Exporting Non-creature models?

[lordelysian]

Hello,

So I've recently gotten into the Spore modding scene by using some of your guys' custom parts for creatures. I was wondering though, if there was some way to be able to export UFO or building models from Spore with the use of mods, and I haven't been able to find anything. I don't have any intention of making my own parts using Maya/Blender and putting those into the game, I just want to be able to export the models of my creations to Maya. I've looked at a good majority of stuff on SporeMaster and SporeModder and it looked like most of the tutorials and info on those tools was just for making custom parts and packing that into a mod. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Mx3]

There is a way to do it, but it is not 100% effective.
By unpacking the GraphicsCache.package file you can find the models of the latest creations loaded and visualized in the game.
With the importers of SporeModder you can pass them to Blender.
However, some creations will have poor quality and other bugs.

Some examples:
https://sketchfab.com/models/2866046d55 ... 0474c6c7c7
https://sketchfab.com/models/0a75f4a679 ... 65f2856f08

[rob55rod]

There is a way to do it, but it is not 100% effective.
By unpacking the GraphicsCache.package file you can find the models of the latest creations loaded and visualized in the game.
With the importers of SporeModder you can pass them to Blender.

Which is preferable to colladaexport even for creatures, as you don't lose some parts' morphs that way O:

However, some creations will have poor quality

That's only if you load the LOD1 or higher models for them, the LOD0 ones are pretty much on par with the in-editor models.

and other bugs.

Wait wat

Some examples:
https://sketchfab.com/models/2866046d55 ... 0474c6c7c7
https://sketchfab.com/models/0a75f4a679 ... 65f2856f08

WOAH NICE EXAMPLES

[lordelysian]

There is a way to do it, but it is not 100% effective.
By unpacking the GraphicsCache.package file you can find the models of the latest creations loaded and visualized in the game.
With the importers of SporeModder you can pass them to Blender.
However, some creations will have poor quality and other bugs.

Thanks so much for the quick reply! Just a couple of follow-up questions. Where's the GraphicsCache.package? I looked in the Spore Data folder and it isn't there. Second, do I have to use Blender, as in, are the exported models only compatible with Blender?

[rob55rod]

There is a way to do it, but it is not 100% effective.
By unpacking the GraphicsCache.package file you can find the models of the latest creations loaded and visualized in the game.
With the importers of SporeModder you can pass them to Blender.
However, some creations will have poor quality and other bugs.

Thanks so much for the quick reply! Just a couple of follow-up questions. Where's the GraphicsCache.package? I looked in the Spore Data folder and it isn't there.

That's because it's not a mod or core game package, it's a save data package. You can find it at

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%appdata%\SPORE

, but be sure you've recently viewed the desired creations in the Sporepedia, to make sure there are cached models available for extraction.

Second, do I have to use Blender, as in, are the exported models only compatible with Blender?

Yes, you have to use Blender. The GMDL models present in those packages are in a proprietary format, and thus aren't compatible with anything natively (other than SpView, which was made specifically for them). The only addon created for any popular application is Emd's SporeModder Blender addon, which is only available for Blender, obviously. Of course, nobody's stopping you from exporting the models from Blender into a format your preferred application can import...