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Robot Booger
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I made a loop to make,texture, and scale 100 cube, but it doesn't. Please help.


Thank you in advance.
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Underworld 1020
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Posted: 15th Aug 2005 03:01 Edited at: 15th Aug 2005 03:03
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Well, its a little much with the 100 load images, but it should still work, what kind of error does it return? and it will only work if you actually have all of those 100 pics on your computer, if your trying to texture the cubes with the same pic then you could do it an easier way. If you tell me what the code is for, I could be more useful.



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Posted: 15th Aug 2005 04:00 Edited at: 15th Aug 2005 04:02
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Here's what your code should look like:



I've shown a way to load all those images without all the lines of code...

Your problem however is down to your use of the Scale Object command.

The last three values are scale factors for X, Y and Z, where 100 means no change (not 0). So 100,100,200 would make the object double the size along the Z axis.

And 100,100,50 will halve the size along the Z axis.

You used 0,0,1, and I don't even know what that should do - other than cause an error.

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Posted: 15th Aug 2005 04:11
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You might have a goofy scale command there. I'm still a noob - but that's where I'd look.

BTW, couldn't you do something like this:



instead of that massive hundred entry cut and paste for the load image command?

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Posted: 15th Aug 2005 04:12
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Ahh, crud. Sorry, TDK. Whilst I was off testing both scale and my load image snippit, you beat me in there.

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Posted: 15th Aug 2005 04:29
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Nice one TDK , that one got passed me .



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Posted: 15th Aug 2005 05:13
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Kim Possible:

No problem - you just backed up my theory!

Underworld 1020:

We can't be expected to catch them all can we?

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Posted: 16th Aug 2005 01:17
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Underworld 1020:
The code is for a 3D spaceship game where you have to collect the number answer to a math problem.

TDK and Kim Possible:
Neither of your codes worked. It said "Could not load picture." The same error occured with my code. I don't know why your codes didn't work, I guess you can't use variable in the name of file.

Anyways, Thank you so much for trying everyone.I hope someone figures out how to do this or I'll have to do it the long way.
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Posted: 16th Aug 2005 01:25
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I either left-off a backslash, or the forum stripped it (yeah, sure, uh-huh. I typo'd and trying to dodge it...)



That said: This is really sub-optimal. You should collect all your media into your project directory and then reference it from there. I can't even promise that it's not going to munge the spaces in the directory names.

Personally, I use something like:

m:\src\current\project-name

'Course, I'm a unix-type and I like /src and filenames/dirs without spaces...

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Posted: 16th Aug 2005 03:09 Edited at: 16th Aug 2005 03:18
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Not to be a critical to TDK and Kim but the code didn't work because of little bugs.

TDKs string for the directory had all the backslashes removed (the fault of this forum when editing a message).

Kims didn't work because it used the wrong variable for the string and load image (she had bmpcnt when it should of been bmpnum) and the first backslash in the string was gone (which she mentioned).

A splice of TDKs functions and Kims do loop (untested):



Of course Kims right it's best to move all those files into a directory inside the directory your code is at... makes life SO much easier.
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Posted: 16th Aug 2005 03:19
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Oh yes!

I'd not noticed that before!!

I know my code did work before I pasted it onto the forum. I wasn't aware that the forum stripped all backslashes out and obviously you don't bother checking the code button afterwards.

That's bad!

And thanks for correcting it Grog!

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Posted: 16th Aug 2005 03:41
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np
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Posted: 16th Aug 2005 05:08
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Doh! [blush]

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I'm just distracted 'cause I'm ticked off that Amazon managed to put five copies of DBP in a box and ship 'em half way across the country in one day charging me for three day - so my programmers have all gotten their copies. Oh - and did I mention that *I* ordered it for download and TGC still hasn't managed to approve the download?

Amazon can get off their butt and box and send five copies across country and put it in my hands, but TGC can't approve a download. A download that millions of other providers approve on-the-fly billions of times a day.

So I blame TGC.

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Posted: 16th Aug 2005 19:46
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Sorry - I tried to self-moderate and remove my thread hijack but I'm still a noob and it won't let me edit my posts. . .

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Posted: 17th Aug 2005 00:33
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OH MY GOSH IT WORKS. Thank you so much everyone
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