LoadMD2

LoadMD2

Command Index · Blitz3D · Animation

LoadMD2:Int32 file:String, parent:Int32=0

Parameter	Mode	Type	Default	Description
file	In	String	required	The .md2 file.
parent	In	Int32	0	Optional parent entity.

Returns: An entity handle, or 0 if the file could not be loaded.

Description

Loads a Quake 2 model (.md2). The model is made of a single mesh that moves from frame to frame, so it has its own commands, AnimateMD2 and the MD2Anim commands, and does not work with the other animation commands. The picture of the model is a separate file: load it with LoadTexture and give it to the model with EntityTexture, otherwise the model is not textured.

A parent makes the model follow another entity. The model is still created at 0, 0, 0 and not at the parent's position, and moving the model does not move the parent.

Case matters for file names on Linux, so use the exact spelling of the files.

Examples

; Uses the Gargoyle model of the Blitz3D samples, which are run from the folder that contains "media".
Graphics3D 320, 240, 0, 2
SetBuffer BackBuffer()
camera = CreateCamera()
CameraClsColor camera, 70, 100, 160
light = CreateLight()
RotateEntity light, 40, 30, 0

gargoyle = LoadMD2("media/Gargoyle/Gargoyle.md2")
skin = LoadTexture("media/Gargoyle/Gargoyle.bmp")
EntityTexture gargoyle, skin
PositionEntity gargoyle, 0, -30, 100
RotateEntity gargoyle, 0, 160, 0

AnimateMD2 gargoyle, 1, 1, 1, 40
For i = 0 To 39
	UpdateWorld
	RenderWorld
	Delay 50
	Flip
Next

Media

Related Commands

AnimateMD2, LoadAnimSeq, MD2Animating, MD2AnimLength, MD2AnimTime

Command Index · Blitz3D · Animation