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Newcomers DBPro Corner / Background image in 3D environment

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Devonps
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2010 20:15
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Hi,

How can I paste an image (.png or .jpg) onto the background of a 3D environment?

I want to have my 3D models displayed in front of the background.

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Steve.

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Rich Dersheimer
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2010 20:28
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There is a command called TEXTURE BACKDROP. It was taken out of DBPro, but then put back in. If you have the latest version of DBPro, it will do what you want.

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Devonps
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2010 08:28
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I used

the command

and then

and


and both times I got the error message stating that the command was obsolete.

So I checked the version of the DBP compiler, from the editor help menu, and it stated I had version 1.07.

If this is the latest version, any ideas why the command wouldn't work?

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HowDo
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I would look for the update page and download and run 7.4 update, would then read like this 1.074.

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You should also avoid using hardcoded paths to images like:

load image "e:\...\media\background2.jpg",100

If you compile a program and give a copy to someone else, they are highly unlikely to have that directory on their system and the program won't work.

Instead, create a Media folder in the same directory as you dba and dbpro files and copy all the required images into it. In your program, you would then use:

load image "Media\background2.jpg",100

When your program is finished, you can then use Include Media in the Project Manager to include all the files in your Media folder (Media\*.*), and they will all be compiled into a single exe file.

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Devonps
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@HowDo - the upgrade worked a treat, thanks

@TDK - thanks for the advice, I'll update the code now.

Regards,

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