Marcus Barnes (marcus++at++multigen.com)
Thu, 27 Feb 1997 12:18:49 -0800
> PF Warning: decompConcave() Could not decompose
> concave polygon!
This is a warning from pfdGeoBuilder ... such polygons are dropped out.
> PF Notice/Assert: texture indexing missing palette member
> PF file : ./Ether/MS_Milbase.flt
> PF use-file: HL_94.flt
> PF texture index 260
This is a notice from pfdLoadFile_flt that indicates that the parent file,
HL_94.flt, has a texture palette that doesn't contain textures used by the
referenced file, MS_Milbase.flt . The external reference in HL_94.flt, for
MS_Milbase.flt, should override the texture palette because MS_Milbase.flt
probably wants to use its own texture palette.
The loader has a compatibility mode for this problem. In the readme it says:
""
PFFLT_FORCE_XREF_FLAGS - This is a compatibility mode that
allows the user to force external reference override flags to
TRUE. When enabled, all V14.2 and later external references
whose overrides are all FALSE will be changed to TRUE. This mode
is disabled by default.
""
For example:
% perfly -y flt,18,1 HL_94.flt
> PF Notice/Assert(2): couldn't resolve external reference
> ./Ether/billboard2.flt
This is a notice from pfdLoadFile_flt that says it couldn't find the file along
any search path provided by PFPATH or FLTEXTERNPATH. You must add the Ether
directory (and any others) in either of these path variables.
> After I do this, I get nothing visible. Am I doing something wrong?
> (I had previously been using the canyon.flt database from the
> Performer_1.1 disc without any problem. It is just this newer database
> that is causing me difficulty.)
It's not your fault Chris. This database still has some modelling and
"publishing" problems wrt concave polygons, external reference filenames (the
path components) and override flags.
Regards.
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