loading non-quake maps

[me_go_fast]

Is it possible to load other map type other than quake maps because i dont have the quake game and everyhting else i have found to compile to a quake .bsp would not work properly. If anyone has any idea on how to do this please let me know!
thanks

[bal]

You can load every fileformat as your "map". A map is nothing more than a (big) mesh. You could use .x or .3ds or ... But if you want to import other map formats from games than you'll have to write your own importer.

[me_go_fast]

I tried to load a .3ds mesh but it did not work. It would compile but when i got to the into the game it was all black. The code i used is below:

scene::IAnimatedMesh* mapMesh = smgr->getMesh("map.3ds");
scene::ISceneNode* mapNode = 0;

[Rat]

There is a tutorial on how to load a non quake map that uses the .3ds format for a room. I exported a mesh using the .X file format since I wanted to have doors to open, based off this simple code as a starting point.

Here is the link to the tutorial:
http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/tut008.html

[disanti]

Replace:
scene::IAnimatedMesh* mapMesh = smgr->getMesh("map.3ds");
scene::ISceneNode* mapNode = 0;

With:
irr::scene::IAnimatedMesh* mapMesh = smgr->getMesh("map.3ds"); //load the mesh
irr::scene::ISceneNode* mapNode = mapMesh->getMesh(0); //make the mesh a node
mapNode->setMaterialFlag(irr::video::EMF_LIGHTING, false); //make the mesh completely lit up

Edit: Why is this in the advanced help when you could have just read a tutorial to fix it?
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