3DModels:AssimpMetadata

Assimp mesh Meta Reference

You may add additional, Spring-specific information to .dae, .lwo and other assimp-supported files in this extra lua file. It's usually named after the models extension and placed at the /objects folder, next to it. For instance, for testobject.dae you'd use testobject.dae.lua.

Variables are organised as such: type VariableName  default: value range: [valid range] Required

Description

Source

The engine source code which reads this file is viewable here:

• rts/Rendering/Models/AssParser.cpp

General Formatting

check Lua Documentation.

Data Types

int 

An integer number. eg. 5

float 

A number with decimals. eg 1.023

bool 

A value which can be true or false. eg true

string 

Text, or more precisely a string of alphanumeric characters. eg "string of characters"

rgb 

Three float components, representing red, green and blue components, ranged from 0.0 to 1.0. eg {0.0, 0.0, 0.0}

float3 

Three float components, eg {0.0, 0.0, 0.0}

float4 

Four float components, eg {0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0}

Notes

• the script MUST return exactly one model-table (which may be named arbitrarily)
• the tree must reference ONLY object names defined in the assimp file
• a piece-table key may NOT be "name" or "offset" (these are reserved keywords)

Sections

modelfilename.lua

model = {
    pieces = {
       ...
    },
    radius = 0,
    midpos = { 0, 0, 0 },
    tex1 = "",
    --tex2 = "",
    numpieces = 1,

    globalvertexoffset = true,
    localpieceoffset = true,
}
return model

meshname

name of your mesh...

float3 midpos  default: ? Required

the local of the median point of the mesh from the origin

float radius  default: ? Required

from the midpos the radius of the mesh, used for occlusion culling

string tex1  default: ? 

filename of the texture image to use for diffuse and teamcolor

string tex2  default: ? 

filename of the texture image to use for ambient, specular and transparency

bool globalvertexoffsets  default: ? 

whether the vertex coordinates are relative to the global origin, or the local origin

bool localpieceoffsets  default: ? 

whether the piece offsets are relative to the global origin, or the parent offset

bool nodenamesfromids  default: false 

uses names as unique object identifiers, instead of node ids. Useful for non-Blender .dae files. New in 104 maintenance 1153-gfb53422

pieces

Specifies the hierarchy of objects

model = {
    pieces = {
        piecename = {
            offset = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0},
            anotherpiecename = {
                offset = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0},
                ...
            },
            ...
        },
    },
    ...
}
return model

string name  default: ? Required

each piece name needs to correspond to an object in the mesh file. For an .obj file it would be the "o" tag

float3 offset  default: ? 

the offset of the piece vertices either in parent or world space