Direct X Model problem

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Almo (Posted 2004) [#1]

(Typing the second time cause i forgot the Topic Title... grrr) When I do this: Global GurneyThing = LoadMesh("Gfx/Gurney/Gurney.X") I get a Memory Access violation, then Entity Does Not exist. Then Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Runtime Error! Program: C:\Program Files\Blitz3D\bin\blitzcc.exe abnormal program termination Then the debugger closes, and there's another memory access violation. Next: Hospital Trolley: blitzcc.exe - Application Error The instruction at "0x00136fbc" referenced memory at "0x49001574". The memory could not be "read". Click on OK to terminate the program The program works with other models, so I think there's something screwy with the model. But the artist has used the same exporter for me many times, with no trouble. Any ideas what's going on here?

_PJ_ (Posted 2004) [#2]

Try Loading the mesh into a modelling program, have a look, re-save it

Almo (Posted 2004) [#3]

John (the artist) has reexported this thing 3 times with different settings. It looks fine in 3DSMax.

_PJ_ (Posted 2004) [#4]

Oh kinda sounds like corrupt blitz or maybe worse, bad memory, but if it works fine as you say with different models... I dunno.... :/

Ruz (Posted 2004) [#5]

try exporting it as b3d model. i am sure I had this problem also but can't quite remember how I solved it.

Gabriel (Posted 2004) [#6]

Are the texture names embedded within the .x file? If they are and they're wrong, you'll get a MAV.

Neochrome (Posted 2004) [#7]

too many polys? Vertex floating numbers too high??

(tu) sinu (Posted 2004) [#8]

also which version of .x you exporting in?

Almo (Posted 2004) [#9]

Okay John figured it out. He did two things. One, he slected the model, and pasted it into a blank Max doc so only the shaders associated with the actual geometry would be there. Second, there was a multi-object material, whose parts were numbered 2, 3, 4, and 5. There was no first element, and I think that was causing the problem. He rebuilt that material from its components from scratch.

jhocking (Posted 2004) [#10]

If you're exporting from 3D Studio Max, why don't you use b3d file format? B3d Pipeline is available on the Specs and Utils page.

Almo (Posted 2004) [#11]

I'm willing to bet the problem would have ocurred regardless of exporter. Either way, there was an undefined sub-object in the material.