skysphere issues

[athlonjedi2]

I have been trying to make a skysphere and for some reason panda refuses to find the png for the cube map. I have tried various 2x sizes and it says it exists but cant load it!

Here is the error:

C:\Panda3D-1.7.1\DarkRift\src>ppython skyspheres.py
DirectStart: Starting the game.
Known pipe types:
  wglGraphicsPipe
(all display modules loaded.)
:gobj(error): Filename requires a hash mark: /c/Panda3D-1.7.1/DarkRift/src/Textu
res/Antrissky1_back6.png
:gobj(error): Texture "/c/Panda3D-1.7.1/DarkRift/src/Textures/Antrissky1_back6.p
ng" exists but cannot be read.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "skyspheres.py", line 57, in <module>
    SS = SkySphere()
  File "skyspheres.py", line 39, in __init__
    tex = loader.loadCubeMap("Textures/Antrissky1_back6.png")
  File "C:\Panda3D-1.7.1\direct\showbase\Loader.py", line 599, in loadCubeMap

    raise IOError, message
IOError: Could not load cube map: Textures/Antrissky1_back6.png

What am i doin wrong?

[coppertop]

Please rename your thread to something descriptive.

[athlonjedi2]

happy now ?

renameing the images 0-5 yealds the same result , finds but cant read the texture for some reason

[coppertop]

happy now ?

Yes, thank you.

[athlonjedi2]

why dont you try and be more helpful than just telling people to rename their posts?

[drwr]

Did you see this error message in the output you posted?

gobj(error): Filename requires a hash mark: /c/Panda3D-1.7.1/DarkRift/src/Textures/Antrissky1_back6.png 

It’s telling you that the filename needs to have a hash mark, and it doesn’t.

The way you load a cube map is by using a hash mark (#) where the digit should go. Like this:

tex = loader.loadCubeMap("Textures/Antrissky1_back#.png") 

This will load up six image files named Antrissky1_back0.png, Antrissky1_back1.png, Antrissky1_back2.png, Antrissky1_back3.png, Antrissky1_back4.png, and Antrissky1_back5.png, and combine them all into a single cube map.

David

[athlonjedi2]

i noticed that, also by renaming the images i simply renamed them 1-5 and not Antrissky1_0 … and so on , by doing so it was causeing the error as well so apparently you MUST have a name_number convention when making your images.

I think one thing ill do from now on since i am making silly mistakes that are frustrating the **** out of me is when I have an issue like this ill look at the problem longer than an hour or 2 before posting. Although I do appreciate the help so far

im not giving myself enough time to acculy work through problems before asking for help lol

[coppertop]

why dont you try and be more helpful than just telling people to rename their posts?

I am helpful. I am helping others help you. Besides, naming your threads in such way is simply disrespectful, as is your reaction to my polite request.

[drwr]

Yes, you must have a numbered series of images in the range 0 - 5, and you must use the hash character to load them. From the Cube Maps manual page:

You can load a cube map from a series of six image files, very similar to the way you load a 3-D texture:

tex = loader.loadCubeMap(‘cubemap_#.png’)

As with a 3-D texture, the hash mark (“#”) in the filename will be filled in with the image sequence number, which in the case of a cube map will be a digit from 0 to 5. The above example, then, will load the six images “cubemap_0.png”, “cubemap_1.png”, “cubemap_2.png”, “cubemap_3.png”, “cubemap_4.png”, and “cubemap_5.png”, and assemble them into one cube map.

Now, no more complaints about rudeness, please–I know everyone’s trying to be courteous.

David

[Nemesis_13]

Long story short:
Rewrite this

tex = loader.loadCubeMap("Textures/Antrissky1_back6.png") 

into this:

tex = loader.loadCubeMap("Textures/Antrissky#.png")

where your files are:

Textures/Antrissky0.png
Textures/Antrissky1.png
Textures/Antrissky2.png
Textures/Antrissky3.png
Textures/Antrissky4.png
Textures/Antrissky5.png