help

for want of a better subject title, HELp 3DC 8
ok, I have 3 models ready for testing, and in them I have used the texturepath=….systemtextures in the RailsimX box.
Now if I export as IGS using the standard exporter, it exports fine but in railworks the models still looking for textures in the default folder i.e wagonTextures
now if I use the alt export again it exports fine, or seems to and Railworks will convert it fine, finds the textures in texturepath=….systemtextures etc but the models not all there or seems as if its not complete.

Any ideas please, getting very disheartened about now

I should add that a export using 3dc9.03 results in a clean export, but again railworks is looking for the textures in the default folder wagonTextures

Hi Peter,

The texturepath command doesn’t seem to work in version 8 and 9.

It only works in version 7, using Paul Gausden’s alternative exporter.

I used Paul Gausden’s sample wagon to test this.
You can download the wagon here.

[url:2tfv10kf]http://cid-06b528339820717e.office.live.com/self.aspx/Downloads/3DC%20Source%20Models/secr20t-1680-rs.zip[/url:2tfv10kf]

This is the bottom of the IGS file exported with version 7 opened in a text editor.

[code:2tfv10kf] 1_1000_primarydigits_5 à D €? €? €? ‘ y?DiÀ €?!D Texture name table , "
$ 7 I o • » á texturessecr1680 texturessecr1680 texturesenv_metal texturessecr1680 ....systemtexturesprimarynumber_0 ....systemtexturesprimarynumber_1 ....systemtexturesprimarynumber_2 ....systemtexturesprimarynumber_3 ....systemtexturesprimarynumber_4 ....systemtexturesblob [/code:2tfv10kf]
The texture path for the primairynumbers is correct here.

This is the bottom of the IGS file exported with version 8 opened in a text editor.

[code:2tfv10kf] 1_1000_primarydigits_5 P_ 1@ €? €? €? ‘ y?DiÀ €?H1@ Texture name table , Á 2 D ] v  ¨ texturessecr1680 texturesblob texturessecr1680 texturessecr1680 texturesprimarynumber_0 texturesprimarynumber_1 texturesprimarynumber_2 texturesprimarynumber_3 texturesprimarynumber_4 [/code:2tfv10kf]
The texture path for the primairynumbers is not correct here.
The texturepath command seems to be ignored here.

This is the bottom of the IGS file exported with version 9 opened in a text editor.

[code:2tfv10kf] 1_1000_primarydigits_5 P_ H5 €? €? €? ‘ y?DiÀ €?€5 Texture name table , . $ texturessecr1680 texturessecr1680 textures [/code:2tfv10kf]
The primairy number textures are not exported at all here.

So this must be a bug.

Regards

Gerrit

ok thanks for that, I spent all day testing different combinations and got no where,
btw how do you look inside a IGS file like that please?

Just open it in Notepad.
At the bottom is the texture name table.

Regards

Gerrit

Just thought I would mention, that I have added this feature to the latest version of 3DC.

Yes, but look at the bottom of the file.
There is in readable text, the texture name table.

Regards

Gerrit