Blender LS3D Tools

A Blender addon that adds support for LS3D Engine v5.559 formats.

Features

• 4DS import/export
• Standard mesh, billboard mesh creation
• Sectors, portals, occluder creation
• Lens flares creation
• Complete LS3D material settings support
• Complete LS3D object settings support
• Proper UV mapping export

Limitations

• Armatures, skins and morphs cannot be exported yet

Installation

1. Put ls3d_tools folder in the addons folder depending on your operating system.
   • Windows: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\%BLENDERVERSION%\scripts\addons
   • Linux: $HOME/.config/blender/%BLENDERVERSION%/scripts/addons
   • macOS: /Users/$USER/Library/Application Support/Blender/%BLENDERVERSION%/scripts/addons
2. Enable the addon in Blender Edit->Preferences...->Add-ons

Settings

You can edit the addon settings in ls3d_tools\settings.py.

MapsDirectories: List of directories in which textures are searched

Object colors

These colors are visible only in the solid viewport shading mode with object colors enabled

SectorColor, PortalColor, OccluderColor, MirrorColor

Example:

MapsDirectories = [
    "C:\\Dev\\HD2Data\\Maps",
    "C:\\Dev\\HD2Data\\Maps_C",
    "C:\\Dev\\HD2Data\\Maps_U"
]

SectorColor = (1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.6)
PortalColor = (0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.4)
OccluderColor = (0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.6)
MirrorColor = (1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0)

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