Ok, i''ve been having problems with loading files. First I''ve tried loading Milkshape files. That''s cool and all, i''ve been able to read and then render objects but for some bizzare reason I can''t seem to render the skin that goes along with it. Anyone have a similar problem, or have and ideas. From my debugs i''ve noticed that something is loaded and the dxtex is created properly, and when the class is called to render, the approraite render calls are made to declare the stored tex as the skin. Also, anyone know any good places for x files tutorials?? Microsoft tutorials as usual are very complex, use mfc, and for somereason are spread across 30 files that arn''t included (exageration). If someone has a class/function i could look out for loading x files that would be cool. I don''t rip code, i usually rewrite it because I like to understand this and incoperate it into the way my programs flow, but it will be your code i''d be using if you provide an example. So with that note, thanks in advance. -Scott

I really can't help you with MilkShape, but with X files, the book "Special Effects Game Programming With Direct X 8." has a whole chapter on loading X files. It is very simple if you use the D3DX functions. Take a look at that book and the SDK documentation on the D3DXLoadMeshFromX() functions. Good Luck.

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edit -- book title

[edited by - grasshopa55 on May 2, 2002 4:57:57 PM]

hmm, i haven''t bought a programming book in awhile, thanks for the exuse

Check out this one:

http://64.33.37.114/loadxfiles.html

It''s in dx7 but still very helpful!

No, I mean the Mason''s book. There is a whole chapter in the beginning half of the book dedicated to models and loading models. I think its in Chapter 6. I''ll take a look more when I get home.

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