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DarkBASIC Discussion / need more help with DBC

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Brad
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Posted: 29th Dec 2004 05:41
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when i try to load an image from the libary it says that file doesnot
exist.what is wrong? ALSO i cant get into the sound editor,model editor.ALSO if i try to load models or sound it says file doesnot exist.WHAT IS WRONG ?

Brad A Pearson
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Posted: 29th Dec 2004 09:38
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The file doesnt exist if it is not in the same directory of your saved program.
The sound editor, model editor and all other editors are not actually there. If you have a sound editor or model editor then you can have it be linked from dark basic so when u click the button it minimizes Darkbasic and opens your editing program.

Hope thats helped a little bit.
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Jess T
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Posted: 29th Dec 2004 17:14
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Brad, the best way to link to your models/ sounds etc, even if they are in your folder, is to do something like this:

Lets say you have your models in a folder called Media, within the same directory as your exe.
To get at the model called "man.x", you would put this as the path:

".\Media\man.x"

Notice the ".\" part?
That tells windows that to the start of the path, you want to add the absolute path, ie, the "C:\Program Files\" etc part.
This is also handy when giving your game to other people, as it means that no matter where they put the exe, and the folders with it, it will still load the models

Also, as a side note, if you want to specify the folder ABOVE the current one, then you use "..\" ( doube dot ).
For example, if your exe is in "C:\program Files" and you want to access a file called text.txt which is stored at "C:\Stuff\text.txt", then you would use: "..\Stuff\text.txt"

Jess.


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demons breath
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Posted: 3rd Jan 2005 01:28
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Can you do ... and .... etc?

Am I the only one here who's really confused?
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blanky
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Nope. '.' and '..' are just left over from the DOS days.

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