3D model edit

[PoueT]

Hello Everybody,

I am sorry to speak english here, badfully I don't speak german. (I use google translator to read this forum).
It seems that there is still active people playing this game here which is very nice ! (I am playing the english version : Diggles, the myth of fenris)

I have seen some post from Chris1231 which looks interesting about modding.

So If I well understood the .3db file is made by a custom tool and nobody can help us... ?
That would be very nice to make better 3D models + HD textures...

[Arthur]

Hi,

it's true that they used their selfmade packer for the 3db files.

greets
Arthur

[PoueT]

Hi Arthur,

Thanks for the answer. Has some tryed to contact Carsten Orthbandt ?

I've seen thanks to this forum and the waybackmachine that there is an old forum "wiggles.foren-city.de" with a lot of precious data ^^.
I've read on this old forum that the game models have been created using 3D Studio max.

I'll try to have a look at thoses files. Any help is welcome .

Greets,
Pouet

[Arthur]

Yes, i'm in contact with him from time to time.
He owns the source code again, but doesn't give it away.

I don't know so far, that somebody cracked the 3db files.

Good luck
Arthur

[PoueT]

Ok maybe he plans to make a future version of Diggles or a "HD version" and/or don't want to see some peoples using the original 3D models...

I wish it could be true or that he "at least" helps the community to make mods ...

[spq]

Hi there,
just(this weekend) tried to reverse the 3db files and had some luck - i can display the contained models including textures etc.
some(much) stuff is still unknown but the models already look very nice...
code is dirty as hell but well it works somehow

https://git.aachen.ccc.de/~spq/wiggles-3db-parser

Usage: ./parse.py <path to 3db file> <path to Textures folder>

You will need some 3rd party python modules:
PIL, pyglet (other viewers i used before "plain" opengl are VPython's visual and matplotlib, but they are no more required since the use of pyglet)

Btw. i speak german - just in case...

Greetings, spq

[SkyNet]

Hey there

Is it really possible to extract those models? Or at least, to get this tool from the developers?
I use Maya 2013 to create models and i am good at it. Creating some models for wiggles sounds awesome for me. ^^

I can also speak german.

[Rundai]

Gibt es mittlerweile schon neuigkeiten bezüglich der 3D Modelle?

[spq]

i have been asked about the 3db parser, you can download it through git or (if git is problematic for you, i nopasted it here: http://paste.ubuntu.com/8708598/ )
greetings, spq

[SilentPhil]

Sorry, I have some problem. See attachment.
Help, please.