MD2 Texture Map Troublems.
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| Hello. I seem to have a problem with my texturemapping in Blitz3D - well, not specifically to do with Blitz3D, but it's still a problem I have. When I create a model in 3D Studio MAX and bring it into Blitz3D as an animated (or non-animated as some stand right now) MD2, using QTiP, the texturemaps on some polygons in the model are distorted. Now I would've expected there to be some problems with importing a model into Blitz (after all it never looks exactly the same, does it?). However, I have no idea how to fix it - I've used the ResetXForm utility before mapping the UVWs, and it's not the whole model that appears distorted - just a few polygons. If you need to know what's happening with my model, I can take a screen capture of what it looks like in 3D MAX and Blitz to show the problems.. If anyone can help, I would most appreciate it. |
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| Screenshots are nice but posting the actual model would be better. I have a couple thoughts of what could be going on but I'ld like to see the model for myself. |
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| http://sovanjedi.rpgone.com/SeivadNojProblems.zip There's the .zip file with the .md2 and .3ds models in, the texture map, and screens of what I get from the image before and after exporting to MD2 and displaying in Blitz. (I bet it's something reeeeeally obvious I've done. Typical, really..) |
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| Actually, I have no idea what is wrong with your display of the model. The md2 you posted looks fine. I loaded it in Blitz and it looks fine. Perhaps you are messing up the model or the texture in code. From your screenshots I assume the problem areas you refer to are on his forehead. |
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| That's the one, the forehead. The broken seams around the edges of his sleeves and so forth are fixable, it's really the forehead that's the problem spot. I also have another model that this happens on, but to be honest it doesn't actually look that noticeable so I didn't do anything about it. So I'm for your suggestion that I'm messing the code up somehow. I'll try and mess around with the code to see if I can fix it there. Is there anything specific you need to do when applying a Texture to an MD2, other than loading it into a variable beforehand and applying it on? That's what I'm doing at the moment. |
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| Could you perhaps post sample code which produces the problem display you posted a screenshot of? I'll see if it produces the problem on my system. If not it must be a bug/incompatibility with your computer; post that to Bug Reports. |
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| Rightyho. Here's the code. Now let's see if I can remember how to do that funky "green-on-black" thing when people post code: ;------------------------------------------------------------ ;NOTE: These variables are put here only for the purpose of faster testing. Once finished, get rid of 'em! Const FPS=60 Const width=800,height=600,depth=0 Global mode=0 Global a=255 Global lightenvcolour=0 ;------------------------------------------------------------ ;------------------------------------------------------------ ;Starter pointers - keep these in to be able to run the application. Graphics3D width,height,depth,mode SetBuffer BackBuffer() SeedRnd = MilliSecs() Function Update_Player_Cam() ;------------------------------- ; + and - to change sensitivity If KeyDown(13) Then cam_sens=cam_sens-1 If KeyDown(12) Then cam_sens=cam_sens+1 If cam_sens<=0 Then cam_sens=1 ; ;------------------------------- ; Zooming function If MouseDown(1) zoom=(MouseYSpeed()-zoom)/13+zoom mouseXs=(0-mouseXs)/cam_sens+mouseXs mouseYs=(0-mouseYs)/cam_sens+mouseYs Else zoom=(0-zoom)/13+zoom mouseXs=(MouseXSpeed()-mouseXs)/cam_sens+mouseXs mouseYs=(MouseYSpeed()-mouseYs)/cam_sens+mouseYs EndIf MoveEntity chaseCam,mouseXs,mouseYs,zoom PointEntity chaseCam,chaseCamPivot MoveMouse GraphicsWidth()/2,GraphicsHeight()/2 End Function Function CreatePlayer.Player(posx,posy,posz,rotx,roty,rotz,player_no) p.Player = New Player p\entity = CreatePivot() p\player_no = player_no p\model = LoadMD2("Models/player"+player_no+"/player"+player_no+".md2") p\texture = LoadTexture("Models/player"+player_no+"/player"+player_no+"text.bmp") EntityTexture p\model,p\texture FreeTexture p\texture AnimateMD2 p\model,1,0.7,1,40 ScaleEntity p\model,.08,.08,.08 p\player_x = posx p\player_y = posy p\player_z = posz MoveEntity p\model,p\player_x,p\player_y,p\player_z RotateEntity p\model,rotx,roty,rotz End Function Type Player Field entity,model,texture Field player_x#,player_y#,player_z#,player_no,stats End Type ;------------------------------------------------------------ Global playerCam,CameraPivot,mouseXs#,mouseYs#,zoom#,cam_sens ;------------------------------------------------------------ ;The juicy bits SetBuffer BackBuffer () p.Player=CreatePlayer(0,5,0,0,180,0,1) Global chaseCam=CreateCamera() Global chaseCamPivot=CreatePivot() CameraViewport chaseCam,0,0,GraphicsWidth(),GraphicsHeight() PositionEntity chaseCam,0,20,30 PositionEntity chaseCamPivot,0,8,0 cam_sens=5 EntityRadius chaseCam,4 EntityType chaseCam,1 Repeat Update_Player_Cam() ;---------------------------------- UpdateWorld RenderWorld tween Text 0,0,"Press the '+' and '-' keys to set the camera's sensitivity." Text 0,10,"Camera sensitivity="+cam_sens Text 0,20,"CameraX="+EntityX(chaseCam) Text 0,30,"CameraY="+EntityY(chaseCam) Text 0,40,"CameraZ="+EntityZ(chaseCam) Text 0,50,"Press the X button to destroy the player and replace with a different character." Flip Until KeyDown(1) End This is actually tested on two computers, with the same results, so it must be the coding. What could be the problem? |
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| Here's a screenshot using the model you posted and that code: www.3darteest.com/test.jpg As you can see, no problem on the forehead. Maybe you need to update Blitz? |
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| Maybe I should, though I could've sworn I have the latest update already... Thanks a lot for your time and help, Joe. EDIT: I've been using version 1.64 all this time - d'oh! |
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| Did updating fix your problem? When I suggested updating I didn't know if it would help, I was just tossing out stuff to check. |
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| Oh sorry, forgot to reply. Yes it did help, thank you. And all this time I wondered why I couldn't open .b3d files either... Thank you once again. |
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