If ent_create() could load DirectX files directly, it would be easier for our players to create/import their own mods.

While this forum is filled with GameStudio users which want to learn how to work with GameStudio and WED/MED, some of our customers don't even know GameStudio exists.

To allow them to simply throw their lowpoly "CoolCar.x" from TurboSquid into the models folder to be able to select the new car in the game and have even more fun than before - this would be "Great!!" (we could create a magical autoscale function to get the model into the right size.)


In D3DSample06.c is an example about how to load your own .x file into the game engine. Missing is only the part to create an empty ENTITY* object and connect all the missing peaces to this entity.

In order to make collision possible with this construction I would like you to do this task. (enhancing ent_create)

It would help if it is just for models without bones, animations, etc.
If you give us more - no problem
But a single frame with texture and collision option is what I ask for.

-- slacer

You can create .X model entities, at least theoretically. However, this was rarely used or tested. .X is not a good format. So try it at your own risk.

.x indeed sucks.
I tried using x models in another game engine and always somethign was wrong. i tried dozens of free tools, and finally gave up.

My workaroudn was writing a fully featured MDL5 importer for this engine. That worked great

I did not know it was possible to use ent_create with .x files all the time, because it was not mentioned in the manual.
If it is a bad format I should ask for another file format like .3ds.

Which "open" file format would you suggest to use besides mdl in order to let the player create or modify game assets and import them without MED?

To publish a kind of MED-lite with the game would be a nice option


-- slacer

3DS is fine. For bones, use FBX. But your end user will need MED anyway for importing models. Almost always, models must be transformed, scaled, or some material adjusted for using them in the engine, and MED is ideal for that.

You need not publish a MED lite. Instead, you're supposed to give your end users a link to our page or to the lite-C download. That includes MED and is free.

Great
Since I use the pro edition, I did not care about what is included with lite-c.

Thank you

Fragmotion can import .x format and export to GS with animations.
The only thing is that the end result is a huge file pending on the amount
of animations I guess.

It is also very cheap to register.