Hi,
Hmmm...I might be mistaking but it seems but from what I know MD2 and AC3D are
not the same kind of files.
I used the MD3 loader for this animation
http://www.la-cfd.com/cassos/test/md3/index.html (need webstart) only yet so I don't
know everything but here what I figured out:
//load the model and add it to a branch
MD3Loader loader = new MD3Loader();
MD3Model model = loader.loadCharacterModel("whatever"); //load the data with
whatever as prefix
MD3ModelInstance modelInstance = model.getInstance();
MD3ModelInstance rootBranchGroup.addChild(modelInstance);
Now a few things to know:
- you can download models from the internet as .pk3 files. pk3 is just a compressed
archive you can uncompress using some tool (I used winzip)
- the files need to be on the classpath as the loader looks for them in the
ressources. The prefix indicates which directory/package the loader will look for
- apparently the loader "guess" the location of the other files (textures...) using a
standard directory structure. The problem I ran into (perhaps because of a bad use) is
that the loader didn't guess well so I had to copy back the models\players\whatever
structure under my prefix.
- MD3Model is NOT a singleton: every call to the getInstance() method will create and
return a NEW instance, so you better not loose the one you get.
- the animation is set using
modelInstance.setAnimation("lower", MD3AnimConfig.IDLE);
- and it is 'played' by calling
modelInstance.nextFrame("lower");
from what I understand, it is up to you to call this method every time you want to
switch frames
- you might have noticed that there are 3 parts: upper, lower, head
Well that's all I see as a short answer. Hope it'll help
Alec
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On 12/05/2004 at 14:03 *V* wrote:
>Hi all i am from Italy, i' new on this list :)
>
>now the response..
>
>
>import in the code:
>
>import org.newdawn.j3d.loaders.ac3d.AC3DLoader;
>import org.newdawn.j3d.loaders.ac3d.AC3DModel;
>import java.net.URL;
>
>then load the object...
>
>String src = "myfile.ac" ;
>BranchGroup modelBranch = null;
>try {
> AC3DModel model = AC3DLoader.load(new URL("file:"+src));
> modelBranch = model.createInstance();
>} catch (Exception e) {
> System.err.println("Error importing object " + src + ": " + e);
> e.printStackTrace();
>}
>
>
>now append model Branch to your world :)
>
>bye
>Hi, all,
> I downloaded md3 loader from http://www.newdawnsoftware.com/. But I do
>not know how to use this loader, for I have not used it before. I hope
>somebody who ever used it can help me.
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>Best regards!
>
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>
> Zch
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