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--- public:t-gede-15-1:lab4 [2015/02/02 19:09] – [Lab Project] marino
+++ public:t-gede-15-1:lab4 [2024/04/29 13:33] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ===== Discussion =====
-Discussion thread for this lab is here: [[https://piazza.com/class/hq7dlipqggr2qe?cid=9|Lab 4 Discussion Thread]]
+Discussion thread for this lab is here: [[https://piazza.com/class/i4l9of1fw8j3ew?cid=33|Lab 4 Discussion Thread]]
 ===== Goal ======
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 You need to do the following to set up the right tools:
-  * Download and install the [[http://www.blender.org/|Blender 3D]] modeling and rendering environment, use the latest version (2.73a)
+  * Download and install the [[http://www.blender.org/|Blender 3D]] modeling and rendering environment, use the latest version (2.76b)
-  * Install the [[http://code.google.com/p/blender2ogre/|Blender2Ogre]] Plug-in for Blender 2.69 and above
+  * Install the Blender2Ogre Plug-in for Blender
     * Download the file [[http://code.google.com/p/blender2ogre/downloads/detail?name=blender2ogre-0.6.0.zip|blender2ogre-0.6.0.zip]]
     * Run Blender and from **File->User Preferences...** choose the **Addons** panel and click the **Install Add-On** button. Navigate to and select your downloaded ZIP archive.
     * Once Blender has processed the ZIP file you should see the exporter listed, but grayed out. Check the check-box next to it to activate it.
     * Now you can run the exporter from the Blender **File->Export** menu (pick the Ogre 3D export) and make sure that the object you want to export has been selected in the 3D scene.
   * Make sure that the **OgreXMLConverter.exe** (or OgreXMLConverter_d.exe) that comes with Ogre is in your executable system path, you will find this tool inside your Ogre **bin\Release** (or **bin\Debug**) folder
 ===== Lab Project =====
 Follow these steps to complete the lab project:
-  - **Create a custom Model Folder** Go to the folder LabFiles that you created in Lab 1 and create a sub-folder called ''Models''. In order for this folder to be found by your Ogre application, you need to add it to the list of FileSystems in your application's ''resources_d.cfg'' file. You can use a relative path (e.g. ''FileSystem=Models'').
+  - **Create a custom Model Folder** Go to the folder LabFiles that you created in Lab 1 and create a sub-folder called ''Models''. In order for this folder to be found by your Ogre application, you need to add it to the list of FileSystems in your application's ''resources_d.cfg'' file. You can use a relative path (e.g. ''FileSystem=../LabFiles/Models'').
   - **Create a 3D Model in Blender** If you are completely new to Blender, then you can even just use the default cube you get when you start up the Blender environment. However, you should try to modify the cube a little bit if you can. There are a lot of good resources on Blender modeling, including the [[http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Tutorials/Resources/External_links|Official Getting Started]] tutorials out on the Internet.
     * It is a good idea to save your model in the Blender file format early and often
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     - **Now change the material of a submesh.**
       - Create a file ''MyMaterial.material'' and save it in a folder ''Materials'' next to the Model folder.
-      - Add the line ''FileSystem=Materials'' to the ''resources_d.cfg''
+      - Add the line ''FileSystem=../LabFiles/Materials'' to the ''resources_d.cfg''
       - paste this material script into the file ''MyMaterial.material'' <code>material Sinbad/Body2
 {
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     }
 }</code>
-    - **Copy {{:public:t-gede-14-1:my_sinbad_body.png?linkonly| this_image }} into the folder** ''Models'' And now finally apply this mesh to the body of Sinbad, you can tweak the texture if that's your fancy :) <code cpp>// In the MyApplication::createScene function
+    - **Copy {{:public:t-gede-14-1:my_sinbad_body.png?linkonly| this_image }} into the folder** ''Materials'' And now finally apply this mesh to the body of Sinbad, you can tweak the texture if that's your fancy :) <code cpp>// In the MyApplication::createScene function
 _SinbadEnt->getSubEntity(1)->setMaterialName("Sinbad/Body2");</code>
   - **Add additional entities into the scene** As you could have noticed in the ''Sinbad.zip'' pack file, there was also a mesh for his sword ''sword.mesh''.
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 ===== When You Are Finished =====
 Upload your **commented SOURCE files, no solution or project files please** into Lab4 in MySchool (zip them up if more than one) also include the required files such as materials or mesh files.
-The lab projects will not be graded, but their completion counts towards your participation grade.