TribesToBlender – DTS importer for Blender

We're going ahead and releasing a .DTS importer for Blender on GitHub.

https://github.com/tekrog/TribesToBlender

Import Starsiege: Tribes models into Blender 3.0+

Currently, only .DTS files are supported for import, these are the static and animated meshes used by Tribes.

Supported Features

The following model features are supported:

• Animations
• Static meshes
• Collision meshes
• Debris meshes
• Hulk meshes
• Levels of Detail (LODs)(Each level will have a number after the name of the root mesh)
• Textures
  • If the texture files are in the same directory as the .dts file, they will be automatically imported and applied to the model
• IFL sequences (animated materials)
  • This does not include animated UVs (this is how the Plasma Gun animates the cartridge when fired)
• Armors with bones
  • Some of the animations slide, this is most likely a keyframing issue
• Vehicles

Known Issues

Below are the currently known issues:

• Sub-animations do not work (flames on the vehicles)
• Some of the armor animations slide, an additional keyframe most likely needs to be inserted before transitioning between animations
• Not all of the vertex animations work properly (Sensor Jammer)
• Animated UVs are not supported.
• Importing multiple models at the same time can break the hierarchy and overlap the timeline markers.
  • Don't import more than one model at a time into a scene.