sgMotion, cannot use .X or .FBX

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2.0 Studios Posted: 09-03-2010 4:21 AM

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Hey,

I have 5 models, I am attempting to animate in Sunburn via sgMotion. ALL give me the same error.

An unhandled exception of type 'System.ArgumentException' occurred in SynapseGaming-SunBurn-Community.dll

Additional information: Effects that implement skinning require object vertex buffers to supply both blending weight and indices in the vertex stream.

I have exported every model from a .Max file from Max 2009 and 2010 3 different ways each.

• Panda Exporter
• kwxporter
• Built in FBX exporter

This error occurs here:

SkinnedModelForAnimation = GeneralContent.Load<SkinnedModel>("Models\\Swordsman\\Warrior 11kw")
EnemySceneObject = new SceneObject(SkinnedModelForAnimation.Model);

The oddest thing is that another model I have uses the max biped, exports and is used just fine.

I have no idead how to fix this. Any help would really be appreciated.

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Tom replied on 09-03-2010 7:29 AM

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There could be a mesh in your scene (maybe even hidden) that isn't baked and is causing the error. We've had a similar error very late in dev of OverNight, I'll ask the artist what we did to fix it as I can't recall. We've used kw-export as well, and worked in the end.

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JohnK "bobthecbuilder" replied on 09-03-2010 12:22 PM

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Hi guys,

I agree with Tom, it sounds like the model file (the Max scene) contains one or more non-skinned meshes.

If this is intentional you can disable the Skinned property on any effects in the Model that correspond to a non-skinned mesh, but by default the content pipeline assumes the entire model is either completely skinned or not-skinned.

Let me know if this helps!