Autodesk 12812-051462-9011 User Guide 3 - Page 2016

The reduced size of the texture maps will usually look fine on the model, because the model's UVW texture coordinates will have already taken into account the non-square dimensions of the image. Use the smaller settings if, after tuning the compression settings and simplifying the scene in 3ds Max, the W3D file is still too large. If the scene contains no textures, or only small textures, limiting the texture size will not help to reduce the size of the W3D file. No limits on texture size Exports all texture maps in the scene at the full resolution of the image as used in 3ds Max. For example, a 2048 X 4096-pixel image will be written to the W3D file at these dimensions (compressed, of course). 512 by 512 pixels maximum Exports the texture maps so that no image exceeds 512 X 512 pixels. A 2048 X 4096-pixel image will be scaled to a 512 X 512-pixel image; a 128 X 1024-pixel image will be scaled to a 128 X 512-pixel image. 256 by 256 pixels maximum Exports the texture maps so that no image exceeds 256 X 256 pixels. A 2048 X 4096-pixel image will be scaled to 256 X 256 pixels; a 128 X 1024-pixel image will be scaled to 128 X 256 pixels. Animation Options group The Animation Options group contains the controls to change how an animation is captured. Sampling interval This setting is used to capture object animation once every specified number of frames. Range These Start and End controls indicate which frames of the scene animations are to be captured. By default, these values are set to capture the entire animation interval specified in 3ds Max, sampling all animations in the scene every frame. Export Controls Author Check Opens a window displaying warning messages about possible problems found converting the scene to the W3D file format. If no errors are found, the window is blank. These messages, which do not necessarily indicate problems with the scene, can be useful in debugging problems such as why the scene looks different in the preview window than it does in 3ds Max. If the scene uses any 3ds Max features that are not supported by the exporter, they will be listed here. Exporting to Shockwave 3D | 7271