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1/1/2002 4:02:46 PM:Burbble
I get an Automation Error on this
line:
DD_Main.SetDisplayMode 640,
480, 32, 0, DDSDM_DEFAULT 'Set
Resolution and BitDepth (Lets use
32-bit color)
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1/1/2002 5:24:13 PM:Cool
1 Question How Did You Get That Comment
To Come Up... If You Can Just Leave A
Post That Would Be Great Thanks!!
:)
And It works Perfectally For Me!!
Very Sweet.. Im Still Trying To Figure
Out How To Make The Stairs And What Not
How You Got It Those Colors and
stuff
Thanks Bye...Ace1DW1@Hotmail.Com
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1/1/2002 5:44:52 PM:Justin Pinkley
This is a great intro to 3D. Good work!
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1/1/2002 7:01:25 PM:Ace315
what program did you use to make the
building.x file? and can this be easily
converted to directX 8?
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1/1/2002 7:38:22 PM:Matt Carpenter
Ok, First answer, you may want to try a
larger screen resolution, or maybe
16bit color. I used anim8or
(www.anim8or.com) to make a 3DS File,
then I used a converter to convert it
to a directX file. It should be
compatilbe with DX8 but I'm not sure.
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1/1/2002 8:03:48 PM:Ty
First off, I'd just love to applaud
you. I think that you did an excellent
job on creating this tutorial. Also,
use of comments is great, and that
makes the entire tutorial so much
better!
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1/1/2002 10:30:35 PM:Matt Carpenter
Get what comment to come up? the one on
the .zip file? click actions, then
click 'comment' (if that was what you
were asking)
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1/2/2002 2:33:13 AM:Ace1DW1
Yeah The Zip Comment... Ive looked..
THANK YOU SO MUCH... With Both
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1/2/2002 10:07:54 AM:Visualcode
I dont know if this will help but
the
screen shot looks great and ive
wanted to
learn 3d stuff for a long
time ill give
you 5
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1/2/2002 2:18:54 PM:Ace1DW1
Ive made This Big Sene With Anim8or And
I Need To KNow How To Convert To
Something Like Building.x??? Website???
Thanks Ace1DW1@hotmail.com
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1/2/2002 2:23:25 PM:Matt Carpenter
Search for a program called Conv3DS.
Its a 1996 program by Microsoft. You
use it to convert 3ds's to .x's.
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1/2/2002 3:25:10 PM:Ace1DW1
I Have Files Named .an8 umm I Used That
Anim8or.exe Thing From The Website
Above.... Im Clueless
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1/2/2002 3:29:15 PM:Ace1DW1
What.. I Went To Configure And Now What
Do I Put In The 3 Boxes Sorry For
Flooding
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1/2/2002 6:12:05 PM:Matt Carpenter
you have to go to 'objects' then go to
'export' then export your file as a
3DS. Then convert it using a free
program you can find and dl called
Conv3DS
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1/2/2002 6:13:14 PM:Matt Carpenter
it wont convert .an8 files. You have to
export them as .3ds's
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1/2/2002 7:51:42 PM:Ace1DW1
How?
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1/2/2002 9:59:44 PM:Matt Carpenter
with anim8or up, click objects, then
click export.
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1/2/2002 10:08:12 PM:Matt Carpenter
Well, about 900 ppls look at it, and
only 8 rate it... Thanx to you that DID
rate it :)
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1/3/2002 5:22:43 PM:Matt Carpenter
9, thanX!
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1/4/2002 1:46:31 AM:RicHagen
Nice work , but it's not cool to
complain about the number of votes you
receive
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1/4/2002 2:23:13 PM:Matt Carpenter
sorry, being 13 years old and able to
win $200 software in one month, and
all.. you get the point...
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1/13/2002 7:46:19 AM:Mark Withers
Don't boast about winning stuff... Ive
won twice in two months in the past.
Infact 3ds to X's was not only
developed by Microsoft but a later
version was made by Discreet.
Developers of "Max studio 4"
Conv3DS.exe Anyhow overall it was worth
the download... the comenting was good,
very basic Direct3D concept... using X
files... Graphics not so good but
easily improved. Try perhaps changing
the rotation speed...I can't exactly
remember but did you use Tan, Sin and
Cos in this tutorial? Did you know that
Conv3DS.exe "Convertor" can also change
X files back into .3ds files... this
helps when i'm using 3D studio max 4 to
make scenes. I'd think this work
deserves 4 Globes....
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1/17/2002 5:34:48 PM:Matt Carpenter
Whatever i say is the wrong thing to
say...
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1/18/2002 2:12:18 AM:Hurrotisrobbo
Hey, don't bag out Matt here about the
'complaint' he made. It was perfectly
justified #8)
Stacks of people come
here, download it, and not acknowledge
who's made it... not that fair, ne?
すごいのだ
！
Good stuff, Matt, keep it up!
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1/28/2002 12:10:04 PM:Niels
Great tutorial, thanx for bringing this
knowledge to the people :)
You got my
vote
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1/29/2002 11:26:59 AM:Maniac
Thanks MAtt. This is really cool.
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2/23/2002 5:35:51 PM:Creator of Legolas
I am 14, and Kind of inexperienced with
VB. I haven't used the tutorial yet
but I will. I will comment when I am
done, but so far it sounds great!!!!!!!
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2/25/2002 4:57:54 PM:Roope
I even logged in to vote EXELENT for
this, that should tell it all. (For
beginners)
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2/28/2002 3:52:29 PM:Chris
This is great ! Have always be looking
for this. 5 Stars !
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2/28/2002 9:47:42 PM:Chris
I would like to know how to Rotate the
Camera Up, Not move it up.
Thanks
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3/7/2002 2:30:18 PM:Frederico Machado
Hi!
I really liked your
tutorial,
and I need your help with
lights.
Can you help me???
(I made
a game with your tutorial,
Direct3D
1st person game) it's on PSC
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3/12/2002 6:21:17 AM:<>
Chris: How to rotate camera.
I think
it goes something like
this:
<object>.AddRotation
D3DRMCOMBINE_BEFORE, 1, 0, 0,
Sin(5)
(where <object> is ur camera
(defined as a frame though...)
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3/12/2002 6:21:47 AM:<>
i am not sure if i did it right by the
way,.,...
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3/12/2002 6:24:48 AM:<>
Well i think i am sure it wont work...
it should look soomething like this (i
think):
<object>.AddRotation
D3DRMCOMBINE_BEFORE, 0, 1, 0, Sin(5)
the last part is the angle it
rotates... ( ithink :))
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3/14/2002 8:47:11 PM:Pawnee20
very well done Matt. Been trying to
find a way to use my 3d skills as well
as my programming language skills to
create a RPG. This tutorial really is
simple to understand and covers all the
basics (lights, frames, meshes). Keep
up the good work. 5 stars from me! :-)
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3/25/2002 9:30:22 PM:Brain
Okay i get a run time error
'-2005532527 (88760091)', if that means
any thing to you.
Any way, it dosen't
do any thing and the line in question
is
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3/25/2002 9:33:49 PM:Brain
Set D3D_Device =
D3D_Main.CreateDeviceFromSurface("IID_ID
irect3DHALDevice", DD_Main, DS_Back,
D3DRMDEVICE_DEFAULT) Can you help me?
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4/9/2002 12:38:38 PM:Darksoft.net
Well done example. Easy to follow, and
well commented. I have been looking
for a very basic tutorial to start
programming in 3d. This is a great
start.
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5/2/2002 11:38:58 AM:Feing
Great 3d tutorial, i surfed the web for
a long time for one like this.
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5/24/2002 6:07:40 AM:Paul A. Smith
ive looked for ages for such a
tutorial... typed it all by hand(and it
worked... ;-) )
cant wait to make
my own programs...
greetz Paul
ps: 5* from me!!!
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6/5/2002 5:18:03 PM:mark
Thanks for taking the time to share
the knowledge , it has already helped
me alot. Gave ya five
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6/15/2002 5:21:47 AM:Nathan
very good 3d example lots of help, but
what convertor do you use to convert th
3ds files to .x files?
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6/15/2002 7:22:57 AM:Nathan
me again i tried to add my own
buildings to it (i made em in 3d
studios max) and converted it to .x but
when i start it nothin happens its just
a white screen. plz help!
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7/16/2002 1:47:32 PM:coder86
Great tutorial, I hope to use DirectX
for my PC emulator...
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7/16/2002 2:52:30 PM:Fred Shmurtz
This code is copied from Roel Janssen's
3D ship code also posted here, type '3d
ship' in search.
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7/28/2002 7:00:20 PM:angry madman
fred is rite, the code is copied
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8/13/2002 8:25:15 PM:George Vassilenko
THANKS A LOT dude
i dident know
shir
u gave ma a jump start on direct
X
ive edited your program oh yeah the
resolution of the backround has to be
smaller or = 320 * 240 for it to look
right, i allso added a car and now im
racing around the box hehe
dont really
care if u copied the code.
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8/26/2002 7:07:18 PM:Tim
is there any way to have something,
that will hold were the camera position
is in numbers (such as:
dim xpos as
single
and then like have the xpos
hold were the camera x position is?)
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8/26/2002 8:00:38 PM:Tim
(adding to my last comment above)... i
need to have this so i can do something
like: if the position = # then it does
something
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8/31/2002 9:25:16 PM:Matthew Li (mazzanet)
tim, use vectors:
Dim camvec as
D3DVECTOR <cameraobject>.GetPosition
Nothing, CamVec
msgbox
camvec.x
msgbox camvec.y
msgbox
camvec.z
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9/1/2002 12:42:41 AM:
i get an automation error on:
Set
D3D_Device =
D3D.CreateDeviceFromSurface("IID_IDirect
3DHALDevice", DD, BackSur,
D3DRMDEVICE_DEFAULT)
i tried changing
it to RGBDevice but got the same (i
don't have a 3d graphics card!!)
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9/1/2002 3:44:57 PM:
for
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9/1/2002 3:47:27 PM:
this is for matthew li... where do i
put the <cameraobject>.GetPosition
Nothing, CamVec msgbox camvec.x msgbox
camvec.y msgbox camvec.z...... and is
the <cameraobject>.GetPosition just:
FR_Camera.GetPosition??
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9/3/2002 8:52:18 PM:
hey, forget the message before, i know
how now...... but does anyone know how
to have another mesh, & it will be able
to move with the camera? (so i could
make a character or something)
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9/27/2002 11:34:36 PM:
This is great!!! I give it 10 out of
10!
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12/21/2002 7:13:43 PM:Jefff
Help! When I make a 3ds file and
convert it into x with conv3ds it gives
an automation error! Do you need to add
any parameters to the conv3ds program
such as -A?
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12/21/2002 7:14:56 PM:Jefff
Sorry for not explaining my problem to
well above. When I have my x file and I
load it from vb I get my error. Not
when converting it
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12/28/2002 12:40:23 PM:
I keep getting this error when i try
and put my own meshes in.... I've tried
to change the screen res but still the
same err, but on a different line of
code. I dunno wats wrong. I used 3ds
Max 5 to create the cube for the mesh
and i used the converter (conv3ds),
then i just tweaked the path of ur code
where it said blah blah blah App.path
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12/28/2002 12:43:25 PM:
(conti. of previous, got cutt
offf)
blah blah blah App.path &
"\building.x" ===>>>> blah blah blah
App.path & "\box.x". I just cant
figure it out. By the way, teh err was
Automation something. Great Guid tho,
all the way!!!
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12/28/2002 3:29:26 PM:
Sweet code...I Rated it 5! Keep it up!
This is awesome!
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1/25/2003 10:32:37 PM:Daniel Kerr (Hawk)
WiCkId!!!!
* 5 *
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2/13/2003 12:44:09 PM:vbnick
fine piece of work...congrats..
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5/25/2003 8:48:37 AM:Thorben Linneweber
Very good! '5 Points
I have one
question...
'''''To'''''''ROTATE'''''
'''''''''
Const Sin5 =
8.715574E-02! ' Sin(5°)
Const Cos5 =
0.9961947! ' Cos(5°)
FR_Camera.SetOrientation FR_Camera,
-Sin5, 0, Cos5, 0, 1,
0
''''''''''
This is to "look"
right/left...
But how can I "look"
up???
Thank You
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