Is there anywhere I can find some b3d models to play with? I've not experience on MiniB3D and I would like to give it a try.
Another thing, when I test the Bird demo, It looks very different from what it looked like on B3D. I mean, all the textures have a very strange light, they are too shiny, it seems like the grass and the green is a little bit metallic. Is there any way to correct this?
The shininess is due to the .b3d model itself, I added the shininess flag to it by mistake.
simple replace the mesh_canyon = LoadMesh(...) with this code
mesh_canyon:TMesh = LoadMesh( "media/Canyon.b3d" )
RotateEntity mesh_canyon,0,180,0
For Local S:TSurface = EachIn mesh_canyon.surf_list
s.brush.shine = 0
Next
It seems all I get when I load a 3DS mesh is a cube... am I doing anything wrong?
no, a prototype 3ds loader (still in developement) is only available in my extended Version of minib3d.
Ok, how can I caonvert a 3ds file to a b3d one? I know this may sound a very basic question, but I'm making my first test on miniB3D, and I havo no experience on 3D programing...
buy Ultimate Unwrap 3d. it will load a .3ds and export a .b3d. There are other ways of doing this but none are as good (that I have found). it supports composite (with lightmaps) and animated .b3d files
http://www.unwrap3d.com/(and no, i have no affiliation with this software other than that I have been using it for several years ...back in the lithunwrap days... and I think it is awesome)