Multisurface

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RifRaf (Posted 2005) [#1]

Hi, Im having a samll issue, I want to take several entities that use the same texture, save them all together as one B3D, then when I load the B3D I want all the entities that were added to this mesh to have thier own surface.. I can export the B3D comprised of several entities, ive tried addmesh and my own Add_surface command before export.. but it seems nomatter what, Blitz wont allow same texture surfaces to load without combining them. So what was originally a 8 surface entity, using same texture on 5 of the surfaces.. gets loaded as a 2 surface entity. Any advice or assistance is appreciated.

DJWoodgate (Posted 2005) [#2]

Surfaces with the same properties are combined. (color, alpha, texture, shininess etc). Now this should in any right thinking universe be an optional optimisation, however.. I guess you could say have each surface a different color then set them back to the same color after loading by use of getsurfacebrush and paintsurface. I have not tried this myself though, so although I think it should work, there may be issues in certain circumstances. Alternatively just use your own B3d loader.

RifRaf (Posted 2005) [#3]

that did the trick, thanks!!