Using .x models with Irrlicht...

misterdan · Post by **misterdan** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 12:57 pm

Hello everybody.

I am very green with 3D graphics, but have dabbled a bit with C++. I am trying to import an .x file to use in a game I am developing. I can compile and build my code successfully but no model appears when I run the .exe and I get the following messages in the console window:

"Only text encoded x file supported currently. Could not load mesh"

What am I doing wrong? Also, I notice that with the model I have some .cfg files and.bmp images for textures. In order to display the model correctly how do all these files fit together?

Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.

Strong99 · Post by **Strong99** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:08 pm

Read the message, your x file isn't text, open it and look if you can read it... you have to save it as text file not as hex

hybrid · Post by **hybrid** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:21 pm

Or - since you can compile code - use the binaryX patch found on my patch page. Rebuild Irrlicht afterwards, and you file will be loaded (unless it uses even more advanced features of the format)

misterdan · Post by **misterdan** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:28 pm

Thanks for the quck response.

I have tried opening the .x file with a hex editor and then saving it as text but it still doesn't work.

I will try Hybrid's converter.

Thanks again.

hybrid · Post by **hybrid** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:36 pm

You shouldn't convert it with a hex editor, but with a 3d editor supporting both .x formats. Your file is just currently binary (or in other words hex code).

Acki · Post by **Acki** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 3:41 pm

Maybe the MView workaround will help...

misterdan · Post by **misterdan** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:04 am

I will try MView. Thank you to everybody who responded.