Serializing various 3D Models to .irr??

abhishekdey1985 · Post by **abhishekdey1985** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 5:45 pm

I loaded a 3DS model from a folder. Then i saved a scene in .irr file. Now if i remove the model folder to some other directory and then reload the scene, the Irrlicht fails to read the scene from the disk indicating the path error. This implies that only the path of the mesh or the model is stored in .irr file. Is there any way to store the model in .irr itself?

Acki · Post by **Acki** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 5:59 pm

abhishekdey1985 · Post by **abhishekdey1985** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 6:15 pm

AFAIK is Serialising is a technique of storing a current state of an object to a file. As models are also loaded to the memory the entire state of the object with the model shuld be stored. Is there any other way to acheive the same if not directly?

Acki · Post by **Acki** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 6:41 pm

abhishekdey1985 wrote:AFAIK is Serialising is a technique of storing a current state of an object to a file.

that's right, but not the mesh/model itself, just its states...

well, there are mesh writers in 1.5 (Collada, stl and OBJ) but then you have the same problem: an irr file for the states and seperate mesh files...
the only way would be to write your own writer and loader that suits your needs...

bitplane · Post by **bitplane** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 7:01 pm

Even if it was possible, storing the texture data inside the xml file wouldn't be advisable. If you want everything inside one file then it makes sense to just zip it.

abhishekdey1985 · Post by **abhishekdey1985** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 2:30 pm

can i use a password protected zip file for the storage. Consider that i dnt want to share the models.

Acki · Post by **Acki** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:33 pm

jontan6 · Post by **jontan6** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 3:34 am

abhishekdey1985 wrote:I loaded a 3DS model from a folder. Then i saved a scene in .irr file. Now if i remove the model folder to some other directory and then reload the scene, the Irrlicht fails to read the scene from the disk indicating the path error. This implies that only the path of the mesh or the model is stored in .irr file. Is there any way to store the model in .irr itself?

no. but if u save that as irrmesh then u cud remove the 3ds

abhishekdey1985 · Post by **abhishekdey1985** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 5:06 am

Does dat mean Irrlicht is capable of storing mesh in its own format? What about the textures?

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Serializing various 3D Models to .irr??

Serializing various 3D Models to .irr??

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