Noob - Trying to use a UV Map

[Carm3D]

Hello,

I am very new to Leadwerks..  I made a test ball object and a normal map for it.  I imported them both successfully into Leadwerks.  I figured out how to tell the shader to load Diffuse+Normal.  But I cannot find where to apply the UV Map.  I applied a test UV Grid image to the diffuse and it filled the entire surface with the colour of the map at 0,0 on the UV map.  it's almost as if the UV is not there.  Could anyone take a look at this and tell me what step I am missing?  I will include the original .obj version if you need to compare it to the FBX.

TestBall.fbx

TestBall.obj

[tumira]

I dont think this is unwrap properly or exported correctly. What tool did you use ?

[Genebris]

Something must be wrong with your fbx file, it look righ in Blender but not in Leadwerks.

I exported obj file as fbx and it worked correctly. Also, it's better to use Leadwerks exproter:

 

[Carm3D]

Okay thank you.  I used Lightwave to convert the .obj to .fbx.  I guess it's not fully compatible.  I could probably use the FBX exporter for Blender for simple things like test balls, but if I make character animation in Lightwave I'll need to find a way to successfully export that to Leadwerks.  Hmmm...

[tumira]

Why did you export it as obj from Lightwave ? It does not has fbx exporter ? Maybe you can try collada(dae) or other formats ?

[Carm3D]

I used Lightwave because that's my main 3D tool.  I've been using it for 15 years.  It has an FBX export but clearly whatever it is exporting is not working well with Leadwerks.  Does Leadwerks import Collada?

[Carm3D]

I don't think Leadwerks imports Collada.

[Carm3D]

Okay this is super weird...  I made a new model with UVs..  Added bones, animated them and then exported it out as FBX.  Leadwerks imported everything perfectly; UVs included.  I have no idea why the TestBall's UVs didn't work but TestTube's UVs worked.  Feel free to put this in your games if you want a weird dancing tube.

TestTube.fbx

[Carm3D]

Can someone help me get the camera working?  When I run the game with the TestTube all I get is a black screen.

[tumira]

Did you add a camera into the scene? If there are two cameras, try to delete one of them

[Carm3D]

Oooh that worked!  Thank you!  I made my first "videogame!" It's a tube that sits there and I can see how long I can stand staring at it.

Gonna see if I can figure out how to make it play it's animation.

[Carm3D]

I got the animation playing in the "game."  I tried publishing it to a standalone file but that just plays a black screen. :/

[Genebris]

You need to make sure you load the correct map in main.lua, when launched with editor it will open map opened in editor, in standalone it opens specified file.

[Carm3D]

Hmm...  Where it said "..changemapname.." ?  I changed that to the name of a map file I saved.  Still get a black screen though.

[Carm3D]

To be more precise, it's black for a few moments, then I get an option screen with "New Game, Options, Quit"