[1.8.9] Anyone know any kind of model software for entities?

[NovaViper]

Are there still any updated modeling software for creating entities?

[NovaViper]

And I may have asked this already (Sorry if this counts as spamming <_>), but I really need to know and plus.. I really have forgotten what modeling software is out there now (I literally went half the year without programming a single thing in Minecraft.. been really busy in high school)

[ratismal]

I don't have much experience with modelling entities, but as for modelling software, Blender is a pretty decent free modelling program. I know you can make OBJ files from it, not sure what else or if that's applicable for entities.

[NovaViper]

I do remember trying blender, but I couldn't figure out how to export the models as a java file.. nor could i figure out how to move in the editor

[ratismal]

I couldn't figure out how to export the models as a java file.

 

With Blender, you would export the model as a OBJ file, and then import it into your game. As for moving around, I can only suggesting looking up some Blender tutorials.

 

However, after doing more research, an OBJ is more for advanced modelling. If you're making a more of a blocky entity, this may be of some interest to you (rendering manually). That tutorial was made for 1.7.10, but it still should be mostly applicable for 1.8.9.

[NovaViper]

Ok, Ima try Blender and see how it works, thanks ^^

[NovaViper]

Oh? I thought that software died off. I'll try that also.. oh.. I'm having a bit of trouble using Blender, not sure how I can move around the editor

[NovaViper]

And does Tabula work with 1.8.9?

[DiMuRie]

dude,use voxel magica,is the easiest obj modeler,very user friendly,and free

https://voxel.codeplex.com/

 

i think monument valley was created using this

[NovaViper]

You mean like techne?

 

Yes it is a mod called Tabula now, it works for 1.8

I tried using Tabula, it doesn't want to start up

 

dude,use voxel magica,is the easiest obj modeler,very user friendly,and free

https://voxel.codeplex.com/

 

i think monument valley was created using this

 

It looks interesting and just about what I want.. but Im having issues trying to make the frame larger

[NovaViper]

dude,use voxel magica,is the easiest obj modeler,very user friendly,and free

https://voxel.codeplex.com/

 

i think monument valley was created using this

 

Also.. is this made for creating entites? MagicaVoxel looks like its made for blocks

[NovaViper]

Hey guys, what about this program called SketchUp? I used this before to make a a dog to be 3D printed.

[NovaViper]

And another question, when using MagicaVoxel and Sketch, they can export files as .obj files. Are those file types supported yet? Also.. how would I texture the models?

[coolAlias]

Tabula is a mod, not a standalone piece of software - you run it from within Minecraft. There is a button on the main menu.

[NovaViper]

I put in my mods folder but it never initalizes or runs

[coolAlias]

I put in my mods folder but it never initalizes or runs

Are you sure you got the correct version? I haven't checked, but it might not even be compatible with 1.8.9 yet. You can still model in it using 1.8.0 - the models export as .java files just fine, which you can then use in your project just like the vanilla entity model classes.

[NovaViper]

Yeah, I tried 1.8.9 and 1.8

[NovaViper]

Read Ichun's tutorials, it takes his core mod as well to run tabula

 

I've looked and still haven't found a tutorial or solution to run it

[ZeroNoRyouki]

Just use MultiMC or similar launcher to create a clean 1.8 instance, add the last raccomanded version of forge, put Tabula and iChunLib 5.x in the mod folder and enjoy

[NovaViper]

I do have a clean instance of 1.8.. but the game never even loads it up.

[ZeroNoRyouki]

And what does the error log say?

[NovaViper]

There wasn't an error and I finally got the game to read the mods

[TrashCaster]

Just use Techne. I still use it. It doesn't work flawlessly with the code export (some things get named wrong), but if you know what you're doing, then it doesn't matter.

[NovaViper]

I got Tabula to work, I placed both mods in the folder and it finally worked

[NovaViper]

Ok, I've been playing around with Tabula and it has been MUCH EASIER to handle with exporting than techne was. Though I'm trying to figure out on how to mimic the animations I made in the mod since the mod doesn't export animiations (such a shame for that too.. hopefully the modder comes out and do us all modders a favor and implement this). I've been looking at some mods like those Mowie mods and they seem to use their own libary and was acutally made with Tabula.