TextureName is Broken

[Kippykip]

I can't seem to get TextureName to work, it returns a bunch of weird characters, but not the file path of the loaded texture like it should.
Returns "���"
when it should return something like
"wcrate.jpg"

Here's a mini example

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Import openb3dmax.b3dglgraphics
Graphics3D(640, 480, 0, 32)
Local texturemanual:TTexture = LoadTexture("wcrate.jpg")
Print TextureName(texturemanual)

Here's the Blitz3D equivalent

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Graphics3D 640,480,32,2
SetBuffer BackBuffer()
texturemanual = LoadTexture("wcrate.jpg")
DebugLog TextureName(texturemanual)
RenderWorld
Flip
WaitKey

I tried messing about with the EntityName code to try and fix the TextureName function, but I don't really understand C++ much and just kept getting the same results.
Most success I had was adding these to texture.cpp

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#include "bmaxdebug.h"

string Texture::TextureName(){
DebugLog(file);
DebugLog(file.c_str());
return file;
But that's not setting the var of course, just outputting it to the BlitzMax console which does have the right path.

[markcwm]

You were nearly there, all you needed was "return tex->file.c_str();"

The file member (field) is a C++ string and has to be converted to a C string (char array), a slightly different format, this can then be read by BMax as a pointer to the array and converted to a Blitz string with FromCString function.

Should be fixed in latest commit but only tested in Linux.

[Kippykip]

You were nearly there, all you needed was "return tex->file.c_str();"

The file member (field) is a C++ string and has to be converted to a C string (char array), a slightly different format, this can then be read by BMax as a pointer to the array and converted to a Blitz string with FromCString function.

Should be fixed in latest commit but only tested in Linux.

Ah damn hahaha, I was trying all sorts of stuff. Thanks for fixing it!
Now I can add animated map textures commands into my virtual console!

[Kippykip]

Tada!!!!! 
[yt_search]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZQhcugnBi4[/yt_search]

[markcwm]

Great, I'm not sure how you need TextureName for this but I did enjoy the video.

[Kippykip]

Great, I'm not sure how you need TextureName for this but I did enjoy the video.

Ah, well basically I made this console command that scans every texture on each surface on the map mesh when called, and if a filename matches with TextureName(), then that surface is added to this ANIMTEX type with a list of surfaces where it changes the texture frame at a set rate.
Because otherwise I'd probably have to hardcode the map mesh's surface index number for what textures I want to animate, and everytime I'd make a change and re-export the model the surface index numbers would change. This is just an easy way of doing it for me.

The ingame console command works like this:
Map.AnimTexture ReplacementTexture$ NewTexture$ FrameWidth# FrameHeight# Count# Delay# TexFlags#
A real example I used in the video is this:
Map.AnimTexture fwater1 fwater 64 64 4 15 1

Once again thanks for fixing that command!