Trouble in loading 3ds file format

[alvin]

Hi, I'm newbie in using Irrlicht engine. Currently, I'm doing my assignment project using the engine and I can say that it helps me a lot. However, currently I'm unable to load 3DS file. Or I should say I'm unable to load the texture into the object. From what I've learned from the forums and stuffs, everyone keeps mentioning that the texture is loaded automatically for 3DS files. Anyway, I'll just show you a part of my code:

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irr::scene::IAnimatedMesh *itemMesh = smgr->getMesh("Model/Items/OLDBOOK.3DS");
irr::scene::IAnimatedMeshSceneNode *itemNode = smgr->addAnimatedMeshSceneNode(itemMesh);
itemNode->setMaterialFlag(video::EMF_LIGHTING, false);
// set item's scale
itemNode->setScale(irr::core::vector3df(1,1,1));
// set item's position
itemNode->setPosition(irr::core::vector3df(10,10,10));

Is there anything wrong with my code? There's no compilation error and I can load the file perfectly with 3D Max Studio 6. Any idea would be appreciated. Thx

[Acki]

Are all files in the same folder ???
Are the texture files named in old DOS style (8.3) ???

[alvin]

well.....to be precise I think the texture file is embedded inside the 3DS file itself, so I don't think there's any texture taken from other picture file. Does this mean that irrlicht can't load the texture from 3DS files if it is not taken from an external file?

[Hellcat]

I'm pretty sure .3ds has a separate texture file

[alvin]

In that case, hm..... I'm not so sure about 3D Max but does it have a function that allows us to export the materials into a texture file?

[Hellcat]

hmm....i'm not sure about that. i think when u export to 3ds thats gone...what're you modeling? maybe i can help make u a texture for it rabidlockergnome@hotmail.com if u want to contact me about it.

[Acki]

Textures embeddet in 3ds file ???
I hear that the first time now...

I think your modell has no textures, just colors !?!?!
Irrlicht supports only textures...

[alvin]

Kekekeke

Sorry, I'm not really familiar with all the terms. Anyway, can you teach me how to apply a testure into the model using 3D Max? Any useful link that I can use? Thx.....

[spsteam]

try this link:

http://discovery.scifi-art.com/texturing/

and remember to use always textures with a bitmap linked to it. And the bitmaps need to be in a Irrlicht readable format.