Again, thanks so much for your help with this, I know it's a needle in a haystack.
OK, some further tests from my side.
Downloaded the MDL Exported addon for Blender.
Exported the Blender default cube, the Controller model FBX from the tutorial, and also another FBX model as MDL.
Manually copied the MDL files into the models folder (obviously with Leadwerks closed).
When I opened the project I now received a MS C++ Runtime error as below.
Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Error!
This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
Please contact the application's support team for more information.
Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package
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So, I uninstalled the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Packages and reinstalled with a reboot.
Uninstalled Leadwerks and did a reboot.
Installed Leadwerks, Verified the files within Steam and got the below!
Install under
D:\SteamLibrary
Blank Project > name Test in C:/Users/csacc/Documents/Leadwerks/Projects (the default path)
Create subfolder ticked
Error straight away this time:
Error: Failed to load map "C:/Users/csacc/Documents/Leadwerks/Projects\Test/Maps/start.map".
Loading map "incbin::default.map"...
Loading material "C:/Users/csacc/Documents/Leadwerks/Projects/Test/Materials/Icons/directionallight.mat"...
Loading shader "C:/Users/csacc/Documents/Leadwerks/Projects/Test/Shaders/Editor/sprite.shader"...
Loading texture "C:/Users/csacc/Documents/Leadwerks/Projects/Test/Materials/Icons/directionallight.tex"...
Loading shader "C:/Users/csacc/Documents/Leadwerks/Projects/Test/Shaders/Lighting/directionallight.shader"...
Exited without saving to check This PC>Documents>Leadwerks>Leadwerks.log
Leadwerks.log is blank
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Luckily, I copied the last log file before this re-install and have attached in case it sheds any light on the matter.
My specs by the way are:
Dell Inspiron 7570
Intel i7-8550U @ 1.8-1.99 GHz
8GB RAM, 65 bit Win 10
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
I've not had it long and there isn't much on it and runs well.
This is the first glitch I've faced.
Leadwerks.log