Light and camera with B3D pipeline
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| I use B3D pipeline for b3d export from 3DStudioMax, but i can't see lights and cameras of 3D StudioMax. Can you help me, please? Where is a example with Lights only? Where is a example with cameras only? Tnaks for all |
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| The b3d format doesn't support lights and cameras as far as I know. I believe you have to use the Pipeline extensions in order to load cameras and lights. Are you using those? |
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You need something like this:
extModel.EXT_Entity = New EXT_Entity
extModel.EXT_Entity = EXT_LoadEntity("Media/ModelsTextures/Background+Nodes.b3d",0)
camera = extModel.Ext_Entity\camera.EXT_Camera\camera
EXT_SetRenderCam(camera)
extCamX = EntityX(camera,True)
extCamY = EntityY(camera,True)
extCamZ = EntityZ(camera,True)
CameraRange(camera,500,1000)
CameraProjMode(camera,1)
campicked = 0
bg_pointer = Handle(extModel.EXT_Entity)
EXT_ActivateEnvironment(extModel.EXT_Entity)
EXT_UpdateEnvironment()
EXT_InitEntity.EXT_Entity(extModel\root)
EXT_UpdateEntity(extModel.EXT_Entity)
Animate(extModel\root,1)
Then you also need to call EXT_UpdateEntity(extModel.EXT_Entity) for all entities using animated lights etc... |
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| Hi everyone, I know this is a very old post, but i'm getting mad now to export my camera animation from max to b3d using b3d pipeline, seems i can't make the code works. could anyone please post some very basic code to load an exported camera from max and make it works in b3d? thanks |
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| 3Do, Have you scoured www.onigirl.com for information re: Pipeline extensions? It would seem that is one way to go, otherwise you could look into using Gile[s] as a parser of sorts, I think Gile[s] has the ability to see lights etc using a particular exporter from 3DSMax. Check out www.Frecle.net - it may be an easier way to go, although I haven't actyually done this myself. IPete2. |
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| thanks IPete2, yes i checked the pipeline forum and help, but still the code doesn't work. i thought it was very easy to do something like that, but my code skill is very limited. I tried even to export an animated object from max, and load it in blitz, and everything works fine, i can see my beautiful teapot walk around the scene then i wanted just to make my camera follow the teapot, as parented, and hide the teapot, but the camera is freezed, i tried everything i beg for some help, thanks |
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| if you hide the parent of the camera, the camera is hidden as well -> hide = disable object you need to use alpha 0 to hide it visually but still have it active. |
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| 3Do, No worries mate, pop into the code archives and oh bother that - here: Function SuperCam(cam,ent,cspeed#,dist#,hite#,xrot#,tilt#) TFormPoint 0,hite#,-dist#,ent,0 cx#=(TFormedX()-EntityX(cam))*cspeed# cy#=(TFormedY()-EntityY(cam))*cspeed# cz#=(TFormedZ()-EntityZ(cam))*cspeed# TranslateEntity cam,cx,cy ,cz PointEntity cam,ent RotateEntity cam,xrot#,EntityYaw(cam),tilt# End Function Function takes the following... Camera handle Entity you want to follow handle Speed at which camera will follow the entity The distance it will try to stay at (based on the entity named) The height it will try to stay at (based on the entity named) Xrotation of camera Tilt of camera Try these settings SuperCam(Camera_Handle, Teapot_Handle, 0.01,0,0,0,0) and alpha out the teapot first. IPete2. |
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| hey IPete2, i'm trying the supercamera, it's a very good code, but still not working on my project. I mean that the camera doesn't follow the animated teapot (it's animated with keyframe in 3dmax and exported with b3dpipeline in .b3d) i don't know that exactly, but i assume that when you load in the scene an animated object, its handle is static even if the object move around the scene, and that's why the camera cant follow my animated teapot and just point the static entity position thanks anyway :-( |
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| don't know that exactly, but i assume that when you load in the scene an animated object, its handle is static even if the object move around the scene, and that's why the camera cant follow my animated teapot and just point the static entity position That's correct, I think probably because everything is parented to a dummy object with animated objects. That's how most exporters seem to work. Try FindChild() to get the handle of the object itself, and see if that gives you a changing position. |
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| Yes it works!!!! thanks a lot guys, I used getchild() to get the teapot handle, then i parented the camera and everything works now! |
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| Cool stuff - well worked out chaps! IPete2. |
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