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[Koobazaur]

I was wondering if there is any documentation on how the MAP file is structured; I couldn't find anything on your webstie. I wanted to use that to retreive my level geometry and was looking through the file in a notepad; while some stuff is pretty obvious, there are a few fieleds I have no idea about and would rather not play a guessing game and end up screwing something up.

Thanks.

[Paul-Jan]

First of all, I am assuming you mean our xml based .dxs file format. Unfortunately, at the moment there is no specific documentation of the different elements. However, most of it is self-explanatory, so like you say, it should not be too hard figuring it out. If you have any specific questions, don't hesitate to ask them here on our forums (or contact us directly)!

If I misunderstood you, and you meant the .map files exported by the Torque Exporter, please ignore everything I just said.

[Koobazaur]

I am talking about the Deled Map Files (*.dmf) which you can choose when you do File->Save as.

The reason I am going for it is that A) it organizes the vertexes better than a DirectX file (DX cube 24 vertexes, MAP file only 8 ) and, due to it's structure, would be easier to parse than the XML scene file format.

I am talking about the file that looks like this:

[Daaark]

Look in the help file, DMF is explained FULLY.
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[Koobazaur]

BAH, of course, the help files, stupid me. Thanks!

[stumcd]

If you are using C/C++ then I'd recommend the loader by Ryan Fleet
http://www.delgine.com/downloads/various/plugin_template.zip

I use it as an API i.e. it reads the file into an easily to access structure. From that I populate my internal model format. It also helped me understand the DMF format more fully.

--STU!

BTW does DMF stand for Delgine Model File or Delgine Map File, I always assumed Model, but then I make models not maps.

[Koobazaur]

It stands for Map, as when you save it, it states "Deled Map File"