Obtaining the model/mesh file names

[Pixel Perfect]

Is it possible to obtain the model / mesh file names from the Entity collection once loaded from an sbx file? Are these retained/exposed? I can do everything else I need to from the loaded scene without having to parse the sbx file and would rather not do so just to obtain the model file names if I could avoid it. This is so I can convert them to .obj files programatically and dump them into a common directory.

[macklebee]

i can do it in bmax... so maybe that will help with a c++ version?

For e = EachIn fw.Main.world.entities
If GetEntityClass(e) = ENTITY_MODEL Then
	Print(TModel(e).reference.path)
End If
Next

[Pixel Perfect]

Thanks macklebee, thats exactly what I'm looking for but I'm not sure that's exposed in the C DLL. The ability to access all the properties of entities in BlitzMax is a big advantage! I wonder what the MeshName(TEntity mesh) returns. I'm at work at the moment so can't try it!

[macklebee]

oh yeah... i forgot all about that... it returns the same thing

 

For e = EachIn fw.Main.world.entities
If GetEntityClass(e) = ENTITY_MODEL Then
	Print(MeshName(TMesh(GetChild(e, 1))))
End If
Next

[Pixel Perfect]

Excellent .... many thanks for trying that, that will do nicely

[cassius]

Is this code more or less the same?

 

 

For Local e:TEntity = EachIn CurrentWorld().Entities

Select GetEntityKey(e, "Name")

[macklebee]

Is this code more or less the same?

 

 

For Local e:TEntity = EachIn CurrentWorld().Entities

Select GetEntityKey(e, "Name")

 

No.

 

The code i showed above returns the GMF model's folder path.

c:/program files/leadwerks engine sdk/models/props/oildrum/oildrum.gmf

The GetEntityKey(e,"name") returns a model's name key, assuming it even has that key.

oildrum_1