Stalker Model Ripping Program
Not sure how it works, but someone tipped me off, so i thought, may as well post this here, im no modeller myself, but someone else might have use for it.
http://www.deep-shadows.com/hax/3DRipperDX.htm
Nice will take a look at it.
Seems like it is just a model converter.
If anyone will be ripping some stuff, we could definitely use some more flora and vegetation models. I can probably get some more nature ground textures myself.
I'm really looking into this, I will try to learn how to rip some models.
I've been putting some time into using this and it requires a pretty beefy system though. Basically, you run any DX8 or DX9 game and save a frame while playing, the frame finds the materials and model paths of everything being rendered in the game and saves it into a special format. From there you open it using a plugin with 3Ds Max. It's pretty nice, it saves shaders and the whole lot.
Edit: I've been doing a bit more work and it does not appear to work for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky, it will crash and create a corrupted 3DR file.
Solution is in the other thread. http://www.forums.hypergamer.net//index.php/topic,2114.0.html