modeling rooms in 3dsMAX

belfegor · Post by **belfegor** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:08 am

I think this topic is not for begginers forum so i put it here.
I want to create FPS shooter game with 100% indoor levels.
And i want my rooms to be bumpmapped with a shader.
Lets say first room:
floor & walls one diffuse texture, ceiling second and the other two normal map texture for them.Is it posible or i have to do my floors, walls & ceilings
as separeted meshes?
Sorry for the noob question but i m "one man army" and have to do all stuff
by my self("who doesnt ask never gets an answer").I just wanted to say that im not
some kind of hobyist and im going to stick with irrlicht until i learn to make
my own.

finger007 · Post by **finger007** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:27 am

It can be one mesh using several textures.
Which texture to load where is decided by UV-coordinates. So thats what you have to go for when texturing after modeling. Make sure you check that little box "create mapping-coords". That way you're able to UV-texture your model.

From there you should be good to go.

Cheers,
finger007

belfegor · Post by **belfegor** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:29 am

Forget about that question.I ll just make them separeted meshes.

I know that it can be more then one texture per mesh(4-irrlicht, 8-irrspinz)
And about that checkbox "create mapping coord" i think its on by default,
i always use UVW modifier so it doesnt have to be checked(or am i wrong).

I have another problem, iv noticed that mesh transformations are ignored
(translation, scale, rotation) and have to set am up manualy in irrlicht.Is
it due exporter, irrlicht or its just me?
Iv try 3 exporters (panda, .x(from DX SDK), Quest3D) its all the same.

needforhint · Post by **needforhint** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:09 pm

Forget about that question.I ll just make them separeted meshes.

I know that it can be more then one texture per mesh(4-irrlicht, 8-irrspinz)

this is just a wrong deduction, as you missunderstand the meaning of paralell tesxture layers (4or8) and number of materials in a mesh. You can have a lot of materials with 2 layers (diffuse and normals, some extremist wants aldo a detail map, that's 3, and what to do with 8 parallel textures... I don't know, maybe some physiqyes

)

sivagiri · Post by **sivagiri** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:39 am

Hi,

I also made a roommesh.

First step make a roommesh.

Second: add multimaterials to mesh.

Third: save it in 3ds.

Forth: put the materials in the same directory where the roommesh is...

fifth: load it in the program and you'll be okay.

sivagiri

You don't have to scale etc. iof you did it propaly in 3ds max.

belfegor · Post by **belfegor** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:11 pm

yes i missunderstud that.If i understood you correctly:
i have wall with a window(glass) single object
(first material) glass->transparent + (second) wall->lightmaped = 3 texture.
is it posible and how to refer them separetly to setup materials?

needforhint · Post by **needforhint** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:07 am

http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/docu/cl ... de.html#a9

also see the SMaterial class that GetMaterial() returns, that class contain first or second layer... of the material