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Terrain and loading models
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Im just starting out on OpenGL and Ive done all the tutorials and have a grasp on the basics of OpenGL.
Now I want to move into creating terrain like in games such as Tribes, Tribes 2, Deranged Raid etc.
Now I also want to load a model I made in MAX. Question is, what format to I export it as and how can I load it into game?
Thanks
Ashman
www.settlers.net
There are a number of ways to achieve your goal.
The simplest way to export a max model is to save it as a 3ds file. From there you can do one of two things.
#1. Look for a converter which takes the .3ds file and converts it into C code. (Not the best solution but it does work).
#2. Open the .3ds file and parse the data yourself.
There are plenty of tutorials on the internet which show you how to load .3ds files.
Terrain is a different subject but again there are tutorials on the net which show how to implement it.
If you can''t find any, use www.google.com and www.metacrawler.com do a search for "OpenGL and Terrain" you should get a bunch of hits.
The simplest way to export a max model is to save it as a 3ds file. From there you can do one of two things.
#1. Look for a converter which takes the .3ds file and converts it into C code. (Not the best solution but it does work).
#2. Open the .3ds file and parse the data yourself.
There are plenty of tutorials on the internet which show you how to load .3ds files.
Terrain is a different subject but again there are tutorials on the net which show how to implement it.
If you can''t find any, use www.google.com and www.metacrawler.com do a search for "OpenGL and Terrain" you should get a bunch of hits.
NeHe got some tutorials on model loading. Its not MAX but Milkshape. Still helped me quite a lot.
Good luck
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Good luck
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