[PC] WWE 2K18 import maxscript

[zaramot]

Hi guys! Here's maxscript to import [PC] WWE 2K18 import maxscript models with bones+weights (3ds max 2009-2015). 2K18 format differs from previous WWE games a bit, so here script for it separately. There's ton of bones, so script is slow wait a bit for model to import. Have fun, if you will find it useful!

[ssringo]

Thank you for the maxscript Zaramot. What tools are needed to extract the archives though?

[zaramot]

I know there's a bms script on zenhax by aluigi. And there's a tool for wwe games, I forgot the name of it. I will ask friend of mine, who extracted the files and let you know (I pesonally used bms script, but it's not very handy for most users)

[ssringo]

Found the thread on zenhax (I assume)

https://zenhax.com/viewtopic.php?t=3240

and the script is "yuke" on his quickbms page.

http://aluigi.altervista.org/quickbms.htm

Doesn't seem to do textures though so I'm guessing the other tool gets those?

[riccochet]

The yukes bms will decompress everything into bpe files, open them in a hex editor to see what files they are and resave them as either dds or yobj files.
The dds is a long process as its usually a few dds files in one bpe file.
Not sure if there is a tool to export bpe files.

[plodtrew]

Hi there. Thanks for your script, much appreciated.

I've added a value of zero for the endianess type on the weights so that it loads the weights for pc games older than 2k18. I also removed the transforms on the model in you script to make it compatible with my import tools.

I'm attaching the updated script: