[SOLVED] Cant get Child Mesh Name

[amit]

Hi, trying to print child mesh name, using:

 

 int mesh_childrencount = CountChildren(mesh1);
dbprint("no of children for %s : %d", MeshName(mesh1), mesh_childrencount);
for(int i=1; i<=mesh_childrencount; i++)
{
 TEntity sm = GetChild(mesh1, i);
 TSurface ts = GetSurface(sm,1);
 str mat_name = MaterialName( GetSurfaceMaterial(ts) );
 str entity_name = MeshName(sm);
 mat_surface_map.insert(mat_name,(void*)&sm);
 dbprint("surface : %d : %s : %s\n", i, mat_name, entity_name);
}

 

The material name prints well, but the mesh name does not.

 

MeshName(mesh1) gives the file path of the gmf,

 

From Model I get one root mesh, which has around 129 child mesh, each of them has a name as shown in Model viewer, but if i do the code above, it does not.

 

If I open the model (in a .gmf) in Model Viewer, It shows all the child mesh name well.

 

any suggestions?

[macklebee]

MeshName() gives the file path. Try using GetEntityKey(entity, "name") to get the submesh name.

[amit]

MeshName() gives the file path. Try using GetEntityKey(entity, "name") to get the submesh name.

 

Works like a charm, thanks. Where do you get all this info?

[Canardia]

It has been around since version 1 of Leadwerks

There we had a nice .chm help file with all the info, which worked in harmony with 3DWS too.

I think in LE3 we will have the good old style back, a game engine and a CSG editor which works together well.

LE3 should be soon out, since summer is almost over.

[amit]

yep, i too hope so. would be waiting for LE3.

Good documentation is what i could have really wanted few weeks before. but thanks to this forum, its a lot of help.