Loading Model Into editor

[stephan360]

So i have used the tool 3ds to gmf exporter found in the sdk. I have filed the model to sdk/entities/newfolder/saphirebridge. Saphire bridge is the model i am trying to load into the editor. The only thing that shows up in the editor is a node with the name when i drag and drop into the scene. Also in the model viewer it just shows a grey screen but said 26,000 triangles. It has a 3ds phy file, gmf file and a lua, do i need to program anything in lua to compete the model to gmf format?

[Canardia]

Looks like you are missing the mat files. Each seperate texture of the model needs an own mat file.

For example if you use a texture called stone002.png, then your mat file would be in its simplest form:

 

stone002.mat

texture0="abstract::stone002.dds"

Note that you also need to convert png to dds, because LE can only read dds textures.

[stephan360]

that probably is it, i have no textures on the model yet i was just wanting to see how it looked set into the scene. guess ill wait til i learn to texture. i just am learning programming and modeling in 3ds.

[Josh]

You don't need material files for the model to show up, but without the model file there is no way for us to tell what might be wrong.

[diedir]

your pbm is scale

try to put a cube of 1 meter side and even without material you will see a white cube there

[stephan360]

here's the file......or not when i get done attaching it it doesn't show up but sais i used 24.18k. So im not going to worry about it right now just going to keep modeling i was hoping to start getting familiar with the importing but ill worry about it later. Thanks for the info though guys.

[cassius]

This can sometimes happen if model is not centered in 3d app or uu3d.