m3 models

[Ralle]

Hey Chananya,

I am unable to render m3 models. I am adding all these loaders:

viewer.addHandler(handlers.mdx);
viewer.addHandler(handlers.dds);
viewer.addHandler(handlers.blp);
viewer.addHandler(handlers.tga);
viewer.addHandler(handlers.m3);

and my code works fine for WC3 models. Last we talked you said it wasn't updated for SC2 yet. Any progress?

[flowtsohg]

I was so lazy I just got Baneling.m3 from the CDN and tested against it when I fixed M3. It does work, albeit I can't see if the textures are working correctly. Can you setup a thing that I can check that doesn't work? or actually make SC2 resources accessible again via the API? :P

[Ralle]

I am testing with a secret upcoming version of the site. I wouldn't mind showing you, but I am afraid of the other lurkers on this github :). I got an error when I sent you an email. Is that one still valid?

[flowtsohg]

I got the police officer link if that's what you mean

[flowtsohg]

I got also the Baneling textures from the CDN, and it seems to work fine. What doesn't work?

[Ralle]

Sorry for being a bit slow. I will reply when I look further into it :).

[Ralle]

Can you try the HIVE beta and go to Off Topic - Gamers Hub -> Starcraft -> Resources. In there you will find models that don’t seem to work.

I think I figured out it’s because of zoom. The are very far away and I’m not sure I can control it.

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I got also the Baneling textures from the CDN, and it seems to work fine. What doesn't work?

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[flowtsohg]

The resources page gets a 500 error.

You are correct that scale is the most common reason to think M3 isn't working though, I forgot to mention it. I suggest to scale SC2 models by 100, which was the estimation I made years ago by comparing the Zergling models of both games. E.g. with model instanceof handlers.m3.resource. You can also look for .m3 in model.fetchUrl, but this isn't recommended because there is no assurance fetchUrl exists, or has the full file name (but you as the client control this, so you know the best).

E.g.

let instance = model.addInstance();

if (model instanceof handlers.m3.resource) {
  instance.uniformScale(100);
}

[Ralle]

That did it!