Rod Recker (rod.recker++at++discreet.com)
Wed, 7 Jul 1999 12:25:16 -0400
The .lsb format is no longer supported by Lightscape software. You have a
couple options to get Lightscape files into Performer:
1. Use the ls2vrml program that ships with Lightscape or
2. Use the FileSDK information on the Lightscape 3.2 CD (shipping as of last
week) or
3. Use our translator plug-ins in conjunction with 3DS MAX to get access to
the Lightscape data. This is similar to the FileSDK approach, but may be
more comfortable if you used to MAX programming.
The ls2vrml may be easiest, but will only give you access to RGB per-vertex
information, but combined with Lightscape's built-in mesh-to-texture data
reduction capability, this may not be a problem.
The file SDK is only available with Windows/Intel libraries so you would
need to write a converter that would run on a PC. The advantage of the SDK
is that it gives you full access to the physical energy values in the
radiosity mesh that you can manipulate as needed.
For more information, you can go to http://www.lightscape.com or the
Lightscape user forum at http://support.discreet.com/~lightscape. (I am told
that the user forum web server will be down tomorrow most of the day for
maintenance.)
In addition, the Tech Support section of the Lightscape site has some great
information on real-time data preparation with Lightscape:
http://www.lightscape.com/support/gamedev/
I'm not a subscriber to the Performer mail lists so please email me directly
if you need more information.
Rod Recker
Product Development Manager - Lightscape
Discreet, a division of Autodesk
rod.recker++at++autodesk.com
http://www.lightscape.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dick Rous [mailto:dick++at++sgi.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 8:27 AM
> To: info-performer++at++sgi.com; info-performer-internal++at++sgi.com
> Subject: LightScape file converter.
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Is anybody aware of where to find ls2lsb, converting Lightscape format
> files into a binary format .lsb, digestable by pflsb.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> cheers,
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