Convert XSI.exe issues

the exe file is meant to be run in command prompt

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sorry double post

thanks dude i'll use search from now on   

wait a tic, i'm horrible at command prompt. What exactly do you put in after you get to your directory?

EDIT: its says ERROR : CXSIPaser::Open
Failed to Open halcyon.xsi

  

okay i finally got it working!...only to discover i am doing something else wrong. I took the mesh file and replaced the Marza dreanaught with it. When I play the game though, it doesn't have a model. Do i have to make my own unit for it to work?

you need to set the unit to use your model i think, although i never really got a good enough model to get it in game

Hmmm i just take them from sketchup and export them to xsi and those crash xsi right off the bat. I really have no idea what the problem is...

wrote this for someone else but it will work for you too...

First click Start/Run/and type cmd

a command line prompt window will open and display with this

C:\Documents and Settings\whaterelseitwillsay\blaghblaghblagh>

then change thedirectory path by typing cd

C:\Documents and Settings\whaterelseitwillsay\blaghblaghblagh>cd

followed by the desired path in this case it was

C:\Documents and Settings\whaterelseitwillsay\blaghblaghblagh>cd C:\sinsofasolarempire\ConvertXSI

this is the format to use for converting your xsi file

C:\sinsofasolarempire\ConvertXSI>convertxsi.exe <"nameofyourxsifile".xsi> <"nameyouwantthemeshtohave.mesh> <--nooptimize>

example below...

C:\sinsofasolarempire\ConvertXSI>convertxsi.exe ball.xsi ball.mesh --nooptimize

this will convert the file

in my example the xsi file was moved to this folder for ease of use and i highly recomend it.

ds

thanks for that, but thats not my problem anymore. XSI doesn't even finish importing my models, it just crashes like 80% through

or u can write a simple batch file

how do you write a batch file?