Load a CubeMap from a .dds file

General Discussion
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Hi, has anyone tried to load a dds file with a cubemap and set it as a texture to a cube object?
I create a cubemap with Ati CubeMapGen tool, but I get always the same error when I try to load the dds file and I set it to the model.

  • What I do:
    texture = Texture()
    ts = StringStream(filename)
    texture.readDds(ts)
    model.setTexture(texture)

  • The error is (It crashes when I call readDds() method):
    Assertion failed: !_in->eof() && !_in->fail() at line 105 of c:\buildslave\release_sdk_win32\build\panda3d\dtool\src\prc\streamReader.cxx
    :gobj(error): is not a DDS file.

I attach a dds file example.
Thanks in advance!

2

Please do attach the file so that I can try it for myself. Thanks!

3

Sorry I couldn’t upload it without compress it before. Extension not allowed…
Map_1.zip (6.8 KB)

4

When I simply try loading it with loader.loadTexture it works fine. The problem is that you’re using StringStream which is an memory stream (not a file stream), and you’re loading the filename string into it. So Panda errors because the filename string is, of course, not a .dds file.

Keep in mind that if you want to avoid the texture loader, you can just call texture.read(“something.dds”), and Panda will do the right thing automatically.

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Thanks for your answer!
I´ve tried to use loader.loadTexture but the cubemap is not shown properly. Is it maybe something wrong with the cube egg file?
What I mean is that when I load a regular texture it is shown properly, but with a cubemap using the same texture for all six faces, the texture is not shown properly.