BAT4Blender

(tested with Blender 3.6 and 4.2+)

Installing the Add-on

The general gist of it is as follows.

1. download the source folder.
2. rename the folder to BAT4Blender and zip it (the files inside the zip should end up inside a BAT4Blender subfolder).
3. open Blender and go to Edit -> Preferences -> Add-ons -> Install..
4. navigate to the zip file created in step 2.
5. select Install Add-on from File...
6. the Add-on is now installed and available in the Properties context menu in the Scene tab.

Notes

• in Blender, print output is sent to system console, not to the Python console. Go to 'Window' -> 'Toggle System Console' to open it.

Roadmap

• alpha version (camera positioning, LOD creation, rendering of small objects)
• slicing of rendered images if larger than 256 px
• slicing of LODs
• uv-mapping of LODs
• zoom-dependent LODs
• renderer settings (lighting/shading/materials/…)
• nightlights
• darknite settings
• HD rendering
• conversion of LODs to S3D: Using fshgen:

  fshgen import -o output.SC4Model --force --with-BAT-models --format Dxt1 --gid 0xffffffff *.obj *.png
  

• showing progress while rendering: Go to the Rendering workspace to see the current image. Press ESC to cancel rendering.