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I'm about to export some models with XSI Mod Tools, so that someone with foundation can export them into msh, and so I tried a test run on my models: I exported them in .xsi format, imported them in a new scene file, but all my texture options, such as texture repeats, had been ignored. The models came in a standard texture wrap. How do I make XSI understand that I want my texture options preserved?

you need to freeze all polygon meshs so that the cunstruction history stays the way it is and doesnt get reversed.

ummm...how do I?

I tried it, but it still doesn't work....is there anything I could have done wrong during the texturing procedure that could have screwed it up?

not freezing the textures with ctrl+F while the texture editor window is open.

I tried that and it still doesn't work...ok, here is an example of what I did:

1. create sphere
2. select polygons
3. Render>Get texture>Image
4. select texture
5. select a texture projection
6. go to advanced and change texture repeats
7. open a window as a texture editor and hit ctrl+f
8. select the model and hit freeze on the bar on the right side
9. export model as .xsi

Well, before doing step 2, you need to give the model Unique UVs.

I did that and it still doesn't work...are any non-standard export options required or not allowed?

EDIT
also when I export my models, I use polygons on the polygon type option, but it still imports in triangles...could that also be part of the problem? Please help me, I worked very hard on these models....

I assume you've exported asd .XSI*? That's a curse for other versions than above 5.0 of XSI: it triangulates the model and more or less doubles the polycount.

it sometimes also screws up the UV maps

well there's no other format you can export as...will that affect the textures anyway?

it only gets like that qdin if you either have the settings so they export that way or if your exporting or importing to or from mod tools, otherwise i could export a model to .xsi with XSI 5 and someone with 5.11 could import it with ALL the same data as my scene.

ummm....could I send a scene file?

EDIT
can somebody who uses Mod tools please give me a detailed walkthrough of how you export your models?

right click on the model and do File|Export|dotXSI

never mind, I solved the problem already....my models are now ready for conversion to .msh!