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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Object texture path

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Alfa x
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Posted: 19th Sep 2009 21:16
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When you load an object with the command "load object", it's often loaded with its texture if it has one.

My question is how you do to know the texture path after you load an object?. there is some kind of variable that gets filled?
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Pincho Paxton
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Posted: 19th Sep 2009 21:35 Edited at: 19th Sep 2009 21:36
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The texture has to be in the same folder as the model, otherwise you have to texture the model yourself. So by loading the model, you already have the path, it's the one that you used to load the model.

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Rudolpho
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Posted: 19th Sep 2009 22:45
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Is that really so, I believe the model files may indeed link to subfolders / absolute paths for the textures?

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Alfa x
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Posted: 20th Sep 2009 00:13
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Quote: "The texture has to be in the same folder as the model, otherwise you have to texture the model yourself. So by loading the model, you already have the path, it's the one that you used to load the model.
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Yes,
but we usually don't know the texture filename and I have to open many file types. What i need is the full path name.

Quote: "Is that really so, I believe the model files may indeed link to subfolders / absolute paths for the textures?"


I have to dig in each file type for the texture path or Darkbasic stores it in in some variable?.
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Sven B
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Posted: 20th Sep 2009 12:12 Edited at: 20th Sep 2009 12:12
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Quote: "I have to dig in each file type for the texture path or Darkbasic stores it in in some variable?"


You can use the command limb texture name(obj, limb) to retrieve filenames.
To get the full path, you have to concatenate this filename to the directory of the object.

Sven B

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Alfa x
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Posted: 20th Sep 2009 15:01
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Thank you so much. That was what I was searching for and couldn't find .

This is for AV, have you checked it?.
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Alfa x
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Posted: 28th Sep 2009 15:55 Edited at: 28th Sep 2009 15:55
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Hi,
I used the command you said to me successfully but run into one problem.

When I load .x objects. The texture is found in limb 2 and in texture stage 1.

Why it isn't in the root limb 0?. Why limb 2 (Maybe because on how the object was build)?.
Textures stages in DBPRO start in 1?

Thank you so much.

AlfaX
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Butter fingers
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Posted: 28th Sep 2009 16:54
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Texture stages in DB start at 0.
Unless you are using dark lights on the meshes in which case your Diffuse switches to 1

How many limbs does your mesh has, are we talking about a static mesh with no skeleton, or an animated character?

I want robotic legs.
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Alfa x
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Posted: 28th Sep 2009 17:12 Edited at: 28th Sep 2009 17:20
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I tried with different objects.
The first one has 3 limbs.
Limbs 0,1,2.
The second one had more than 3 limbs (Didn't look for the exact number).
Both are .x objects made in blender and optimized with Direct X DxOps to binary.
Both objects have the same behaviour limb 2, texture stage 1. Texture stage 0 is empty when I use limb texture name(obj, limb).
I'm not using Dark Lights (yet, I plan to use it in the near future)


All the objects I tried are animated. Didn't try non animated .x objects.

Thanks you so much
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Butter fingers
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Posted: 28th Sep 2009 19:25
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I'm not on a computer with DB at the moment, but I'll do some tests when I get home.

I want robotic legs.
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