I've added an Errata document to flash3dbook.com, describing this error and any others that we may or may not find. :)
Cheers /R On May 19, 1:50 pm, JKaris <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for the fast reply! And thanks for confirming I was not going > crazy! had me stumped for a while! > > Will grab the new files now - cheers! > > JKaris. > > On May 19, 9:13 pm, richardolsson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hello again! > > > I've updated the model file in the assets package to fix this. You can > > get the updated package atwww.flash3dbook.comrightnow, and from > > friendsofed.com shortly! > > > Cheers > > /R > > > On May 19, 10:44 am, richardolsson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm glad you're liking the book so far. Thanks for spotting this. It > > > seems the 3DS file that's provided in the sample package has somehow > > > been corrupted (or in some way made incompatible.) The mesh was never > > > meant to include a texture in the first place, especially not one > > > named "ape_normals." (without a file suffix.) > > > > We will look into this, and amend the sample files. In the meantime, > > > you can get the code to work by preventing the loading of textures > > > completely: > > > > _loader = new LoaderCube(); > > > _loader.autoLoadTextures = false; > > > > Please keep your comments coming. We appreciate them greatly! > > > > Cheers > > > /R > > > > On May 19, 8:37 am, JKaris <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > I am having a problem with an example in the Away3D book. > > > > > In chapter 4 there is the example named - LoadingExternalModels > > > > > I get an error message on the LoaderCube: > > > > > "Loading Texture Error #2035 URL not found." > > > > > It is looking for ape_normals > > > > > But there is no file named that in the chapter 4 assets folder. > > > > > There is in chapter 5 assets, but moving this to the chapter 4 > > > > location still gives the error. > > > > > Am I doing something wrong? Has anyone else had this problem? > > > > > Has been a great read so far. > > > > > Thanks, > > > > jkaris
