question how to load *.obj models or other models

[Lionheart008]

hi petr :-)

I have a simple question if you have perhaps a good link or library for me how I can load "objects" (models: poser files, *.obj files, milkshape or other ones) for Powerbasic (for example) as you did it I can imagine for your great tbgl modul. I tried to convert some nehe example for oxygen and I am trying now to load models too, but I have no good stuff or library by hand. and it's a djungle to get a simple overview of them. thanks in advance, good week-end, best regards, frank

[ReneMiner]

you might convert those .obj-files to TBGL-Native M15 files look here.

[Petr Schreiber]

Hi Frank,

I do not have OBJ loader written in PB, but I published a MD2 library for PowerBASIC, maybe this could be of interest?
http://www.jose.it-berater.org/smffo...sg9011#msg9011


Petr

[ReneMiner]

There's no wall to hit!

Obj-Loading is possible in plain thinBasic + TBGL:

The program is intended to load just Obj-Files made with David-Laserscanner - so they have one group only - if you want to try, download for example "David-Angel_OBJ.zip" from here and see. Would be no Problem to extend this script to load OBJ-Files with multiple groups. It's a little longer because it uses FreeImage to load all kinds of image-formats as a texture.

[ErosOlmi]

If you hit the wall on this with thinBasic, ScriptBasic will translate its script to C and link in any .obj you wish. (along with static linking of any of it's extension modules) A big advantage of ScriptBasic being written in ANSI/ISO C.

That is another OBJ file type.

You are referring to this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_file

Here they are talking about this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavefront_.obj_file

[Lionheart008]

thank you all for your infos and example (rene) and correct meaning of *.obj (wavefront) files by eros link :-)

thanks petr, I will check your example. I am looking forward for alternative libraries I know there's a lot of more to explore. If I find an interesting library or sdk I will mail here.

regards, frank