new "NifSkope" nif importer/exporter for 3dsMax released, 1/7/07

[tommyboy]

New importer that lets you import FX, and makes a reasonable stab at importing bones and bips. I imported a mesh and the main body immediately "inherited" the animations of the mesh I imported it into, which is pretty impressive.
Havent tried the exporter yet.
But this is getting better all the time...

[ow_tiobe_sb]

Anything new on the gmax front with this release, tommy?   I've not visited the NIFTools forum in an age, so I haven't any idea what this might mean for the masses.

EDIT: Aye, you're right there, tom.  The biped parts load as bones even in gmax.  Nice update!  :thumbup:

ow_tiobe_sb
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[tommyboy]

Yes,sorry, I should have mentioned, support for:
Gmax
Max 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
is included (ie all versions).
Whether this means people with say Max9 can export for FF I dunno, but I think its getting closer...