DeleD Community Edition

Saberdude · Member Joined: 21 Dec 2004 Posts: 2

Ive only just registered to this site but Ive been using DeleD ** for a while but Ive run into a problem. When I exported my .X model+textures when I loaded it into DarkBASIC Classic none of the textures show up! What is wrong here? Evil or Very Mad

**Great Prgram by the way Very Happy

Jeroen · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 7:22 pm Post subject:

Hi there and welcome! Yeah, I saw your post on the DarkBasic forum! Weird problem you have there. I've recently removed a bug in the X exporting function but that had nothing to do with textures. Be sure to get the latest version though (0.903). Anyway, are you sure you're loading the object correctly in DarkBasic?

I don't know DarkBasic syntax but I'm sure there are a few people around here who can shed some light on this issue. Smile

Chris · Member Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 161 Location: UK

You shouldn't need anything other than

Saberdude · Member Joined: 21 Dec 2004 Posts: 2

Yes all the textures are in the project file. And its For DB Classic not DBPRO. Ill see if Ive got the latest version.

Chris · Member Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 161 Location: UK

OOps I should prpbably try reading a little closer, I've still got my copy of DBClassic laying around here somewhere. I'll find it and have a go.

Paul-Jan · Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 11:28 am Post subject:

I just did a little bit of testing with Darkbasic Classic, and it seems that DB Classic doesn't support the JPG fileformat at all Shocked

! Can someone please confirm this? I conclude this after
a) reading the manual that states loadbitmap only supports .bmp
b) not being able to view .jpg files in the media browser example
c) converting the textures of my .x model to .bmp and noticing that fixed the problem Wink

The solution would be to use .bmp instead of .jpg's. Unfortunately, the material editor (former texturepack editor) is under construction at the moment, so your real options would be:
1. Go to the DeleD texture directories and convert all .jpg's to .bmp using your favourite graphics editor. Also edit default.dtp using notepad. OR
2. After generating the .x file, open it in notepad, change all .jpg's to .bmp. Then open up your favourite graphics editor and convert all used textures to .bmp OR
3. Use darkbasic pro (or any other programming environment/engine that supports jpg's)

If anyone can confirm that this is indeed the cause of all problems, I can discuss a possible solution with Jeroen.

Chris · Member Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 161 Location: UK

Yer that would seem to be the problem, created a new level yesterday and none of the textures shew up, I've just looked at an old version of MOOD, pre DBPro, and it uses .bmps and textures show up nicely.

aoos · Member Joined: 05 Dec 2004 Posts: 3

i use darkbasic classic and i have loaded many times jpg files i dont think that this is the problem. also deled exportes in bmp

Jeroen · Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 11:26 am Post subject:

Paul-Jan · Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 2:11 pm Post subject:

Maybe we are not talking about the same version, I am using the darkbasic trial as available through darkbasic.thegamecreators.com . Is there a different version called 'classic'?

As you can read in the posts above, x exports worked flawlessly with my darkbasic trial version after converting the textures to .bmp. In other words, I think your problem might be very specific aoos, maybe you can send us your exported .x flie and textures, so we can see if there is anything wrong with it.

Paul-Jan · Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 6:19 pm Post subject:

Also, as an answer to Jeroens suggestion, there seems to be nothing wrong with the JPG's, as
1) I can load them in any other program just fine
2) if I convert them to .bmp things work fine in darkbasic, if I convert them back to jpg with for example photoshop things stop working again.

aoos · Member Joined: 05 Dec 2004 Posts: 3

i want to apologise for my reply. i downloaded recently the new version of deled, i changed jpg to bmp i loaded in db classic and all worked fine Razz

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Daaark · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 6:59 pm Post subject:

Paul-Jan · Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 7:09 am Post subject:

@aoos: ah, great! Thanks a lot for reporting that! We have added to our todo-list that we want to add a 'convert textures to bmp' option to the .X export, saving you the manual labour.

@Vampyre: Yes. We have recieved nothing but complaints about the lousy quality of Nocturns texturepacks (all jpg's) Very Happy

<- for the non-initiated, that was sarcasm, and so was vampyre's post.

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However, as a sidenote, I was thinking that adding nothing to the texturepacks WOULD give our download stats a nice boost!

Am I even supposed to say 'nothing' on this otherwise nice and gentle forums? Then again, it's great to get some extra google-hits Razz

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granada · Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2004 8:43 am Post subject: