Hi,

From myself and the good ol boys at AHPP, we're wondering if it would be possible for an update to the LFS EDITOR that allows the exporting of OBJ / FBX file formats?



Would be greatly appreciated 🤝🏼

Being part of AHPP, I totally agree. It definitely would speed up some mod development, currently there is a process to export to obj, though involves using 3rd party tools, which always has to be cleaned up afterwards, easily a couple hours for each export. Another really useful feature adjacent to this if it could import materials back in, being able to export to blender or other, work on it, then import it again would greatly speed up 3d modelling for lfs (though I’m pretty happy with the editor, speaking from what I’ve heard in the community)

The downside is that it would also make it easier to steal models.

Quote from Flame CZE :

The downside is that it would also make it easier to steal models.

Only for other games though, not sure if this would adjust the risk of someone taking someone else's mod model to re-upload here since it's all community ran and reviewed. Which if someone is already planning on uploading models from here to another game, I'm sure they would have the 3rd party tools to do so (which I believe the LFS car license should make that illegal)

Quote from OpenClutch :

Only for other games though, not sure if this would adjust the risk of someone...

There is already some tools to ripp mods yes , but you need some knowledge to use them , if we add that obj export thing , mostly everyone could do it , not only for reuploading mods without permission but asw as stealing parts or even reselling 3d models (imagine you make a model from 0 and someone is making money on you , its already possible anyways since lfs have 0 security).

Quote from neozixxs :

There is already some tools to ripp mods yes , but you need some knowledge to...

Everyone will have access to it, doesn't mean everyone will steal.

Now for the few that rip the models!!.. Uploading a non textured, no wheels model onto sketchfab and asking for $ doesnt scream stolen?? Id love to see how many “sales” they get lol

The people who already had malicious intent will look for ways to rip and inevitably find the popular programs.
My Tegra was stolen 3 times and PUBLISHED on LFS ( without a export OBJ feature ) before i just made it open derivatives.

Now i get it we dont want our models to be stolen and sold to.. *checks notes* Other popular 2003 racing games…………..

So let me review the cycle here; people export the OBJ’s, reupload a untextured grey low poly car model to sketchfab for MONEY, people will then buy these models and use them for their own personal!- LFS mods.

Listen the tools are already available so its no big deal to not implement it into the LFS editor.

I +1 this, as stated by jake, it's redudent to not allow it as it's already possible to convert sre to obj using supplied tools.

or it can be allowed only for mods that have "Derivatives are allowed : YES".