I was working on a new project where I entered a few numbers and my program created a mesh for me based on what I entered(using createsurface, addvertex, addtriangle, and that kind of stuff). This is the first time that I've tried creating meshes without using a mesh file(.x or other). I tried to apply a texture the same way as I've always done on my other meshes:
tex = LoadTexture("ground.bmp")
EntityTexture ground, tex
but it didn't work. could it have to do with the way I created the mesh? please help...
You will need to set the UV coords for the Vertices as for there proboly all set to 0.
Interesting problem. That is the same thing I missed with Wings. I created a mesh and didn't set the UV up.
But I created meshes on the fly in blitz and the texturing worked fine because I setup the UV.
Without UV set you are only using the first pixel of your texture on your mesh.
AddVertex ( surface,x#,y#,z#[,u#][,v#][,w#] )
U and V must be a number between 0 and 1.
Just divide 1 by the number of verts across you are using.
And then increase U and V by that number for each vert.
eg:
For nx=0 To 26
For nz=0 To 26
V(nx,nz)=AddVertex(ss,nx,0,nz,(nx*0.037),(nz*0.037),0 );create all vertices
Next
Next
1/27=0.037 that is were I get the 0.037.
This gives each vert. 1/27th of the texture across and down.
Hope this helps you somewhat.