Loading a texture/mesh thats a variable...?

[Guest]

I want to be able to load a mesh and texture from a variable named meshFile. So if I name the files accordingly, how can I make this work:

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scene::IAnimatedMesh* weaponMesh = CIrrlichtManager::smgr->getMesh("models/meshFile.obj"); 


scene::IAnimatedMeshSceneNode* weaponNode = smgr->addAnimatedMeshSceneNode( weaponMesh, camera, 0, irr::core::vector3df(40.0f, -40.0f, 40.0f), irr::core::vector3df(0.0f, 0.0f, 30.0f) );

weaponNode->setMaterialTexture( 0, driver->getTexture("textures/meshFile.jpg") );

So where you see meshFile, it is actually replaced with a string variable called meshFile. In PHP you do ".var." But..I am unsure how to do it here.

Thanks.

[Endar]

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scene::IAnimatedMesh* weaponMesh = CIrrlichtManager::smgr->getMesh("models/meshFile.obj");
weaponNode->setMaterialTexture( 0, driver->getTexture("textures/meshFile.jpg") ); 

So, where the strings "models/meshFile.obj" and "textures/meshFile.jpg" are they will be replaced by string variables, eg. string1[] = "models/meshFile.obj" and string2[] = "textures/meshFile.jpg" (not exact C code) ??

Is that right?? You're using C++, right? If this is the case, you just replace the string literals (the strings you typed in the code) with the variables. So, instead of the code above, you would have:

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scene::IAnimatedMesh* weaponMesh = CIrrlichtManager::smgr->getMesh(string1);
weaponNode->setMaterialTexture( 0, driver->getTexture(string2 ) );

[Guest]

meshFile is a stringw, when I use that code I get this error:

error C2664: 'irr::scene::ISceneManager::getMesh' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'irr::core::stringw' to 'const irr::c8 *'

[Tyn]

If you are using a string file you have to convert it to c8. To do that, replace:

smgr->getMesh( string1 );

With:

smgr->getMesh( string1.c_str() );

[Guest]

I thought so, even when I add that it gives me THIS..

: error C2664: 'irr::scene::ISceneManager::getMesh' : cannot convert parameter 1 from 'const wchar_t *' to 'const irr::c8 *'

are you sure that function is correct for the c8 type?

Thanks.