{"id":79,"date":"2013-05-22T09:15:49","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T09:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libretro.wordpress.com\/?p=79"},"modified":"2015-10-18T04:03:12","modified_gmt":"2015-10-18T04:03:12","slug":"libretro-gl-modelviewer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/libretro-gl-modelviewer\/","title":{"rendered":"Libretro GL – Modelviewer"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Squarepusher<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a showcase for libretro GL, maister made two quite nice libretro cores that should appeal to demo coders and traditional game developers alike.<\/p>\n

Model Viewer<\/strong><\/p>\n

I encouraged Maister to do a libretro GL port of an old project he made a year ago (Model Viewer) as a showcase for libretro GL.<\/p>\n

The Model Viewer takes ‘Wavefront’ object models as the ‘ROM’. it then displays these models inside a bare 3D environment.<\/p>\n

It is possible to adjust the camera and rotate the model, zoom it in\/out, etc.<\/p>\n

Right now it is still in a basic phase but you’ll find a great amount of models that you can find on sites like Deviant Art and Free 3D Models (http:\/\/thefree3dmodels.com\/) should already run unedited.<\/p>\n

NOTE: Models that depend on DDS textures (DirectDraw Surface) will appear in the Model Viewer as ‘flat shaded’ for the moment since DDS support is currently a stub.<\/p>\n

Below I’ll showcase some models being rendered inside the Model Viewer. Search around for some of these models yourself (some key terms being ‘XNA Lara’ and\/or ‘3D Studio Max’). If the model comes with an OBJ\/MTL file and a couple of PNG\/JPG\/TGA images it should more or less work barring some exceptions. (.mesh based models are not supported right now)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Final Fantasy XIII Vanille model mostly appears correctly in the Model viewer except for a few minor details<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Here<\/a>
Here you see Lightning displayed in the Modelviewer with lots of shader passes applied. Most apparent shader here is the Waterpaint mudlord shader which gives the model a painterly look.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Modelviewer showing the Final Fantasy X-II Rikku model.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Bryan<\/a>
Bryan Fury from Tekken Tag Tournament 1 – looks more or less like Bryan – some hue issues here and there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Marshall<\/a>
Marshall Law model from Tekken 6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Platforms<\/strong><\/p>\n

Model Viewer right now runs on:<\/p>\n