3ds importer porting for Blender 2.80 is done?

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#1

I’ve been spying hard on when 3ds import/ export functionality will be ported to Blender 2.8/ 2.9. Looks like it’s done or at least in advanced development stage and it’s already usable.

Please see there: https://developer.blender.org/T66329

There is a DIFF file shared and I don’t know how to use it. It’s not a fully usable add-on itself, right? How can it be turned into a usable script that I could install in Blender 2.8 or, preferably, 2.9?

I completely don’t understand devs’ discussions. I’m just a beginner user, so I don’t even dare to post anything on DEV forum. Just want to know if the data they shared on the linked page can already be used as a functional importing add-on.

There is also export_3ds.py file. Maybe that’s the compiled add-on? I installed it for Blender 2.90, got a message looking like a successful installation, but I cannot see the add-on on the list in Prefs. Perhaps I should install Blender 2.8, because the add-on is not compatible with 2.90? Or maybe I should use the DIFF file, but how? So many questions, so little answers.

#2

It ships with blender… at least in the daily (2.92) builds it’s there…

#4

Thank you!
Haven’t seen the newest build. 2.90 didn’t yet have it.

I would also like to find the script in the addons folder of 2.92 alpha, but I cannot see it!

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#5

I searched for “3DS” and windows didn’t find any file.

Blender Prefs say that the script is in “addons_contrib” folder, but it appears empty! I have hidden files shown in Windows settings.

#6

I haven’t checked the daily builds but @TheRedWaxPolice say’s it is in there…
But if the .diff file is just a Python file so if you rename it to .py you should be able to install it for testing…

#7

I’ll give it a shot in a second, but I guess the script in the 2.92 nightly build is the newest available, so I’d love to find it in Blender folder and try to copy to 2.90.

#9

I think I resolved that.
Reboots do miracles sometimes.

I found and copied the addon to my 2.90 folder and it works perfect!