#010 editor recursive struct code

I can’t seem to get the recursive searching down, since there’s no terminator values and it just keeps reading until it hits the end of the file (which causes errors and results in no mesh). Basically, there’s a bunch of different “FILE” sections which is basically a container for each object for the vehicle (BODY_(H,M,L,VL, WHL(0,1,2,3), etc.).

#010 editor recursive struct code

I was able to get my basic loading code finished, but now I’ve run into a serious roadblock: Recursively searching. Without a terminator, it jumps straight to the first FILE and then reads everything from there. Basically the file starts out with an identifier, PKG3 (sometimes PKG2, seems to be deprecated for the most part). Since this format is well-documented, I was able to find pseudo-C format information about each FILE section: struct PKGFileData The models, unfortunately, are split into “Sections” or “Strips”, meaning the faces were detached to give them a crisp look in game (since the game doesn’t support anything like smoothing groups). Now here’s where my problem comes in: The PKG file format is what contains 3D models and shaders (information about textures to apply to the object).

I capture the vertices and faces into an array and put those into BuildTVFaces to get a basic mesh. It’s well documented and the vertex format is simple enough to understand. I’m starting out small and working with an older game, Midtown Madness 2. I’d like to start out by saying that I’m very interesting in programming and using languages such as MAXScript to do cool things.