I'm trying to paint an area of my 3d plane as a cursor is moved (think area selection for building in a strategy game). The furthest (farthest?) I got was:
VisList visList = theWorld.getVisibilityList();
int polyID = Interact2D.getPolygonID(Interact2D.pickPolygon(visList, Interact2D.reproject2D3D(theCamera, buffer, x, y)));
I assume that camera-space is all I need here, since the docs suggest reproject2D3D and not reproject2D3DWS. Even if this is right, how can I now get something useful out of it (like, say, the vertices of the returned polygon)?

I'm taking the opportunity, as I finish my JSON-serialized format, to make special vertices (I'm thinking of three types at the moment, "regular," "hair," and "cloth" from which I might hang a runtime-generated cape). Where do you recommend I store this information (what might I subclass? Object3D? PolygonManager? SimpleVector?).

Is it possible that bones could ignore special bones, like jaws and eyes? I'm fairly sure that the jaw bone animation on my model is getting exported but, alas, the jaw isn't opening.

I'm creating my very own JSON-serialized 3d format, for use with Bones. It will come straight out of 3ds max via a MaxScript I'm developing (Python script for Blender to follow). In point of fact, it's almost ready, save for the fact that I don't yet understand how to create a SkinData object (question to be posted on the Bones board and I do already have a SkeletonPose object filled) and the little texture issue that I'm having. I'm creating the Object3D's (non-skinned objects will also be supported in my format) texture coordinates with the following line. And the result is visible in the image that follows (mostly correct save for minor issues). I suspect it's a rounding issue. What do you think, Egon?

anObject.addTriangle(vector1, uv1.get(0), -(uv1.get(1)-1f), vector2, uv2.get(0), -(uv2.get(1)-1f), vector3, uv3.get(0), -(uv3.get(1)-1f));

That's all, folks.

Which, in turn, means that a lot of models won't work. I just spent an hour trying to export a character via EasyOgreExporter and OgreXMLTools. The model got exported, but it's extremely screwy. No way to use it without "Don't Export Bones With No Influence."

Is there no way we could get a MaxScript for Max>Bones? :- )

Egon, would you be so kind as to write me a quick-and-dirty loader for a file format specified in the following description? I'd do it if I completely understood it. :- )

4B object count OF. 0 in empty files
4B simple offset to vertices/faces - doesn't work all the time. Probably useless...

OF * object header 116B
{
  16B name
  4B int facegroups offset
  4B int facegroup header offset
  4B int facegroup header 2 offset
  12B zero
  4B int ? 94, 0xD4
  4B int ? 98, 0x100
  4B int ? 9C, 0x104
  4B float ?:
      -bark_moon, cldcar: 1.0
      -sky, e_cor: 0.2
      -wmvwing: 1.25
  12B zero
  5x4B floats ?
  4B int offset before 0xFFFFFFFF header end marker
  6x 4B float ?
}

OF * facegroup header
{
  2B number of facegroups NOF
  2B NX ?
  NOF * facegroup/meshdef0 offset {
    4B int ?
    4B int facegroup/meshdef0 offset
  }
  2B NOF again
  2B NX ? 
  NX * offsets + zeros
  NOF * name {
    2B facegroup number
    8B char
  }

  4B 0xFFFFFFFF header end marker
}

NOF * facegroup/meshdef0 (fg/m0) 132B
{
  4B int offset to next fg/m0, 0 if there's no next, or in some other circumstances
  4B int offset to prev?
  4B int offset to beginning if this is not first fg/m0?
  4B int offset to end if offset to next = 0
  4B int offset to meshdef1 + 4
  8B zero
  48B 3 * {
    4B float 1.0
    12B zero
  }
  4B int
  3 * 4B float
  3 * 4B float 1.0
  28B zero
}

NOF * facegroup/meshdef1 96B
{
  4B int facedef end offset
  20B zero
  4B int vertices used
  4B int ?
  4B zero
  4B int face def offset
  4B int vertex def offset
  52B zero
}
 
NOF * face block
{
  8B zero
  4B int filepos + 4
  4B int face count FC
  FC * face
  {
    4B int face flags
        - bits 0, 1 unknown
        - if bit 2 is set, face has texture coordinates (uv-s)   
        - if bit 3 is set, the face is a quad, otherwise it's a triangle
        - if bit 4 is set, face has separate colors for each vertex
        - if bit 5 is set, face has color
        - if bit 6 is set, face has extra 8 bytes before vertex colors
        - bits 7-10 unknown. higher bits don't seem to be set
    1B int ? 46/49/4B
    1B int ? 51/71
    1B int ? 0C
    1B int face block size divided by 4
        - A = 40B, 9 = 36, etc.
    2B int zero
    2B int material index
    4x 2B vertex indices, relative to the face group. The last index is zero in triangle faces
    if (face has extra 8 bytes) {
        8B extra bytes
    }
    if (face has color) {
        if (face has vertex colors) {
            3/4 * 4B RGBA vertex color
        } else {   
            4B RGBA color
        }
    }
    if (face has texture coordinates) {
        3/4 * {
            2B int horizontal texture coord
            2B int vertical texture coord
        }
    }
  }
}

Vertices
{
  2B int X
  2B int Y
  2B int Z
  2B int ?
}