Hi all,
I hope you can help me with this Issue in WED.

Here´s the story:
First I create a model in 3ds max.
Then I export it as an FBX (2006) with embended Textures.
I import it in WED and choose to save the textures extern in a directory called Meshtex.
In WED and ingame everything looks great and behaves right.

But when I close WED and my level and reopen it again (10 mins later or the next day) WED doesn´t load the textures of the Meshtex directory. When I click refresh in the Meshtex tab it just closes and WED asks me everythime wheter I would like to replace the missing textures with the default texture.

That drives me crazy!
Hope someone know´s a solution.

I already tried to add the textures to the WAD but this doesn´t solve the problem.

Cheers,
Masterchief J.B

Well, import it to MED, then import it to WED.

You must add the texture folder to your path. Otherwise the engine can't find your textures.

In your WDL file, write

PATH "Meshtex";

when its a subfolder to your work folder. Hope this helps.

@ Tobias:
Sorry tried
#define PRAGMA_PATH "Meshtex";


but I get the same error again when I try to build the level.
WED can´t recognize my Meshtex folder.
It displays it as an empty Texture folder and when i rightclick refresh it simply disappears.

Very strange behavior.
Do you know another solution or anyone else?
Thanks for helping

@Cowabanga:
Do you mean I should convert the models from FBX to MDL?
Well I prefer using FBX models.

In MED everything looks okay it just happens when I close MED and reopen it again.

As I said very strange behavior.

Thanks for helping,
Masterchief J.B

Yeah i prefer using FBX too, but try!! Maybe it'll solve your problem.

As Tobias already suggested, add

PATH "Meshtex"; to a .wdl file that has the same name as the script you add to your level in WED (so if that script's name is doodlewoo.c, create a file named doodlewoo.wdl and add the above line). It could be that WED doesn't take
#define PRAGMA_PATH "pathname"
into account when it comes to external .fbx textures.

Thanks for your help.

@BoH_Havoc: Sorry but your solution doesn´t solve my problem. It´s always asking wheter I want to replace the missing texturs with the default texture.

@Cowabanga: I will try your solution this evening. Hope it works.

Thanks for your help,
Masterchief J.B

Sorry it took me some days because I had to work for a client.

So back to the problem.

Thank you Cowabanga for your help but your Solution creates a new problem.
Model opened in MED and Saved as MDL7.
Imported in WED scaled etc. Build Level and Run.
First I got an error with Bad Scale Value.
After that I resized the model and I didn´t get any errors but there´s no model in the scene. I can walk on the terrain but I can´t see it.
Any Ideas about this issue?

Thanks,
Masterchief JB

I tried it x times to import it in MED (everything is fine here).
Saving as an MDL7 and importing in WED.
Building the Map (don´t know why but it only needs 2 sec. for a whole world in mdl format).
Starting the game and there´s no MDL model except the player and the skybox.
Oh and I can walk on an invisible terrain (no invisible flag turned on!).

Hope anyone knows a solution.
Thank you,
Masterchief JB

looks like a texture import glictch to me, make sure your skins are 24bit.

in med go to edit->edit skins->select skin->skin settings->texture format->check 24bit->click ok->save the model