b3d import from blender - animation not displaying

[ezanih]

Hi there

I hope you guys can help me with my problem. I imported an armature animation (bones-based) in Blender (shotarm.blend) and used Gandalf's b3d Python export script to export it to shotarm.b3d.

Then I opened up Irrlicht in VC++ 2008 and imported shotarm.b3d in the 01.Hello World.sln tutorial replacing the file "sydney.md2" but leaving the rest of the code unchanged.

I then compiled the application and ran HelloWorld.exe but I am getting a blank purple screen with only the words "Hello World". I am not seeing any animation of the b3d armature. What am I doing wrong ? Thank you in advance!

[Virion]

1. make sure the path to the model file is correct
2. make sure the camera is "looking" at the model. if you are using the default FPS camera, move it backwards a bit and you will see the model because the camera, by default, is located at 0,0,0

[torleif]

Another problem might be your exported blender model is in the right place, but while editing you placed them somewhere else (ie: up or down beyond the screen)

ensure the mesh is at 0,0,0 while exporting and that the file size is > 0 kb.

[mc08]

if I remember correctly you cant missplace any object in the editing space in Blender when using gandaldf exporter, because it places the object center at 0,0,0 when adding it in a f.g. irrlicht game.
You might have the camera look the wrong direction or the object center is totally off?

[oldskoolPunk]

Not true. The exporter puts the model where it is located in Blender, it does not move it back to 0,0,0. Which is AWESOME to me.