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This pack contains:

- W3X Exporter for 3DS Max 2017 - New tools for Max 2017 to export W3X files
- The source code to to the W3X Exporter and memorymanager.dll


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The new w3x tools require 3DS Max 2017 to work. (tools for other recent versions of Max such as 2019 may be possible but porting and testing would be required)

The new w3x tools are 100% compatible with files made in Max 8/9 with the old w3x tools. When you load an old file, WWSkin data is converted to Max skin data automatically. All the material settings and export flags will be read in and converted as well.
To make the DirectX Materials work, you will need to make sure that your DirectX Materials point at the correct path where the .fx files are located.
You also need to go to Customize-Preferences, click on the Viewports tab, select "Choose Driver" and then choose "Legacy Direct3D". This is necessary to allow Max to be able to load the .fx shader files properly.

Features from the old w3x plugin not currently supported:

Export with Std Mtls
Create Settings Floater

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- Install the latest release of Max 2017 from https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max/downloads/caas/downloads/content/3ds-max-201702-security-fix.html (this was the last Max 2017 update released by Autodesk and is required for the DirectX Material feature to work. It will install on any version of Max 2017 including student versions.)
- Download the files!
- Copy the the files in the "W3X Exporter - Max 2017" folder to your 3DS Max 2017 directory. Default: "C\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2017\Plugins"
- Run 3DS Max and the tools will load with it!

Note: If you have any issues with any missing files, you should install these Visual C++ Redistributable from Microsoft: https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x86.exe and https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe

There is a separate readme included for the source code.

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jonwil
Sir_Kane
cfehunter
The Assembly Armada
Dghelneshi
CMDBob
