Need help to get MiniB3D to work
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| Hi guys, I've been searching for a good 3D engine and I wanna use MiniB3D (v053). But I can't get it to work. The first problem was that the zip-file that I downloaded had duplicate filenames in every directory. For every directory, there was a file with exactly the same name and they're all 0 byte files. I managed to unzip it all manually, without all those 0 byte files. Then I placed the sidesign.mod directory in the C:\BlitzMax\mod folder. I've also installed MinGW 5.1.4 and added MinGW's bin folder to the path-list in windows. But the IDE won't let me build the modules. It's greyed out and even pressing CTRL+D doesn't work (nothing happens). I've even rebooted my computer, but it still doesn't work. Can someone help me with this? In case this is needed (the directory-structure): [code] C:\BlitzMax\mod\brl.mod C:\BlitzMax\mod\pub.mod C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\minib3d.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\BoxSphere.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\collision.cpp C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\collision.h C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\data.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\functions.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\geom.cpp C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\geom.h C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\misc.cpp C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\std.cpp C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\std.h C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\TAnimation.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\TBlitz2D.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\TBone.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\TBrush.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\TCamera.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\TCollisions.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\TColTree.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\TDebug.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\TEntity.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\TGlobal.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\THardwareInfo.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\TLight.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\TMatrix.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\TMesh.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\TModel.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\TPick.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\TPivot.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\TQuaternion.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\tree.cpp C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\tree.h C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\TSprite.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\TSurface.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\TTexture.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\TUtility.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\TVector.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\unoptimised.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\.bmx C:\BlitzMax\mod\sidesign.mod\inc\.bmx\collision.cpp.debug.macos.ppc.o The rest are all .o files in this directory |
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| I tried the BirdDemo that came with minib3d. It couldn't find minib3d. Then I tried to put the "minib3d.bmx" and the "inc" folder in the birddemo folder, that worked. The demo ran fine, but took a while to compile. And when I compile the demo again, BMax recompiles all those .cpp files in the minib3d's inc-folder. But I cannot use it as a mod. BlitzMax just doesn't see the mod "sidesign.mod", with minib3d inside. I even tried to copy the minib3d.mod folder to the pub.mod folder, that doesn't work either. |
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| After a bit of searching, I found out that not only the "path" environment variable needs C:\MinGW\bin, but I also needed to create a new system environment variable: MinGW = C:\MinGW. Now my modules are compiling (the "Build modules" isn't grey anymore) and BMax compiled the minib3d mod too. Now all I need to do is wait until compiling is complete, then test it. |
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| BMax compiled both the debug and release versions of the minib3d mod, but it doesn't use the mod when I try the demo. I'm not using Framework, so BMax should include all mods in the demo, right? The error I get when trying the demo, is that "Graphics3D" is an unknown command (Identifier "Graphics3D" not found). |
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| Found the answer, finally. BMax only uses mods in the brl and pub directories automatically. Using other modules, you need to import them explicitly. I'll have to use: Import sidesign.minib3d at the top of the bird-demo. Now it works. |
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