Link to C++ code ?

abcdef · Guest

Is it possible to link the voxel section editor to external C++ code (for example if I have some codes describing how certain voxels change colors or disappear etc.)

In fact I'd like to ask how to read in a vxl file (it can't be opened as ASCII). Thanks. Smile

Banshee · Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 2:02 am Post subject:

You have to read it like a binary file.

And i don't know how to mix different computer languages in a program... maybe it's possible with some dll stuff or related... but the VXLSE is done with Delphi (Object Pascal).

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abcdef · Guest

thank you banshee

after selecting a certain voxels, how can I label them, and point to them from my codes ?

Banshee · Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 2:24 am Post subject:

No idea. You have to check the source code, really.

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stucuk · Geek **Joined**: 27 Aug 2002

Are you wanting to make a plugin for VXLSE III (which isn't supported currently) which can do different effects, etc?

Note: DLL Support in VXLSE III is the only way to have C++ code and delphi working together (since u can't have both in the exe. Unless u had Borland C++ Builder, or whatever its called. It can use both together)

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abcdef · Guest

O nice to meet you, stucuk !

At this stage I think I just want to use VXLSE to do the graphics (select certain voxels and label them). Then in my code I open array variables and read in the vxl file. However the voxel.pas looks quite complicated and I still don't know how to read in the vxl file.

In the long run, hehe, if programming is supported (such as http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/markov/gmaker/ ) then it will become a full game engine for making different games !!

Thanks again.

abcdef · Guest

Maybe clarifying myself. I don't need a real-time plugin. I can save the vxl file first, and then try to open it with my code. So the problems are how to label the selected voxels and how to read in the vxl data with the selected voxels labelled.

Smile

abcdef · Guest

Cooooo... I begin to understand procedure TVoxel.LoadFromFile now...

stucuk · Geek **Joined**: 27 Aug 2002

If i was you id use real models. Voxels can't be drawn in 3d with a good fps (multipul ones). If your game will be 2d then ud have to work out how to render them in 2d (which is alot faster).

But if u want a 3d game, u should use a format like MD3, 3DS, etc

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