Cant get textures to load in O2 PLS help

[VXR]

cannot load textures\sidewithdoor_co.paa

and all the textures are 512x512

i must be missing something or doing it wrong

How have you setup the maps of your project? what directory?

[Sols]

sorry i dont understand mate

[Synide]

cannot load textures\sidewithdoor_co.paa

and all the textures are 512x512

i must be missing something or doing it wrong

if it's white, as you've already noted - the engine can't find the texture.

what did you use to create you're pbo?

if it was one of the community tools... did you place a file called $pboprefix$ in the folder and inside that file have the correct 'virtual pathname'?

if you used filebank.exe through binpbo then did you specify a 'virtual path' or did you go with 'virtual path' that matches the name of the folder you are trying to pbo?

if so, does your pathname in O2 to a given texture match these ***'virtual pathnames'?

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eg. Using community tools... Eliteness or cpbo.

P&#58;&#92;goobledegook&#92;mymodel.p3d
P&#58;&#92;goobledegook&#92;tx&#92;thebigtexture.p aa
P&#58;&#92;goobledegook&#92;&#036;pboprefix&#036 ;

in &#39;&#036;pboprefix&#036;&#39; you can have something like... &#39;myMod&#92;theGoobledegook&#39; or &#40;in most cases&#41; &#39;goobledegook&#39;.

in which case in your p3d when you map a face to thebigtexture.paa the pathname should be...

&#39;myMod&#92;theGoobledegook&#92;tx&#92;thebigte xture.paa&#39;

or &#40;in most cases&#41;

&#39;goobledegook&#92;tx&#92;thebigtexture.paa&#39 ;

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if you use filebank/binpbo from BIS then the same sort of thing applies... except you do not need a special file in your folder called &#036;pboprefix&#036;. just hit the &#39;options&#39; button in binpbo and either alter (or not) the &#39;AddOn Prefix&#39; at the bottom.

[Sols]

i used binpbo but did not add &#036;pboprefix&#036; didnt know i was ment to, I also dont get what you mean by
"just hit the &#39;options&#39; button in binpbo and either alter (or not) the &#39;AddOn Prefix&#39; at the bottom"

its set to auto if im ment to change it what do i change it to?

thank for your reply

[Synide]

no, no... you only need a &#036;pboprefix&#036; file if you are going to be using the community tools Eliteness or cpbo to &#39;squash&#39; your folder into a pbo.

when using the BinPBO/Filebank tools from BIS there is an &#39;options&#39; button at the bottom.

at the bottom of the dialog that opens when you hit this button is the &#39;Addon Prefix&#39;....

if you have left the tick box &#39;Automatically&#39; - ticked - then the pbo you create will use the folder name as the prefix for your pbo - that&#39;s all cool.

in your model the path to a texture must match whatever method you choose to use...

what i was trying to highlight to you was that the &#39;Addon prefix&#39; or &#39;virtual pathname&#39; for the pbo must match up with the mappings in your model or ArmA will not know where your textures are hiding and won&#39;t be able to render them for you...

so, if you are getting white faced models - then you&#39;re actual texture is broken in some way (you have already discounted this) OR you have incorrect pathname mappings to your texture.

[Sols]

i made a folder with the addon name in there i put the textures before even adding them to the box or even building the box.
i then made the box added the textures checked it in the viewer all looks good the saved it to the same folder as textures with a cpp and then i used binpbo i didnt change anything there.

my cpp is
<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">class CfgPatches
{
class APhunt1
{
units&#91;&#93; = {building};
weapons&#91;&#93; = {};
requiredVersion = 1.0;
};
};
class CfgVehicles
{
class All {};
class Static&#58; All {};
class Building&#58; Static {};
class NonStrategic&#58; Building {};
class TargetTraining&#58; NonStrategic {};
class TargetGrenade&#58; TargetTraining {};

class Crate&#58; TargetGrenade
{
model=&#34;&#92;APhunt1&#92;APhunt1&#34;;
armor=20000;
scope=2;
displayName=&#34;AP red/white hut&#34;;
}
}[/QUOTE]

just in case its that, if not it might be my textures then

[Synide]

in your model what is an example pathname for one of your face mappings?

and, just to confirm... you pbo&#39;d the &#39;APhunt1&#39; folder making a pbo called &#39;APhunt1.pbo&#39; - correct?

[Sols]

P:&#92;Textures&#92;APhunt1&#92;Roof_co.paa

[Synide]

so... change...

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P&#58;&#92;Textures&#92;APhunt1&#92;Roof_co.paa
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to...

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APhunt1&#92;tx&#92;Roof_co.paa
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and, make a subfolder called &#39;tx&#39; in your &#39;APhunt1&#39; folder, and move Roof_co.paa into this new &#39;tx&#39; sub-folder.

i&#39;m telling you to make a &#39;tx&#39; folder only because it keeps everything nice and tidy...

if you have other textures you have made specifically for this model you can move them all into this &#39;tx&#39; folder if you like...

then in O2 you can use the &#39;Tools>Mass Texture & Material Renaming&#39; tool to rename all you texture paths as appropriate.

[Sols]

ill try back in a mo