how to Import Soft Bodies! [need code???]

[TKBS]

PhysX specfic
* Purpose: Creating SoftBodies
example:
* skeletal mesh > Soft Body collision; > export = xml file

^^ uploaded for educational purposes only

- having difficulty exporting SoftBodies made with PhysX SDK 2.8.1

- Softbodies are created wit at least 1 bone, thus they can be exported as skeletal mesh [in this case: collada -dae]
- i followed all available documentation and then realized there is a nasty chunk of code [understatement/ the code is huge] needed - at least i think there is.

- problem
* nothing happens when i click export. [NX..Stream]
- i don't understand the source code or how to run PhysX scripts listed in the documentation.[source available]
- the debugger will not even recognize the provided source code
- so this is a tough one.

** i found this ** - but don't know how to run the script
http://code.google.com/p/physx2obj/s...?spec=svn2&r=2

#ifndef PHYSX2OBJ_H

#define PHYSX2OBJ_H

// This code snippet will take the contents of a PhysX SDK scene and save them either
// as a single large Wavefront OBJ file in world space or as a series of wavefront OBJ
// files in Object space with a response file containing the instantiation data for
// individual data assets.
//
// Works with the PhysX SDK 2.8.1 and PhysX 2.8.3
//
// Written by John W. Ratcliff on January 25, 2010
//
// This is useful for getting a 'game level' exported for testing in other applications.
//
// Note, that this does not handle primitive data types like boxes, spheres, and capsules.
// It only exports triangle meshes and convex hulls.

class NxScene;

// scene : The PhysX SDK scene to export to the Wavefront OBj file(s)
// fname : The base file name to save the scene as (does not include the extension of .obj) that will be appended.
// worldSpace : Whether to save the as a single large wavefront OBJ in wordspace or as a series of wavefront OBJ files.
int exportPhysX2Obj(NxScene *scene,const char *fname,bool worldSpace);

#endif

** i have many files that have 'exported' but UT3 responds in a few ways
1. output as Nxu Stream fails to recognize the data;
2. ut3 imports fail as skeletal and only work as mesh.
3. physX outputs an XML file?


examples of output files i have managed to make ...include:
dae, ase, xml
* once these ^^ files are imported into 3ds max - they definitely recognize some form of physics; that the mesh has been changed;
- but upon exporting again from 3dsmax they revert back to there original [non-physX] form.

confused? - yeh me to.
- Basically its possible to make a SoftBody [barrel for example].
- however it needs both "dynamics" and "copy surface"
- unfortunately each one works in opposition to the other; and as a result whichever 1 you press; the other gets reset to null.
wtf?
rigid body example/ With "copy surface"

Soft Body example/ With "dynamics"

^ i need both of these to occur simultaneously; not the effects/ just the soft body reaction and the wood/ surface


- its a long shot asking for help here - i know, but hopefully someone has some form of input- even a wild guess!!

* i cannot contact physX support [sadly the physX community is closed to "gamers"]
- and unfortunately access + license to the newest SDK [for UDK] doesnt help me either.
[i know coz i have it ]

[TKBS]

it is also stated that PS3 has had physX 2.8.1 support for UT3 since it was created;
- i have however been unable to get PhysX to work on PS3 - even with custom code and NX support compiled.


- The cooking Process:
* this is where i get lost visual studio and code etc

http://knol.google.com/k/introductio...ing_sub_module

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