Saving a mesh after deforming with vec_to_mesh

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Saving a mesh after deforming with vec_to_mesh #132357 05/27/07 18:12 05/27/07 18:12
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 4,131 M Matt_Aufderheide OP Expert
Matt_Aufderheide OP Expert M Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 4,131	The manual says: "Mesh deformation is not automatically saved by game_save(). If this is desired, store the mesh coordinates in an array. " What if I want to just save the new version of the mesh over the old file? is this possible? I'm implementing my own terrain system with LOD, and I want to deform meshes and then save them so I don't have to displace them each time the app is run.. only when i want to update the heightmap. Sphere Engine--the premier A6 graphics plugin.

Re: Saving a mesh after deforming with vec_to_mesh [Re: Matt_Aufderheide] #132358 05/27/07 18:31 05/27/07 18:31
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 7,441 ventilator Senior Expert
ventilator Senior Expert Joined: May 2002 Posts: 7,441	do you use models or terrains? to save a model file you could use mdl7.lib in a plugin. not sure if it also can be used for terrain files (you would have to ask jcl) but if i remember correctly the hmp format is relatively simple. it's described in the manual.

Re: Saving a mesh after deforming with vec_to_mesh [Re: ventilator] #132359 05/27/07 20:10 05/27/07 20:10
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 4,131 M Matt_Aufderheide OP Expert
Matt_Aufderheide OP Expert M Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 4,131	My method requires that I use models, because the meshes cant be regular grids.. for seam fixing.. Where is mdl7.lib? is it in the SDK? Sphere Engine--the premier A6 graphics plugin.

Re: Saving a mesh after deforming with vec_to_mesh [Re: Matt_Aufderheide] #132360 05/27/07 21:01 05/27/07 21:01
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,185 Ukraine Lion_Ts Serious User
Lion_Ts Serious User Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,185 Ukraine	No, it is the separate download at 'downloads' page. You can read/write idp2-mdl7 models with this lib. [Models preview \| Resources compression \| Video Tutorials]

Re: Saving a mesh after deforming with vec_to_mesh [Re: Lion_Ts] #132361 05/28/07 00:22 05/28/07 00:22
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 4,131 M Matt_Aufderheide OP Expert
Matt_Aufderheide OP Expert M Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 4,131	ok, i see it thanks.. Sphere Engine--the premier A6 graphics plugin.