Development:Scripts & Tools

Internal tools

Tools developed for Vega Strike

• Mesher utility: Converts from/to Wavefront .obj+.mtl, xmesh(es), and BFXM file formats.
• ucsv.py: (Python) Conversion script for turning .xunit files into rows in units.csv format
• 3ds2xml: (Perl) script for converting .3ds files into .xmesh format. Doesn't appear to do axis translation properly, known to be somewhat flaky.
• [WIP] obj2obj converter (Perl, commandline) - Converts obj files to cockpit files. or extracts tag-data from the models. (At least that's what is planned, Testing under Win32/Linux. Pontiac)
• Configuration Parser (file: objconv/configparser.py in vegastrike CVS, Python) - Goes through the source tree and produces a config file (pygrap.config at present) containing every variable *used* in game, every possible command to bind to keys, and every colour definition that can be specified.
• [WIP] OBJ to Vega Strike cockpit converter (obj2vs_cockpit_obj, Perl)

External tools

Plugins and scripts for external programs

• XMESH import/export plugin for Wings3D
• XMESH converter for lightwave
• [WIP] XMESH import script for Blender