Drawcall minimizer finished & release candidate

[gsnde]

Hi Arno,

This is part of the problem, but does not solve it completely. Most of the BGL's load when I rename the txt file, but not all.

The text files either begin directly with the GUID & name :

8D8361104A590919C3EDDB836C396F21 roundspot
353E1D1C436A3979601B6BAAC5EA67F4 4litesqr

or with a comment and an empty line :

# Generated with Library Maker

5796A4B8475F61F77953A8AFFC143D26 fs9fclp

or like this

Library description file for: MCDMilitaryLibrary.bgl
Automatically created by EZ-Scenery Manager

# Format for description files:
# GUID name
# GUID must consist of 32 hex digits. The format is identical to the one used in
# BGLCOMP (FS2004 SDK)

D809976764CA442681B9D4F09866312E MCDabrams
D809976764CA442681B9D4F09866312F MCDAbramsGRN

The error message for the BGL I found that don't load is:

************** Ausnahmetext **************
System.ArgumentException: Ein Element mit dem gleichen Schlüssel wurde bereits hinzugefügt.
   bei System.ThrowHelper.ThrowArgumentException(ExceptionResource resource)
   bei System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.Insert(TKey key, TValue value, Boolean add)
   bei System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.Add(TKey key, TValue value)
   bei ASToFra.MDL9Reader.ReadATTO(Int32 length)
   bei ASToFra.MDL9Reader.ReadMDL(Int64 len)
   bei ASToFra.MDL9Reader.ReadStream(BinaryReader read, UInt32 len)
   bei ASToFra.MDLReader.ReadStream(BinaryReader read, UInt32 len)
   bei ASToFra.BGLXReader.Read(String filename)
   bei ASToFra.ObjectReader.read(String fileName)
   bei ASToFra.MainWindow.bwImporter_DoWork(Object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
   bei System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.OnDoWork(DoWorkEventArgs e)
   bei System.ComponentModel.BackgroundWorker.WorkerThreadStart(Object argument)

I mail you the BGL file

 

[scott967]

Hi Scott,



Any model that uses a lot of small textures would be a good candidate. This can be an old API or a COLLADA/Google Earth object. Especially those last ones often use many small textures. The attached screenshots show how I have reduced about 35 textures into 2 with the Drawcall Minimizer tool.

that looks really useful. I will have to do soem experimenting now.

scott s.
.

 

[arno]

Hi Martin,

I have made the code that reads those TXT files more robust now. Although those lines with comments and no # worry me a bit, that can never be made very robust .

I have also fixed the crash. It happened because mutliple effects were attached to the same attachpoint. I only read the first one of those now, later I will try to process this better.

Did you convert those obects with MCX before, because then it might also be a bug in my exporter .

 

[gsnde]

Thank you, Arno.

For the line reading code - my best guess would be to check for a 32 character long alphanumerical string followed by a blank. If found, chances are pretty high that this is a definition.

Regarding your second question. No, this BGL has not been created with MCX. I wanted to check for missing textures.

 

[arno]

Hi Martin,

That is probably even a better idea, I'll change the code for that .