Learn Three.js - Third Edition

Loading legacy DirectX models through the xLoader

Microsoft's DirectX used to have a specific format (in old versions) to store 3D models and animations. Though it is hard to find models in this format, with the THREE.XLoader, we can use the models in Three.js. An example on how to do this can be found in 16-animation-from-x.html:

To see the animation, you need to set the timeScale to a high value. If you don't do this, the animation moves very slowly:

60 FPS (4-61)

Loading these kinds of models follows a slightly different approach since in this format the model and the animations are stored in separate files. The following code fragment ...