Help with assigning a texture, please

[Moraelin]

Ok, before I start, I cannot model worth squat and Blender is like rocket surgery to me. So please have patience and use simple sentences.

 

So I generated a mesh with a Java program, as an .obj file, like I did with the Fallout 3 items. Probably not a sane way, but I'm compensating for what I don't know (using Blender) with what I do (programming and basically describing the object as a curve to extrude.)

 

It has the U and V coordinates for each node too already.

 

I import it in Blender. So far so good, I have a nice grey weapon.

 

I assign it a material with a scratched metal image as a texture, set the input mapping to UV coordinates, output to color, hit F12 (render), it looks... well, I'd be lying if I said "looks good", but the texture is more or less where I expect it to be. This tells me that the UV coordinates are ok, or rather where I wanted them to be.

 

I export to FBX, strangely it contains no reference to the material. I try to make a .mmh.xml out of it (as per the instructions here: http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/72/index/320619 ) and I don't get a .mao generated. The .mmh.xml also doesn't contain a material at all.

 

I go back into Blender, load my image into the UVTex too, export again. Same result.

 

The question is, basically: what am I doing wrong?

 

Alternately, can I just add the material reference to the .mmh.xml with a text editor? Can anyone please post a valid .mmh.xml so I can see where it goes, please? Or is the format documented somewhere?

 

Thanks in advance.