Re: [Plib-devel] Update on 3ds loader

[Michael K. <neg...@ea...>]

Can you send me the snoo-cat.bmp so I can look at it's format? Maybe I can
find out what is wrong with it or the BMP loader.

Thanks,

 Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: Per Liedman <li...@ho...>
To: <pli...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 2:14 PM
Subject: [Plib-devel] Update on 3ds loader


> I sat down and did some work on the 3ds loader this evening, and it works
> better now. However, I have discovered some major weirdness that I'm not
happy
> about:
>
> * One of the models Wolfram Kuss sent me, testquader.3ds, includes a
texture
>   called SNOO-CAT.BMP. I never got this texture to show in plib, which I
hope
>   is because the BMP image loader does something weird (I think Steve has
said
>   several times that the bmp format isn't to be trusted) - I can get it to
work
>   if I replace it with another texture (rgb, for example).
>
> * A bit worse: The model chevy.3ds seems to miss some texture
coordinates - at
>   least my loader can't find them. There are some texture coordinates
specified,
>   but for some parts they just seem to be missing. Anyone who knows if
there is
>   another chunk than CHUNK_MAPLIST (0x4140) which is used by 3ds for
storing
>   map coordinates? Perhaps there is some intelligent default behaviour?
For now,
>   I just don't give any coords to ssg if they're missing, and display a
warning.
>
> The latest version of ssgLoad3ds.cxx can be downloaded from
>
>   http://www.mdstud.chalmers.se/~md6pl/ssgLoad3ds.cxx
>
> This version also includes the improvments made by Paolo Leoncini (a lot
of
> texture stuff), and all long integers are replaced by int. Even if not
> perfect, the models come out looking ok, and it doesn't crash any longer
(quite
> an improvment, if you ask me :)
>
> Regards,
> Per Liedman
>
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