How to create material from 3ds Max with CryENGINE2 Exporter

From Blue Mars Developer Guidebook

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Contents 1 Overview 2 Setting Up Material In 3ds Max 3 Preserved Material Settings 4 Export Material With CryENGINE2 Exporter

Overview

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This tutorial will walk you through the process of exporting a material from 3ds Max to a .mtl file for use in Blue Mars.

Setting Up Material In 3ds Max

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• Name the Multi/Sub-Object Material. This name will be used and displayed in the Blue Mar's material editor.
• Select a sub-material.
  • Set the shader type to Crytek Shader.
  • Repeat for all other sub-materials.

Preserved Material Settings

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• Some of the settings in 3ds Max's material editor will transfer over to the Blue Mars .mtl file.
  • Texture Maps
  • Diffuse Color
  • Opacity Value

Export Material With CryENGINE2 Exporter

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• Select the object you want export.
• Hit Add Selected under the Cry Exporter settings
• With the object added to the list, hit Create Material.

• The Item Editor will start. Once the Item Editor is started, then go back to 3ds Max.

NOTE: This step can be skipped if the Item Editor is already open.

• Hit the Create Material button.

• When prompted to save the material file...
  • Make sure the file is being saved to the same directory as the Max file.
  • The .mtl file name must be the same as Multi/Sub-Object material file in 3ds Max.

• Once saved, the material will be displayed in the Item Editor's material editor
• Notice that some of the settings from 3ds Max were transfered during the process.

• Go back to 3ds Max and export the .cgf.

NOTE: The 3ds Max file must be saved in order to export a .cgf

• Open the newly exported .cgf in the Item Editor, and the material will be automatically assigned.