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[TheUnknownVariable]

Does anyone know why my model wont show when I run the game
I used :
Create Event
d3d_model_create()
Model = createFromObj("C:\Documents and Settings\M\char.D3D")
tex = background_get_texture(tex_t)
and:
z=0
Draw Event
d3d_model_draw(Model, x+10,x+10,z+10, tex);

I made sure my model is above ground, and I have tried a lot of different ways to do this but none are working.
There were no errors on game start, its just like my model is invisible.
Please Help

[slojanko]

Can someone explain to me how to uv map a model?

[faissialoo]

This is really useful, I've been looking for this. Wait, doesn't the red sonic engine use the same thing

[UKDutyPaid]

Thanks for this, just what I needed. +1 kudos.

I have 1 questions.

1.Is there a way to flip the texture coords on a given model, so it appears mirrored but normals stay the same? At the moment I am just using a duplicate mirrored texture bmp, but this seems very wasteful. Can the script be amended to achieve texture mirroring?


Any help on either q would be greatly appreciated.


(edit:removed question I worked out answer for)

Edited by UKDutyPaid, 16 June 2012 - 08:30 PM.

[briantrlov]

What do you mean texture mirroring, as in have the whole model mirrored, have the texture coordinates mirrored, show ma a picture example and i can answer your question.

[UKDutyPaid]

What do you mean texture mirroring, as in have the whole model mirrored, have the texture coordinates mirrored, show ma a picture example and i can answer your question.

Thanks for reply. Sorry, yeah I mean texture coordinates mirrored. The model I have is itself symmetrical, but the texture has pointing arrows. So I want to be able to use the same model but flip the direction of the arrows. Does that make more sense?

[briantrlov]

Yeah, thats not texture, thats the model itself, if it is symmetrical you are going to want to open anim8or and select the object, hit build - mirror, select x and hit okay, delete the old object, done. This what you mean?

[UKDutyPaid]

Yeah, thats not texture, thats the model itself, if it is symmetrical you are going to want to open anim8or and select the object, hit build - mirror, select x and hit okay, delete the old object, done. This what you mean?

That would get the result yes. But I was hoping to avoid duplicate mirrored models or textures as it seemed wasteful. There is no way to edit the model load script so that it does the flip as it loads the mesh into the game?

[briantrlov]

I'm afraid not to my knowledge no, idk about this script but must .obj importers don't allow manipulating the script anyways.

[UKDutyPaid]

ok, cheers anyway, thanks for your time.