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Iago
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Whenever I put a DirectX model (.x) into DB, instead of showiung the assigned textures (which I put on in 3D Studio Max), it seems as though the average colour of the texture is taken and applied as a flat colour to the object, i.e. a wood texture just appears a blank brown.

Can someone please help me with showing the assigned texture?
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Turoid
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looks like that the texture isn't in the same directory as the exported .x model, be sure that the texture(s) and the .x model are in the same directory.

syntax error??? it isn't an error, it is a feature

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Iago
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I just checked, and the .x model is in the same directory as the texture JPEGs.
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Night Giant
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i don't think dbc (or .x, not sure which is responsible) allows the use of jpegs for pretextured models, try bmp or png.

oh, wow. insignificantpunks.cjb.net.
no: website for progs yet.
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Druadan
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Gah! I told him we should have used bitmaps... I think.

I'll go try that now...

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Damn. There are bitmaps of the same images in there too!

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Night Giant
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Posted: 31st Jul 2004 15:51 Edited at: 31st Jul 2004 15:51
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but when you textured the models did you use the jpg's or the bmp's?

oh, wow. insignificantpunks.cjb.net.
no: website for progs yet.
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Turoid
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Quote: "the use of jpegs for pretextured models, try bmp or png.
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I agree, try bmp

syntax error??? it isn't an error, it is a feature

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Iago
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Nope, it still doesn't work. I am using bmps, and they are in the same folder as the model itself, but no such luck.
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i got the same problem. what i discovered was that not every bmp works on a x model in db. convert ur jpg with microsoft paint into a 24bit bmp and it should work.

hope it helps

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Did you create a UV map for the object to texture it? If not, all of the texture coordinates could be at position 0,0. That would create an object with a solid color, the color of the upper left most pixel in your texture. Open your object in LithUnwrap and see what the UV map looks like.

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Iago
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I have done a uv map of it, but still no luck.
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Iago
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This is exactly what I've done...
I created my model in 3DS Max. I then created a UV Map for it, and applied it to it. The model is texturedas I want it to be in 3DS.
I then exported it as a .x file. All the textures have been exprted with it, and all are in the same folder as the .x file.
I have entered the code to load an object into DB and it works. However, the textures which I specified in 3DS aren't shown. The model just appears as one colour.

Can someone please help me with getting my textures to be shown?
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Xander
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Do this to texture your object:

load image "Texture.jpg",imagenum

texture object objectnum,imagenum

Just replace imagenum and objectnum with an image number and the number of your object. That is actually what I do all the time. It should work, unless your UV map did not export correctly.

Good Luck

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I found that 24bit bitmaps are a bit too much for DB (???why???), try using 256 color bitmaps, or if you have a more professional art program like the GIMP, Photoshop, or Paint Shop Pro use the bitmap exporters in there. MS Paint's saving is weird.

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@bear:
for me it works the other way. paint bitmaps work perfect.
i think the problem with some bmps is the h&v-dpi value.
96 dpi works good, lower values dont work.
im not sure what other values work but 96dpi is how paint saves.

maybe someone from tgc could tell us whats the definition for a "perfect" bmp in dbc.

weird...
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Why use bitmaps? They take up so much more hard drive space than jpegs. They may be pixel-perfect, but is that perfection really work the massive file sizes?

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@bolt: what has the question "why use s.t." to do with the question "how to use s.t."?
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Iago
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Still no luck guys. Can someone provide me with a tutorial on exactly how to create a UV map from 3DS (not texturing it, just getting the UV map), and then how to use it in DBC?
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