MWO: Atlas extract failing leading to impossible import

TheFoxyShortBus commented 5 years ago

I know this tool is probably on its last legs, but wanted to share an issue I found.

When running the cfg-converter tool on certain mechs run into an error. This is currently based off the newest version of the of both tools. (downloaded 2 days ago from this post). For this example I'm using the atlas.

foreach ($file in (get-childitem -recurse *.chr)) { cgf-converter $file -throw -objectdir "D:MWO Assets" }
Input file set to D:\MWO Assets\Objects\mechs\atlas\body\atlas.chr
Exceptions thrown to debugger
Data directory set to D:MWO Assets

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There was an error rendering D:\MWO Assets\Objects\mechs\atlas\body\atlas.chr

Unable to read beyond the end of the stream.

   at System.IO.BinaryReader.FillBuffer(Int32 numBytes)
   at System.IO.BinaryReader.ReadSingle()
   at CgfConverter.CryEngine_Core.ChunkCompiledPhysicalProxies_800.Read(BinaryReader b)
   at CgfConverter.CryEngine_Core.Model.Read_Chunks(BinaryReader reader)
   at CgfConverter.CryEngine_Core.Model.Load(String fileName)
   at CgfConverter.CryEngine_Core.Model.FromFile(String fileName)
   at CgfConverter.CryEngine..ctor(String fileName, String dataDir)
   at CgfConverter.Program.Main(String[] args)
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Input file set to D:\MWO Assets\Objects\mechs\atlas\body\atlas_LOD1.chr
Exceptions thrown to debugger
Data directory set to D:MWO Assets

Looking through the error, I think it comes back to these three lines. Because its rolling back into the ChunkCompiledPhysicalProxies_800.cs file, and its in the FillBuffer call after a ReadSingle and these are the only 3 in the file.

for (Int32 j = 0; j < PhysicalProxies[i].NumVertices; j++)
                {
                    PhysicalProxies[i].Vertices[j].x = b.ReadSingle();
                    PhysicalProxies[i].Vertices[j].y = b.ReadSingle();
                    PhysicalProxies[i].Vertices[j].z = b.ReadSingle();
                }

I'm not a C# Dev but reading through the docs it appears like its reading 4Bytes (aka Int32), and a "Unable to read beyond the end of the stream." error is thrown when you read past what is actually there, I'm not entirely sure if that is what it means in C#, but that is my guess.

It seems like another project seemed to have something similar go on. Not exactly the same issue, but might offer some help. https://github.com/Perfare/AssetStudio/issues/177

If I go to import the mech in blender, the blender console throws the following error. Probably because the above process didn't work, but I figured I'd throw it in there for completeness.

found bundled python: C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.79\python
Import Mech
D:\MWO Assets\Objects\mechs\atlas\atlas.cdf
I/O warning : failed to load external entity "file:///D:/MWO%20Assets/Objects/mechs/atlas/body/atlas.dae"
Couldn't open file
Schema validation error: Critical error: ERROR_COULD_NOT_OPEN_FILE Additional: D:\MWO Assets\Objects\mechs\atlas\body\atlas.dae
COLLADAFW::Root::loadDocument() returned false on 1st pass
Error: Errors found during parsing COLLADA document (see console for details)
Error importing armature at: D:\MWO Assets\Objects\mechs\atlas\body\atlas.dae
RuntimeError: class IMPORT_SCENE_OT_mech, function execute: incompatible return value , str(, Function.result expected a set, not a bool)

location: <unknown location>:-1

location: <unknown location>:-1

The file atlas.dae doesn't exist, most likely because of the converter failing. Let me know if you need more info/help I'll gladly help you out.