S3O Drawing efficiency. 56K BEWARE.

maestro · Post by **maestro** » 10 May 2006, 04:18

Argh wrote:Ok, I've converted every model in NanoBlobs to use DDS files, now that I've found out how to not have them draw black in the game engine. I was hoping for a big improvement... and got a smallish bump. Ah well.
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Hi Argh,do you means model became black after imported in upspring and/or dont appear in game ? what cause it ? ive been look for answer for month without result so please answer

Zenka · Post by **Zenka** » 10 May 2006, 07:47

If not shown at all:
ig Upspring go to the "Model" tab. hit both the estimate buttons and fill in something as the model height. (this also have influence on the height where the health bar is located.)

Model shows up black:
I never got DDS to work either. Write us an tutorial!

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 10 May 2006, 08:20

Maestro, the screenshots in this thread are of DDS-skin S3O models. They're obviously not black

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 17 May 2006, 01:12

Another shot demonstrating how origins for shooting are being misplaced.

Post by **jcnossen** » 17 May 2006, 01:13

DDS textures need mipmaps stored in them in spring. Maybe that is the problem?

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 17 May 2006, 01:36

Well, since I guess my hinting about DDS may not have been helpful enough, here's the "secret":

When making DDS textures for models in Spring, one must use the "all levels" option in the nVidia DDS plugin. Spring doesn't read DDS textures with 1, 2, 4, 8 etc. mipmaps- it wants the full 13.

Maestro's tutorial shows a very old version of this plugin- please go to nVidia's website and get the latest version.

Spring RTS Engine

S3O Drawing efficiency. 56K BEWARE.