Newbie replacing the .x file *resolved*

Well I'm a bit new to Direct X. Last year I tried DirectX ... but at the end I was only doing Direct Draw ....

I just (some minutes ago) did a 2nd attempt to learn DirectX (8).

I download an example. In the example a .x file is loaded and is turing around. A friend of mine made some models for me. So I tried to replace the .x file of the example with the one of my friend...

However I get an error now ...

In my debug field I get this output ...
"An error occured creating the geometry: -2005531815"

Is it a bad .x file ?
or was it just a stupid idea to try replacing .x files with other .x files.

I was just experimenting :( *sad*

It depends on the app and how it's handling the .x file and the way the .x file was created.

Well he told me he decompiled a model that was used in a mod for HalfLife (game of Sierra)... But he made some changes to it before exporting the .x file.

I added the x file in my attachement.

:) please take a look :)

Loads fine into the VB sample x file viewer app.

Sample X File Viewer ?

Is it on the CD-ROM of Visual Studio 6.0 or can I download it ?

Is that the official name of it ?

Is it an open source sample ?

It's a sample that comes with the DXSDK. You also get the source.

anyway, I'm not sure what was the problem but I started a program from scratch now, and everything works :-) seems like my DirectX 8 is starting to workout fine :-)

thanks