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Dark GDK / Terrian Maker??

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robster
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if I make a terrian maker, will I be able to export the final product as a direct x file or something??

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Freedom Fighters
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well that depends on how you would export it. i dont know if anyone has tried through. a good idea is you have your simple file ext for the terrain and have a structure on reading and writing terrain data.

you might need say a 3rd party plug-in. this could be a interesting topic..

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JTK
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I don't see why not. GDK already has a specification for the DBO format with source (.h/.cpp) already included. I'm sure you could use that as a starting point when saving the file.

It can't be too terribly difficult to convert from DBO to .X, I wouldn't think.

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robster
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its probably going to be to difficult for me though the idea is to create a simple UI then just click on buttons for like trees or grass and then, "paint" them onto the ground, then when Im finished I would just export it as a direct X into a file. I take it theres no simple code to just export all objects then

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Posted: 9th May 2010 12:48
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you can actually go into your DirectX SDK files , there is something reffering to the DirectX Viewer code , this way you can tell what X file is all about , i remmber readign somewhere that some ppl have done this and it wasnt much of a problem, also dont forget DirectX file X is actually a Text file , if you open it you will see that there is no Compiled data , just plain old Script file with letters and numbers.

dont let it get you down , it should be no problem if you put your mind into it , more then that , just open a 3D program of your choise ,build a cube then export it as a DirectX file , open it with wordpad or editor of your choise , and you'll see what i mean.
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Posted: 9th May 2010 13:06 Edited at: 9th May 2010 13:10
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this might help a little http://www.toymaker.info/Games/html/x_file_saving.html

EDIT: it's very simple

D3DXSaveFileToX (); you can get all the parameters, only problem's the materials, im not sure how to get them from GDK object, you could make your own materials tho.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb205428%28VS.85%29.aspx

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What about this one:

void dbSaveMesh( char* szFilename, int iMesh );

From the documentaion:

Quote: "This command will save the specified mesh to a file in the XFile text format."

Quote: "to create a large mesh based world and save it out for later loading as a 3D game level."


If your terrain is an object (not a mesh) you may have to make a mesh from it first.

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robster
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@Hassan im trying out the DXDXSaveFileToX thing but were do I get the libary?? there is no link on the website??

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Posted: 9th May 2010 14:34 Edited at: 9th May 2010 14:35
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the lib and the header are already included by GDK, just use the function, you can try pauli's method, it might be better as its made by the engine itself

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OceanJeff
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Here is an awesome terrain generator, that you can use to make heightmaps for Dark GDK. I am having a lot of fun with it, and it works for plugging directly into the terrain sample that comes with Dark GDK.

Hope this helps,

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robster
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sounds interesting il have a look at that thx

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@OceanJeff - looks nice

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