Textures/materials missing when importing ripped models in 3DS Max

[Ridge Troopa]

I hate to make a thread like this, but I'm running slim on options here...
I'm using 3DS Max 2010 to view/edit/etc models. In specific, I usually end up importing .DAE's, and pretty much everything I download from the Resource here looks like this:



(Koopa from Mario Party 9, by the way.)

All white, no textures! As it would seem, there's also no UV Mapping or materials... Am I importing these incorrectly, or what?
I'm assuming this is something easy to fix, I'm just out of the loop not having used 3DS Max in some time. Thanks in advance.

[alexmach1]

there are some fixes:
if rigged:
1) use noesis
2) make sure importing options are all correct, ie import bones, animations, materials, etc
3) apply a material and find the textures until it works.
if not rigged:
1) use noesis
2) make sure you got the right file/didnt interrupt a download prematurely
3) import .obj if there is a .mtl file, should apply materials

what i do:

use noesis.
select .DAE model
export as .fbx (better compatibility)
import .fbx

[TGE]

Or, your plugin sucks donkey ass and you need to a new one. Get ColladaMax if you haven't already.

[Ridge Troopa]

Get ColladaMax if you haven't already.

ColladaMax is what I always use when importing .DAE.

use noesis.
select .DAE model
export as .fbx (better compatibility)
import .fbx

Thanks very much for referring me to Noesis - I'm able to import models successfully with UV mapping, after exporting in .fbx/.obj and reimporting to Max then applying textures. Regardless, I'm still stumped as to why importing .DAE's to Max yielded blank models, but ah well.

[alexmach1]

I'm still stumped as to why importing .DAE's to Max yielded blank models, but ah well.

.DAEs generally do not have material files. i believe there is an option in 3ds max to export with materials, but do what i do:

export as fbx
use noesis
export fbx as DAE
.DAE now has materials