NeoDex is a Warcraft III modeling kit for 3ds Max and GMAX — a toolset for creating, editing and exporting Warcraft III models (.mdx / .mdl) with ease.
It works on both 3ds Max (any version from Max 5 and up) and GMAX. In 3ds Max it can export to both MDX and MDL; GMAX exports to MDL only (with a couple of extra steps).
Originally released and maintained on the Hive Workshop forums: https://www.hiveworkshop.com/threads/neodex-2-7-wc3-modeling-kit-for-3dsmax-gmax.115767/
This version (2.7) is being published here on GitHub for archival — it predates my GitHub account and never got pushed up at the time.
NeoDex inside GMAX — importer, NeoDex menu, Scene Manager, Sequence Manager and Skin Tools shown together while editing a Wc3 model:
NeoDex inside 3ds Max — the Wc3-aware renderer (with team-color and Wc3 materials), Sequence Manager, importer and layer setup:
NeoDex is composed of two main sets:
- Plugins — reproduce Warcraft III–style scene objects directly inside Max/GMAX: ribbon emitters, particle emitters, attach points, materials, vertex colors, collision shapes, etc.
- Tools — a flexible set of utilities that make the modeling, rigging, animation and export process much easier: importer, exporter, animation tools, IK snapper, key reducer, mesh tools, skin tools, scene/sequence/bone managers, and more.
- Close 3ds Max / GMAX if it is already running.
- Extract all the folders in this repo into your 3ds Max / GMAX installation folder.
- Start 3ds Max / GMAX.
- Open the Utility panel and choose MAXScript → Run Script (or use the top menu).
- Select
NeoDexInstallerand run it. - A new NeoDex menu should now appear in the top-right.
Since 2.5 there is a harmless quirk: the first time you run the installer in GMAX it throws an error. Just restart GMAX and run the installer again — if everything was extracted correctly it will work the second time.
Since NeoDex 2.5, user-made plugins can be added on top of NeoDex. Drop the user plugin into Scripts\NeoDexExtraTools and re-run the NeoDex Installer.
- Author: BlinkBoy (aka back then) / Fernando A. Sahmkow
- Contributors: Republicola (author of the old dexporter), Igni (Biped support and assorted fixes)
- Beta testers: Adiktuz, BallisticTerrain, Manoo, skrab, Talavaj
NeoDex is released under the BSD 3-Clause License.
For history, screenshots, discussion and the original community-facing release notes, see the Hive Workshop thread: https://www.hiveworkshop.com/threads/neodex-2-7-wc3-modeling-kit-for-3dsmax-gmax.115767/