Re: [Plib-devel] Direct X file format

[Wolfram K. <w_...@rz...>]

Sylvan wrote:

>[...]
>and not nearly as complicated as it might seem from reading the docs;
>once you start implementing a loader you'll see its pretty easy
>(especially the binary format).

Yes I think so too, I think it is quite straight forward.

It is very hard to say how many people use it:
I had a short look on the internet and didnt find any *.x file.
However, this is not too surprising, since AFAIK no editor
generates *.x. I was beta-tester (or should I say alpha-tester :-))
of one, but it failed.
However, on Windows it MIGHT be common for people
writing games in their spare-time to use direct-x retained mode and
to load *.x. You can use microsofts free converter to convert them
from *.3ds.

BTW, I looked in my mdi_edit-code and it uses the API
to load/save *.x, so thats not portable. I think I also have
delphi-code that "manually" writes ascii-*.x files. However, I 
have enough on my plate now.

Bye bye,
Wolfram Kuss.