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Loading FPS Demo scene in 3D builder

by Faisal Zahid · in Torque X 3D · 05/12/2009 (6:55 am) · 4 replies

Has anyone tried to open any scenes from the demo project that came with TX 3.0 in the new Torque X Builder 3D ? When i did...

- I just see a blank gray screen in 3D Scene View and XML is not completely loaded which is contained in the actual txscene file.

- I tried manually copying the XML into Scene Level Data tab. But when i press Update Scene button in the menu, it throws an unhanded exception

"System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'D:\Game Development\FPS\bin\x86\Debug\data\terrains\terrain.ter'.
File name: 'D:\Game Development\FPS\bin\x86\Debug\data\terrains\terrain.ter'"

Even though this file is there and in the content folder this file`s properties are set to "Always Copy"

btw nice to see the new version after such a long wait. A lot of things are working now :)

#1
05/12/2009 (3:25 pm)
Same thing here. I think the FPS demo project is still in beta version and those scene files are beta ones. I tried to run a Scene beta convertor and it did something. Didnt help tho. :)
#2
05/14/2009 (6:01 pm)
Yep. Same problem here. Not only that, while I was messing around with the camera buttons trying to get it to do something, it crashed. Woot! How long was this thing in beta? It was at least since last fall and no one managed to see this issue.

System info:

XNA 3.0
Core i7 w/6GB RAM
Vista 64
GeForce GTX 260 Superclocked 896MB RAM
#3
05/19/2009 (4:40 am)
Here is an answer from the following thread:
http://www.garagegames.com/community/forums/viewthread/91369

05/18/2009 (10:43 pm)
The biggest reason for this is that the 3D Builder has trouble with project paths that contain a period - and the "Torque X 3.0.0.0" path name drives it crazy. I believe I was able to get the FPS demo loaded by copying it to another folder without a period in the folder path. Give that a try. In the meantime, it's on the bug list.

John K.
www.envygames.com
#4
05/27/2009 (2:36 am)
@AIDan
Sorry for the late reply. i had been away. Thanks for the help but its still not working for me. Did this work for you?