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File format plugins

Optional/new plugins not included with L3DT installer

Plugin Author(s) File formats Target app Comments
atExportToTV3D Aaron BMP TrueVision3D Exports the heightfield and texture as bitmaps for TV3D.
L3DTio_CSV Aaron CSV MS Excel, OpenOffice Calc, etc. CSV spreadsheet importer/exporter for heightfields.
L3DTio_MOLA Aaron LBL/IMG N/A Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) importer.
L3DTio_WMPRO Aaron TER World-Machine WM Pro tilemap importer.
mk_L3DTio_FBX MiKo FBX FBX-compatible apps Exports optimised terrain mesh, textures &c for use in any application that supports the FBX format.
mk_L3DTio_DXStudio MiKo DXMESH DX Studio Exports optimised terrain mesh, textures &c for use in DX Studio.

Official plugins included with L3DT installer

Plugin Author(s) File formats Target app Comments
atImportAM Aaron PNG, BMP, MMF Imports attributes maps from RGB image files.
L3DTio_3DS Aaron 3DS Autodesk 3ds Max
L3DTio_AMF Aaron AMF, AMF.GZ
L3DTio_ASC Aaron ASC ERSI ASCII grid file.
L3DTio_Atlas2 Aaron, MDynna Atlas TGEA
L3DTio_B3D Aaron B3D Blitz3D B3D exporter plugin, for Blitz3D, Realm Crafter, etc.
L3DTio_BigBitmap Aaron BMP, G16 Can import/export bitmaps that are too large to fit in memory.
L3DTio_BT Aaron BT VTP
L3DTio_COLLADA Aaron DAE
L3DTio_DDS Aaron DDS
L3DTio_DDS2 Aaron DDS Can import/export DDS images that are too large to fit in memory.
L3DTio_DMF Aaron DMF
L3DTio_FI Aaron BMP, JPG, PNG, TGA
L3DTio_HFF Aaron HFF
L3DTio_HFZ Aaron HFZ, HF2, HF2.GZ
L3DTio_HTF Aaron HTF GLScene
L3DTio_OBJ Aaron OBJ Lightwave
L3DTio_OpenSim Aaron R32 OpenSim
L3DTio_PCX Aaron PCX
L3DTio_PGM Aaron PGM
L3DTio_RAW_HF Aaron RAW, R16, R32
L3DTio_SMD Aaron SMD TA Spring Only available with L3DT Professional.
L3DTio_SMF Aaron SMF TA Spring Only available with L3DT Professional.
L3DTio_SMT Aaron SMT TA Spring Only available with L3DT Professional.
L3DTio_Spring Aaron SD7 TA Spring Only available with L3DT Professional.
L3DTio_TER Aaron TER (Terragen) TerraGen
L3DTio_TIFF Aaron TIFF Supports greyscale/RGB TIFF, GeoTIFF.
L3DTio_TIN Aaron TIN Exports heightmap as Triangulated Irregular Network.
L3DTio_TorqueTER Aaron TER (Torque) Torque Game Engine
L3DTio_WMF Aaron WMF
L3DTio_X Aaron X DirectX
L3DTio_XYZ Aaron XYZ N/A XYZ ASCII point list exporter for heightfields.
L3DTio_VFW Aaron AVI Media Player, MPlayer, etc. AVI video file writer, using Microsoft Video For Windows.
L3DTio_VTP Aaron BT+JPG VTP Enviro. Exporter for VTP Enviro 3D renderer.
L3DTio_ZBIN Aaron ZBIN L3DT
L3DTio_ZMAP Aaron ZMAP L3DT
L3DTio_ZMESH Aaron ZMESH L3DT
L3DTio_ZPROJ Aaron ZPROJ L3DT
L3DTio_HtmlSummary Aaron HTML Firefox, Chrome, IE, etc. HTML map summary exporter.

Deprecated plugins

Plugin Author(s) File formats Target app Comments
L3DTio_AVI Aaron AVI Media Player, MPlayer, etc. AVI video file writer. Deprecated; use L3DTio_VFW instead.
L3DT_Atlas GarageGames.Com, Inc. Atlas TGEA Deprecated; use L3DTio_Atlas2 instead.