[TOOL] 32bit mesh to 16bit converter

[Shamun]

I created a new tool that converts all the 32bit indices arrays to 16bit.
I developed it because OpenGL ES can't handle 32bit arrays and I needed high poly meshes.
It was developed specifically for my needs so you can make changes to adapt it to your needs.
Advices and bug fixes are welcome.

http://code.google.com/p/32to16/

[jacmoe]

Made it sticky.

[dowi]

thanks alot!
i used it for my iphone project and it did the trick

[JDX_John]

Great tool - personally I'd like to suggest you might add this to MeshMagick?

How does your tool deal with meshes which can't simply be changed to 16bit... does it restructure them?

[Shamun]

yap it restructures the submesh by the render operation.
I haven't test all the cases so if you can post some feedback it will be great

By the way what is MeshMagic?

[JDX_John]

Part of Ogre addons tools:

MeshMagick 0.6.0 - versatile Ogre mesh manipulation tool.
Copyright 2007-2008 by Daniel Wickert

Usage: MeshMagick [global_options] toolname [tool_options] infile(s) -- [outfile(s)]
Global options:
-help = Prints this help text
-help=toolname = Prints help for the specified tool
-list = Lists available tools
-no-follow-skeleton = Do not follow Skeleton-Link (if applicable)
-quiet = Supress all messages to cout.
-verbose = Print more detailed messages.
-version = Print meshmagick version.

Available Tools
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info - print information about the mesh.
meshmerge - Merge multiple submeshes into a single mesh.
optimise - Optimise meshes and skeletons.
rename - Rename different elements of meshes and skeletons.
transform - Scale, rotate or otherwise transform a mesh.