The only good W3d importer (the one that also imports animations) does NOT work in 3dsmax...
I've tried to persuade the guys who are distributing the script to release a non encrypted version, so the errors can be traced and fixed.
Helas, no positive response from them.... :/
The only one that works for in 3dsmax is the one Seagle made but that's a very limited one. It works as an utility...
http://www.derelictstudios.net/users...ls/w3dgmax.zip
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