[Model Source Files?]

i have written a python script that fixes the static models (non animated), so they can be imported into blender 2.54. just copy all dae and dds files into a directory and run this script (commandline python scriptname.py) within the same directoy.

# fixscript

filename = "celt_barge-orig.dae"

import xml.dom
import os
from xml.dom.minidom import parse


currentEffectId = 'Undefined'
currentProfile = None
currentTechnique = None
currentMaterial = None
currentEffectFx = None
dom1 = None
hasAddedSurfaceAndSampler = False

def printAttributes(child):
	if child.hasAttributes():
	  if child.attributes:
		for attrKey in child.attributes.keys():
		  print "- attrKey:", attrKey, "attrValue:", child.attributes[attrKey].value
		  #pass

def recurse(child):
  global currentEffectId, currentProfile, currentTechnique, currentMaterial
  global hasAddedSurfaceAndSampler, dom1
  #print "type:", child.nodeType, "name:", child.nodeName, "value:", child.nodeValue
  if child.nodeType != 3:
	#printAttributes(child)
	pass

  if not hasAddedSurfaceAndSampler:
	if child.nodeName == 'effect':
	  # remember current effect id
	  #print "found effect", child
	  currentEffectId = child.attributes['id'].value
	if child.nodeName == 'profile_COMMON':
	  #print "found profile", child
	  currentProfile = child
	if child.nodeName == 'technique':
	  #print "found technique", child
	  currentTechnique = child

	if child.nodeName == "init_from":
	  #print dir(child.firstChild)
	  #print "init_from", child.firstChild
	  if child.firstChild.data[0:4] == 'file':
		child.firstChild.data = "./"+child.firstChild.data.split('\\')[-1]
#	  print "init_from", child.firstChild.value
	if child.nodeName == 'texture':
	  #print "of effect:", currentEffectId
	  #print "in profile:", currentProfile
	  #print dir(currentProfile)
	  """
	  <newparam sid="Map__344-image-surface">
			<surface type="2D">
				<init_from>Map__344-image</init_from>
				<format>A8R8G8B8</format>
			</surface>
		</newparam>
	  """

	  surfaceParm = dom1.createElement("newparam")
	  surfaceParm.setAttribute("sid", "%s-surface" % child.attributes['texture'].value)
	  currentProfile.insertBefore(surfaceParm, currentTechnique)

	  surface = dom1.createElement("surface")
	  surface.setAttribute("type", "2D")
	  surfaceParm.appendChild(surface)

	  initFrom = dom1.createElement("init_from")
	  surface.appendChild(initFrom)

	  initFromText = dom1.createTextNode(child.attributes['texture'].value)
	  initFrom.appendChild(initFromText)

	  # ---
	  """
		<newparam sid="Map__344-image-sampler">
			<sampler2D>
				<source>Map__344-image-surface</source>
				<minfilter>LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR</minfilter>
				<magfilter>LINEAR</magfilter>
			</sampler2D>
	  </newparam>
	  """

	  samplerParm = dom1.createElement("newparam")
	  samplerParm.setAttribute("sid", "%s-sampler" % child.attributes['texture'].value)
	  currentProfile.insertBefore(samplerParm, currentTechnique)

	  sampler = dom1.createElement("sampler2D")
	  samplerParm.appendChild(sampler)

	  source = dom1.createElement("source")
	  sampler.appendChild(source)

	  sourceText = dom1.createTextNode("%s-surface" % child.attributes['texture'].value)
	  source.appendChild(sourceText)

	  minfilter = dom1.createElement("minfilter")
	  sampler.appendChild(minfilter)

	  minfilterText = dom1.createTextNode("LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR")
	  minfilter.appendChild(minfilterText)

	  magfilter = dom1.createElement("magfilter")
	  sampler.appendChild(magfilter)

	  magfilterText = dom1.createTextNode("LINEAR")
	  magfilter.appendChild(magfilterText)

	  child.attributes['texture'].value = "%s-sampler" % child.attributes['texture'].value
	  textureName = child.attributes['texture'].value

	  hasAddedSurfaceAndSampler = True

  if child.nodeName == "material":
	currentMaterial = child.attributes["id"].value
	#print "found material", child, child.firstChild.nodeName
	for subChild in child.childNodes:
	  if subChild.nodeName == "instance_effect":
		currentEffectFx = subChild.attributes['url'].value
		print "found fx", currentEffectFx, "in", child.attributes["id"].value

  if child.nodeName == "instance_material":
	if child.hasAttributes():
	  #print "attr", child.attributes['symbol'].value, currentMaterial
	  if currentMaterial == child.attributes['symbol'].value:
		#print "YES"
		"""
		<bind_vertex_input semantic="CHANNEL0" input_semantic="TEXCOORD" input_set="0"/>
		"""
		bindVertexInput = dom1.createElement("bind_vertex_input")
		bindVertexInput.setAttribute("semantic", "CHANNEL0")
		bindVertexInput.setAttribute("input_semantic", "TEXCOORD")
		bindVertexInput.setAttribute("input_set", "0")
		child.appendChild(bindVertexInput)

  if child.hasChildNodes():
   for subChild in child.childNodes:
	 recurse(subChild)

def handleFile(filename):
  global currentEffectId, currentProfile, currentTechnique, currentMaterial
  global hasAddedSurfaceAndSampler, dom1
  currentEffectId = 'Undefined'
  currentProfile = None
  currentTechnique = None
  currentMaterial = None
  currentEffectFx = None
  hasAddedSurfaceAndSampler = False

  dom1 = parse(filename)
  for child in dom1.childNodes:
	recurse(child)

  #tmp_config = 'celt_barracks_weapons-orig.dae' 
  fw = open("%s-converted.%s" % os.path.splitext(filename), 'w')
  fw.write(dom1.toxml())
  fw.close()


for f in os.listdir("."):
  if os.path.splitext(f)[1] == ".dae":
	print "handle file", f
	handleFile(f)