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Hi folks,

In the DarkSDK Help files for dbMakeMeshFromMemblock it states that:

'The default FVF Format is 338. The second DWORD is the FVF Size, which is the size in bytes of a single vertex element. This size is respective of the FVF Format you specified, which has a default of 36.'

I am taking a .x file, loading as an object and then:
dbMakeMeshFromObject( mesh id = 1)
dbMakeMemblockFromMesh()
... alter memblock values ....
dbMakeMeshFromMemblock( mesh id = 2)

if i take this new mesh (id = 2) and then make it back into a memblock so i can dump the FVF format out using my own routines it is *still* in FVF 274 not FVF 338. Is 338 not the default ? Am I missing something ?


Also on a small aside, when i dbCreateObject(id = 1) and dbLinkLimb(objId = 1, limbId = 1, meshId) the limb becomes hidden when i dbHideObject(id = 1) *even* if i dbShowLimb(objId = 1, limbId = 1)
As soon as i dbShowObject(id = 1) bingo - back it appears.

Show / hide limb *does* work fine if the object is visible. 8/

The format was originally 338, but it changed quite a while back ... the help is wrong.

You can use the dbConvertObjectFVF to switch it to 338, or modify your code to use 274. The first way should be quicker if you have existing code.

Hiding an object, hides the object including all limbs. If you want, I believe that you can hide limb 0, which is the main object mesh.

Thanks Ian,

Should I not be able to dbHideObject(objId)

and then dbShowLimb(objId, limbId) ?

No. If the object is hidden, the whole object is hidden, no matter what you do to the limbs.