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one must fall

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Posted: 17th Apr 2009 05:10 Edited at: 17th Apr 2009 10:09

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Okay, so whenever I try to load a model, the program just hangs after saying it's loading the model. Does anybody know what the problem could be? models load fine if i'm compiling an example.

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#include "DarkGDK.h"

// the main entry point for the application is this function
void DarkGDK ( void )
{
	// turn on sync rate and set maximum rate to 60 fps
	dbSyncOn   ( );
	dbSyncRate ( 60 );

	dbSetDir ( "media" );
	dbPrint ( "Please wait, loading model " );
	dbLoadObject ( "Model.X", 1 );
	
	// our main loop
	while ( LoopGDK ( ) )
	{
		// update the screen
		dbSync ( );
	}

	// return back to windows
	return;
}

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dark coder

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Posted: 17th Apr 2009 09:18

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The model must either not exist at this path or the model doesn't load correctly. Once it loads, the camera's backdrop will be enabled causing the print message to be wiped over. Remember that when running your app from VS the starting directory will be relative to the solution or project file and not where the exe is compiled into(release/debug), if you manually run the exes from explorer then you'd need to move them into said directory to get the same results as when running it from VS.

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Posted: 18th Apr 2009 07:50

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Try running it from the debug folder and see if it shows up. Sometimes VS runs the exe from a temp directory so it doesn't see the files your referencing.

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