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Dark GDK / Creating a low-poly wireframe model

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Orac
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Posted: 4th Nov 2008 11:06
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Hi All,

I'm just starting to grapple with 3D and I was wondering if there is a way in DarkGDK to create a wireframe model given a set of vertices? Put another way, I have a list of vertices describing my model (a simple spaceship) and I want to be able to plot them and join them to make the wireframe. Is this possible, or should I be looking at creating the model with something like Blender and inporting it as a .x object? I'm only interested in wireframe at the moment.

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AndrewT
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Posted: 4th Nov 2008 17:03 Edited at: 4th Nov 2008 17:03
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Well, the wireframe part doesn't really matter, as you can just use 'dbSetObjectWireframe()'. Anyway, I guess the best way would be to look into memblocks and store the vertices in a memblock, then create a mesh from it. I'd provide a link, but it should be easy enough to just search for info on this.

If I were you though I'd just make the model in blender then load it as an x file, and set wireframe mode on for the object.

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jezza
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Posted: 4th Nov 2008 18:37
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its certainly possible to do it vertex by vertex, I'd look at the "loading custom media" tutorial posted here http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=123392&b=22.
But I agree with Andrew, its far easier jsut to make a model, that stuff is quite advanced.
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Orac
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Posted: 4th Nov 2008 21:04
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Thanks for the replies guys. As you can probably tell, I'm a complete noob at 3D and haven't even grasped the fundamentals yet. I've done a lot of reading today and came up with the same conclusion. I'll have a go at making a model with Blender (which looks as though it'll take a lifetime to master on its own!)

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Zuka
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Posted: 6th Nov 2008 03:28
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Blender is easy to learn, it just looks complex.
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