank you so much! I'll give them a try.

Sp1itLip

I got you J. Cooked up a quick model using all the available meshes and cubes. It's also quite big, and uses many of the modeling features so the shapes are more complex. While I didn't bother animating it, I think if you can get this imported okay, you'll probably not have any issues with anything else. I also labeled everything in it Mesh if a mesh was used instead of a cube so you can pinpoint what shapes/things that don't load properly.

new-compressed-zipped-folder.zip

57kB

Sp1itLip

This feature is something I am in much anticipation for. I am hoping that official support would mean that we had a tab in the corner "Import external" section with a new tab that just says "Import BB model"

Justin

Sp1itLip Thanks so much for the model! Blockbench models can currently be imported by creating a mesh-based model in the Model Maker, then using the "Import from External Format" button on the toolbar to browse to a .bbmodel file. This effort is to attempt to fix some of the issues that occur when using this feature, e.g. certain animations won't import properly, meshes may appear incorrect, etc.

Sp1itLip

Justin Hey man, YW for the model, it was just something quick and modest. I'm happy to help! If you post some other calls to action here and in the Reddit in the future I will always try to jump in if I can.

And ah! I was unaware the feature was already technically implemented. I thought I still needed to use mail.wi's converter.

Sp1itLip

Justin Is Mail.wi's converter still needed though? I can't seem to get anything to upload as a tile, object or character.

Justin

Sp1itLip Thanks, I appreciate the help! 🙂

Sp1itLip

Justin

~~Do you by chance know what the current limitations are the sizes of the imports currently?~~ I made a Cuboid mesh 66x66x66 in size with a 128 per side pixelation texture (2048x2048 total texture sheet size) to test the fidelity of texture uploads and it won't let me select the bbmodel file when I open the folder it's in.

Okay maybe something else is the issue here, because I just attempted a 8x8x8 size cuboid with a 16x (32x32) sized texture and the program refuses to acknowledge that it exists either. It shows all the available textures in the folder as images, but even when I tell RPGinabox to confirm object or tile it doesn't change being able to select it.

To be more clear, when I OPEN the folder it shows up, when I tell RPGinabox to SELECT the folder it disappears and only the images are available for selection. What to you reckon I am doing wrong here? Do I need to be attempting for a specific model size and specific texture size?

Justin

Sp1itLip You can import .bbmodel files directly without the converter using the method I described above, however it's recommended to use the converter for now due to the mentioned issues.

Sp1itLip

Justin

Thats weird, because no matter what I do I cannot get a .bbmodel file to upload without the converter. I have the most recent RPGinabox 1.3.3.7 and most recent BlockBench 4.12.5

So, I really have no idea how you are able to do this without the converter or how I can't.

Slayer

Sp1itLip you may have missed this:

"however it's recommended to use the converter for now due to the mentioned issues."

The point is while the functionality is there in the software, it's not working fully without the converter at this stage.

So depending on the model, you may get lucky and it just imports fine, but quite often they don't, not without the converter.

Sp1itLip

Slayer Hm, I guess I misunderstood what he meant, because it seemed to imply when he said "you can import .bbmodel files directly without the converter using the method I described above" that it doesn't always work in every circumstance, but it does occasionally work without the converter.

But I would think then that it's not even model dependent (at least in its current state), because I was just using Cuboid meshes of various small sizes to practice the import feature and even those small simple things were not working. I don't think it can be done at all without the converter (at least with my limited knowledge of attempts).

I apricate you guys taking the time to try and explain it to me though, I know I've been a bit of a squeaky wheel. I'll just grab the converter.

Slayer

Sp1itLip it can be done without the importer as my last attempt at trying a BB model imported successfully without the converter.

I think right now though, it's a case of "your mileage may vary" if you are not using the converter because i've had others that for whatever reason won't import.

If you use the converter, success rate shoudl be almost consistent.
if you don't, it's a roll of a dice.
At least until Justin can iron out the issues.