Mad Tracks Blender 2.79b Add-on

Description

Since Mad Tracks has been released on Steam, the game data files are located in a .zip file and easy to access and modify. The goal of this project is to import, edit and export them using Blender.

Requirements

• Mad Tracks Steam version
• Blender 2.79b (Windows and Linux, macOS version is not tested)

Setting up

• Paste the io_madtracks folder in Blender's add-ons folder (<blender_path>/scripts/addons)
• Extract Mad Tracks' data.zip file anywhere and copy the absolute path of the extracted folder
• Open Blender, go to "File > User Preferences > Add-ons" and check "Import-Export: Mad Tracks"
• A new tab in 3D view tools panel called "Mad Tracks" should appear, paste the extracted folder path there

Features

Import:

• LDO files
  • Visualize game geometry
  • Doesn't support old file versions
  • Lots of attributes are ignored because of lack of knowledge
• Descriptors (objects)
  • Lots of parameters are ignored
• Levels
  • Visualize entire levels with or without lightmap

Trackpart editor:

• Edit trackpart sequences in a level using a light UI panel
• The UI trackpart list will grow rapidly to support all of them
• Based on Blender groups and optional parent relations to quickly iterate or finalize a raceline

Export:

• Levels
  • Generate INI files to overwrite original levels with your own
  • AI nodes and level settings files are not supported yet

License

This project is licensed under the GNU GPLv3 License - see the LICENSE file for details

Acknowledgments

Huge thanks to Marvin Thiel, the author of the revolt-addon who made this project possible.