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Bad Data Format About Truespace Archives These pages are a copy of the official truespace forums prior to their removal somewhere around 2011. They are retained here for archive purposes only. Bad Data Format // Archive: Tech Forum 1  |   Order by default Post by Map // Jan 16, 2008, 4:33pm Map Total Posts: 6 Hello TrueSpace Wizards, Gurus, and other experts... I am having a problem with tS 6.6 When I save my objects as a directx .x file, when I try to reload them I get a Bad Data Format Error message. I can't find any info in the manual. I am saving them in ASCII text format, and they look different than they did before. The Caligary product header is not there, and there are no texture paths or names. Only a Mesh_Noname_16 thing and many a number. Also, when I open the texture tool and go to apply the caligary texture map, sometimes it appears as a black circle. I have to save the scene, exit tS, and restart tS in order to get the texture map image back. Any help on these matters would be greatly appreciated. Thanks... Mark Post by jamesmc // Jan 16, 2008, 6:16pm jamesmc Total Posts: 2566 I never any luck with direct X object import. I understand that GameSpace allows for a few more formats than tS. There used to be a gameSpace light, I don't recall what formats it imports and if it is still available. I know that Tom of Caligari said that tS7.xx doesn't import direct X. Post by Norm // Jan 17, 2008, 6:16am Norm Total Posts: 862 gameSpace forums: http://forums.caligari.com/gamespace/index.php Should be some helpful info there. My exposure to x format files involves export from ts and into the directX SDK's viewer object. Post by Map // Jan 18, 2008, 12:36pm Map Total Posts: 6 Thanks for the info Guys... I got the not loading part worked out. There were a couple unchecked options in the .x file export options. I guess I unchecked them at some point, but I can't for the life of me figure out when or why. The Black circle that appears when I load the texture map still has me stumped though. As for export options, I'm kinda stuck with .x files for the moment. The program that I'm learning to model for (Rule The Rails) uses .x files. I've been very fortunate to have the benifit of Custom Made tutorial that Capt. Paul posted on his forum as well as his answering questions about .x files and modeling in general. So I guess I'll be sticking with .x files for a while. Thanks again for the help.... Mark

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