3DS Material -> OpenGL

Question

Hello,

How these fields in 3ds (not max) file translated to OpenGL material?

• MAT_SHIN2PCT
• MAT_SHIN3PCT
• MAT_TRANSPARENCY
• MAT_XPFALL
• MAT_REFBLUR
• MAT_SELF_ILPCT
• MAT_SHADING

Answer 1

Have a look at http://www.the-labs.com/Blender/3DS-details.html and http://www.the-labs.com/Blender/3dsspec.html (sorry, spam prevention won't let me post these as links). You should understand, however, that 3DS is an obsolete proprietary format, so a complete specification is not available. If possible, I'd suggest a more readily-accessible format, such as COLLADA, or a custom format, in which case COLLADA is a good choice for an intermediate format.