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I am trying to export TS objects that are usable in Terragen 2.

I export as a Wavefront file using the TS plugin. Then I load the file into PoseRay. All my materials and bumpmaps show up just fine in the materials list. When I load it into Terragen the base color is all that shows.

I save the file with no spaces, per the T2 forum, make sure the material files are in the same folder as the obj. file and resave the obj. as a TGO file. No texture shows up.

This happens with premade objects or objects I create.

HELP.

i dont know teragen but... are you able to make there a texturemap after export? if not, the problem could be that the object lost its UV map during the (import) process.

I can see all the applied maps and base colors when I open the file obj in Poseray, which is the preferred software for converting for Terragen import according to the Terregan folks. I suspect the problem is more with Terragen than Truespace, but I'm working the problem from both ends.
When I get it corrected, I will post the solution on this forum as well as Terregan's in case someone else is having the same problemo.

rousoule, are you working with the Workspace obj exporter? Or model side exporters? On Model side there are 2 exporters: One is available in the File->Save menu, the other is a model side plugin (called LUUV). I believe LUUV works better then the Model side File->Save (to OBJ) option. If you are using the WOrkspace obj package, could you send me a sample scene file? I wrote the OBJ package for WOrkspace.

Froo

I am working on the model side.
I have narrowed the problem down. The material I apply in Ts is tiled to cover the whole object. I assumed that it would export the same, but when I look at the preview in Poseray, the individual tile is stretched to cover the whole object.
I am going to try generating a tiled material to fit the whole object, however it seems like an unnecessary complication.
As usual the fix is probably simple, but I haven't figured it out.