Shell 232 RAD progress

[katreeny]

Well, I have a nice statue. I'm still trying to work out where to attach the string page_num property to my statue objects so that they export properly, and just found out that I'll need to tweak my statue's textures a bit in order for them to export.

Next step, add some paved paths. Since this is all about rapid building, I think I'll just pave right over the top of the grass

Katreeny

(screen shots will happen when I manage to export something that doesn't look like an empty shell )

[Tinuviel]

I am so glad there is someone else having the same problem that I had:-) In the buttons panel go to Logic (F4) Press add property and under types you pick String Name = page_num and last you enter your shell number

[katreeny]

Thanks, Tinuviel!

So, one of us is going to come in dead last, you say? I reckon I'm seriously in the running here.

Katreeny

[Tinuviel]

I'm not so sure. Looking at my shell I wonder if it really was a good idea for me to figure out that page_num thing.... I am sertently going to give you some competition for that last place.

[katreeny]

At least you're GETTING stuff in your shell!

Now that I have the page_num set, I keep getting an export error: ValueError: face has no texture values

I've tried what they said in the thread about it up somewhere, and it doesn't help

Katreeny

[Robert The Rebuilder]

katreeny: the mesh has a couple faces that don't have a texture assigned to them. To fix this, select the object and go into edit mode. Then hit the A key to select all faces in the object. Then, in the UV/Image Editor panel, select the texture to use from the dropdown menu next to the "Image" menu item. That will assign the texture to all the faces.

[katreeny]

Thanks, Robert!

I now have - TADA! - a statue. The textures aren't right, but they're there... Now to fiddle with them and lay down my paving... Oh, and drop the statue about a foot so it's not actually hanging in the air

The statue

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Katreeny

[katreeny]

And yes, there is further progress. Slower now since I'm at work during the day so any progress and testing has to happen after that.

My statue textures are in place, and my statue is where it should be. I've change the floor of my shell to sound like stone, but changing the texture didn't 'take' for some reason. I'll figure that one out tomorrow - I've got a nice tiled floor to lay down in place of that boring old grass.

Then I can start making pavilions

Katreeny

[Grogyan]

Well done
2 more weeks and you'll be an expert

As for textures not appearing, have you loade the image as well into the "Texture buttons"?

Press "F6", and as long as the mesh has a material, you'll see another area called "Texture"
Click Add New
name it with your shell prefix, s###sometexture (no extension here in the button)
In the "texture type" drop down menu,
select image
scroll to the other end of this window pane till you find the area named "Image"
Click on the button and find your image
This image also needs your shell prefix, s###someimage.tga (this area needs the suffix and can be any picture type and not just a tga)
I use tga mostly as it gives the best picture quality as well as an alpha channel for transparencies, jpg gives the best compression but you lose quality in the image

[katreeny]

Thanks, Grogyan!

Whatever the heek I tried with the tiles didn't work - I now have a nice white floor instead of a nice tiled floor

On the plus side, I also have a nice column, so I'm ready to start making copies to support my pavilion. And try to get the tiles working again.

Katreeny (You know "expert" means a has-been drip under pressure, right? )