EGG-export: No textures/materials

Scripting Issues
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Hello,

I have another problem. After learning a bit of Blender (which was a lot easier than I thought), I built a model of a cafe table. I exported it into the EGG-format using chicken. I marked all of the model (Model, Camera, Lamp) and opened File/Export/Chicken.
I saved it into the models dir of Panda3D and loaded it with a test program that is just displaying the model. But when I load the model and reparent it to render, it is completely white! No textures at all.
I used the Blender3D-Material function to color it. When rendering the model, everything is fine. I also tried using jpg and png textures, but it was all the same, even when I moved them into the “models/maps” directory where they are normally.
What am I doing wrong?

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you’r not having a ligt in your scene.
the egg format doesnt support lights, so even if you select them on export, they wont export.

you’ll have to manually add a light. then the materials should appear.

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OK, that was part of the solution. But I have another problem: where do I place textures so the engine will recognize them? I exported the models into the panda3d/models folder and put the textures into panda3d/models/maps, but the things i had textured myself using jpg and png textures are still white.
// Edit: Found out that it was linked with the Chicken exporter. When using image textures in blender for exporting to *.egg, you need to use UV Mapping instead of the default setting.
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