Animated mesh does not load in Babylon.js

[mangualmanuel]

I created a mesh in Blender and called it "Walking.babylon". I set it up in my code like so:

///<reference path="/ref script/babylon.1.14-debug.js"/>"use strict"var canvas;var engine;var scene;document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", startBabylonJS, false);function startBabylonJS() {if (BABYLON.Engine.isSupported()) {canvas = document.getElementById("renderCanvas");engine = new BABYLON.Engine(canvas, true);scene = new BABYLON.Scene(engine);var light = new BABYLON.HemisphericLight("light1", new BABYLON.Vector3(0, 1, 0), scene);light.position = new BABYLON.Vector3(20, 150, 70);//create the camera that will view our scenevar cam = new BABYLON.FreeCamera("camera1", new BABYLON.Vector3(0, 5, -10), scene);cam.setTarget(new BABYLON.Vector3.Zero());cam.attachControl(canvas, false);scene.ambientColor = new BABYLON.Color3(0.3, 0.3, 0.3);// Groundvar ground = BABYLON.Mesh.CreateGround("ground", 1000, 1000, 1, scene, false);var groundMaterial = new BABYLON.StandardMaterial("ground", scene);groundMaterial.diffuseColor = new BABYLON.Color3(0.2, 0.2, 0.2);groundMaterial.specularColor = new BABYLON.Color3(0, 0, 0);ground.material = groundMaterial;ground.receiveShadows = true;// Shadowsvar shadowGenerator = new BABYLON.ShadowGenerator(1024, light);// DudeBABYLON.SceneLoader.ImportMesh("man", "Scenes/Models/Animation/", "Walking.babylon", scene, function (newMeshes, particleSystems, skeletons) {var dude = newMeshes[0];for (var index = 0; index < newMeshes.length; index++) {shadowGenerator.getShadowMap().renderList.push(newMeshes[index]);}dude.rotation.y = Math.PI;dude.position = new BABYLON.Vector3(0, 0, -80);scene.beginAnimation(skeletons[0], 0, 100, true, 1.0);});//Once the scene is loaded, just register a render loop to render itengine.runRenderLoop(function () {scene.render();});//Resize window.addEventListener("resize", function () {engine.resize();});}}

But When I load my scene and hit F12 I get this message in the console: Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found) and right next to it is this link: http://localhost:50207/Scenes/Models/Animation/Walking.babylon.manifest?1419869394361

So my question is: what am I doing wrong that is causing my animated mesh not to show?

[GameMonetize]

Hello,

 

you should configure IIS with a web.config like this:

```

<?xml version="1.0"?>

 

<!--

  For more information on how to configure your ASP.NET application, please visit

  http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=169433

  -->

 

<configuration>

  <system.web>

    <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.5" />

    <httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5" />

  </system.web>

  <system.webServer>

    <staticContent>

      <mimeMap fileExtension=".json" mimeType="application/text" />

      <mimeMap fileExtension=".dds" mimeType="application/dds" />

      <mimeMap fileExtension=".tga" mimeType="application/tga" />

      <mimeMap fileExtension=".fx" mimeType="application/fx" />

      <mimeMap fileExtension=".babylon" mimeType="application/babylon" />

      <mimeMap fileExtension=".babylonmeshdata" mimeType="application/babylonmeshdata" />

      <mimeMap fileExtension=".babylonbinarymeshdata" mimeType="application/babylonbinarymeshdata" />

      <mimeMap fileExtension=".cache" mimeType="text/cache-manifest" />

      <!--<mimeMap fileExtension=".mp3" mimeType="audio/mpeg" />-->

      <!--<mimeMap fileExtension=".svg" mimeType="image/svg+xml" />

      <mimeMap fileExtension=".mp4" mimeType="video/mp4" />-->

    </staticContent>

   

  </system.webServer>

</configuration>

```

[mangualmanuel]

@deltakosh I went ahead and updated my web.config file and started my project up again but nothing loaded. Its still not showing me my walking character 

[davrous]

What happen if you're using our sandbox tool to load it: http://www.babylonjs.com/sandbox ?

Does it display it?

Note: the sandbox tool is not launching animation but it will be useful to check that your .babylon file is valid

[mangualmanuel]

@davrous I did that and it shows nothing for my Walking.babylon file. What does that mean? Doe sit mean that there is no animation?

[JCPalmer]

The problem with using the sandbox as debugging tool in this case is the camera and lights are not defined in the .babylon file.  This development approach does have a little trickier debug, since you cannot just hit F12 in Blender to render and spot obvious things like the camera or lights are not pointed right.

 

Also the 404 is on the optional manifest file, ignore that.

 

First key question is:  Do you get a Black window, meaning a lighting / aiming issue.  Or white window, meaning a Java script error has occurred.

[mangualmanuel]

While I am in the babylon.js sandbox I get a black window after the initial loading. 

[Temechon]

Hello, 

 

I can see in yoru code that you are trying to create a shadow generator with an Hemispheric Light => you should have a javascript error with this.

Try to replace your hemispheric light with a directional light (cf wiki https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js/wiki/15-Shadows), and everything will be ok

 

If it is not, can you please provide an URL where we can debug in real time ?

 

Cheers !