20th November 2004, 03:43 PM | #1 |
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[newbie] Loading textures onto planes.
Hello all.
I just downloaded AC3D and was immediately struck with it! I'm very new to 3D graphics, so I imagin the question is probably very trivial; but my lack in proper terminology and experience it is sometimes difficult. All I am trying to do right now is create a simple 3D tile map -- made up of planes and textures. I added a "Rect" to my view port and then tried to apply a texture via Object->Texture->Load Texture... But both my (XY) and 3D view show the rect as white still. What do I need to do in order to add a simple texture to a rect? I'm also wondering, what is the best way to set up a model w/ (approx) 10 textures applied to multiple planes? Is it just as easy to apply the texture to each plane, or is there a more efficient/proper way of doing it in AC3D? Many thanks for any help! |
20th November 2004, 03:53 PM | #2 |
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Partially fixed. I am getting textures loaded now -- I was trying to load a BMP, which was throwing an error for some reason (it never told me this when trying to apply a texture, only when I decided to try and set it as a background). I changed it to a GIF and I can load it.
So, I broke down and just bought the thing... I'm already hooked! I downloaded the extension pack, but I still can't load PNG files as a texture (it says there is no plugin). I looked, the file is in the plugins directory. Is there something more I need to do in order to load a PNG? I can load JPGs (another plugin), but not sure why it isn't picking up the PNG loader. |
20th November 2004, 06:16 PM | #3 |
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now that you bought it make sure you have the plugins.
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Yes, I do.
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20th November 2004, 07:17 PM | #5 |
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Don't forget to make sure that textures are checked in the 3D and Ortho menus (you will never guess how I know that )
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20th November 2004, 08:07 PM | #6 |
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Double checked the Ortho menu; "Textures" are checked.
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21st November 2004, 02:48 AM | #7 |
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other thing to check is open the bmp in photoshop and make sure its not index color.
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21st November 2004, 05:42 AM | #8 |
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If png files are not recognised then AC3D has not loaded the plugin.
Check the AC3D console window - the plugins are listed here when AC3D starts. Also check the menu Help->about-plugins. If no plugins show then you may have put them in the wrong place. You need to unzip them into the 'plugins' sub-filder of the AC3D install folder. Andy |
21st November 2004, 10:10 AM | #9 | |
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Thanks Razer. I found out the problem with my BMPs is they are not 24bit (noticed the message in my shell when I quit the other day), but I'm not worried about BMP anymore. Now that I have the registered version, I want to be working with PNGs.
Andy: Just chedked out the loaded plugins, here is the list that is in Help->About Plugins: Quote:
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21st November 2004, 12:17 PM | #10 |
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Are you running AC3D under Linux? If so, the plugin may want another library.
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