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Duo · Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Posts: 25

I was looking at the source for the 3d camera example:

be2003 · Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 144

in (0,0,pink,1,2,3) that is one point in a triangle. triangles have 3 points to them, blah, blah, blah. the zero are for the the texture(that is still unclear to me) anyway the zeros are coordinates on the triangle at which the texture should be printed. the pink is its color, duh and the last bit are the point's coordinates(take geometry if u are lost). the only tutorial is luaplayers wiki functions list, it sucks.i know the quake 2 format can be used with c++ and is supported by most converters. u are in over your head, it takes months to learn the basics of 3d mapping, start with simple engines with your computer even some of the best psp devs are struggling to get this crap down.

if u have never worked with models before dont expect to pick it up overnight.
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Duo · Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Posts: 25

I'm not that dumb, I can figure it out quick if there is an explanation. I got an A in calculus, can use autocad, and am going to the USMMA engineering school.

Haha, anyway, yeah the first two 0,0 is what I don't understand. Also, I don't really need to understand everything about modeling. My friend is going to be the one doing all the work. I just want an output in this form, or something else the psp can use. http://mirex.mypage.sk/index.php?selected=1. This is what he did, and he just needs some format.

He's working on a loader/converter for different playstation game models, and I suggested he made a format that could be used for making new homebrew games. This would make programming 3d games for psp REALLY easy as people could just take stuff from other games.

That's what the plan is, all I need is a 3d format for psp.

SSpeare · Joined: 23 May 2006 Posts: 63

The first two parameters look like the U,V values for a texture map. The format appears to be:

{U, V, color, X, Y, Z}

and that's it.

Duo · Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Posts: 25

I don't understand, wiki says uv mapping is different from xyz. Why would this have both?
wiki:

SSpeare · Joined: 23 May 2006 Posts: 63

If you don't know what UV mapping is......

The U,V coordinates specify how to map the texture onto the vertex. The U,V is a lookup into the texture so the renderer knows how to apply the texture to the vertex and the faces of the polygon.

There is U,V data in every texture-mapped model. It's an essential part of the model.

If your friend knows what he is doing, he will know exactly what UVs are and what to do with them.