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Red Rabbit

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Posted: 3rd Mar 2008 11:44

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Hi,

I've just installed DarkGDK and have started to work through the tutorials. The first tutorial (Hello World) was fine and but the 3D object tutorial doesn't seem to work for me.

I've entered the code as shown in the tutorial but when I run the program the window runs but then freezes with just a black screen.

I tried running the code that comes with the tutorial and got the same result.

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// Dark GDK - The Game Creators - www.thegamecreators.com

// whenever using Dark GDK you must ensure you include the header file
#include "DarkGDK.h"

void DarkGDK ( void )
{
	dbSyncOn ( );
	dbSyncRate ( 60 );

	dbLoadObject ("Colonel-X.x", 1 );

	dbPositionCamera ( 0, 50, -80 );

	while ( LoopGDK ( ) )
	{

		dbSync ( );

	}
return;
}

If it matters I'm running Vista with a Geforce 8600M GT graphics card.

Thanks

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MEE

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Posted: 3rd Mar 2008 21:24

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I tried your posted code and so far it's the only code that actually has worked for me in GDK.
I couldn't get the "Hello World" to work at all.
Are you sure you've got the model in the right folder?

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jason p sage

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Posted: 4th Mar 2008 18:04

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Yeah... missing file would do it.
Consider the dbFileExist("filename.x") command.
If your program just STOPS - You'll know why!

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if(!dbFileExist("filename.x")){
  return; // Must be in Your main loop or won't do what I'm suggesting  
};

Also, I personally would try this is the FILE does seem to be there but still no SEE model!

1: Turn Off AutoCam
2: Set the camera range to MAMMOTH far.... say 100000... (just for this test)
3:adding the dbControlCameraUsingArrowKeys(??) command...

http://www.jasonpetersage.com/?PAGE=ironinfantry&SECTION=ironinfantry

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Red Rabbit

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Posted: 5th Mar 2008 09:06

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I'm pretty sure the file is in the correct place, but I'll try the dbFileExist() command tonight.

I hope I can get it to work.

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