now all MODL chunks from MSH2 are saved,

searching only subchunks and not all behind,
finding corrupted size information and trying to continue

MshViewer/Header/Object.h

@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <list>
 #include <fstream>
+//#include <windows.h>
 
 struct chunkHeader {
 	char name[5];
-	int size;
+	std::uint32_t size;
 	std::streampos position;
 };
 
@@ -18,12 +19,12 @@ public:
 private:
 
 	std::list<chunkHeader*> lChunkMsh2;
-	std::list<chunkHeader*> lChunkModl;
+	std::list<std::list<chunkHeader*>*> lChunkModls;
 	std::fstream fsMesh;
 
 
 private:
-	void loadChunks(std::list<chunkHeader*> &destination, std::streampos start, const char end[5]);
+	void loadChunks(std::list<chunkHeader*> &destination, std::streampos start, const std::uint32_t end);
 
 public:
 

MshViewer/Source/Object.cpp

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Object::Object(const char* path)
 	if (!fsMesh.is_open())
 		throw std::invalid_argument(std::string("file not found: ") += path);
 
+	// jump into msh2 todo: search for MSH2 if there is a shadowvolume
 	fsMesh.seekg(8);
 	char tempChunkName[5] = { 0 };
 	fsMesh.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&tempChunkName[0]), sizeof(tempChunkName) - 1);
@@ -21,15 +22,20 @@ Object::Object(const char* path)
 	if (strcmp(tempChunkName, "MSH2"))
 		throw std::invalid_argument(std::string("corrupted file MSH2 expected instead of ") += tempChunkName);
 
-	fsMesh.seekg(4, std::ios_base::cur);
+	std::uint32_t tempSize;
+	fsMesh.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&tempSize), sizeof(tempSize));
 
-	loadChunks(lChunkMsh2, fsMesh.tellg(), "CL1L");
+	// get all sub chunks from MSH2
+	loadChunks(lChunkMsh2, fsMesh.tellg(), tempSize);
 
+	// search for all MODL Chunks
 	for (std::list<chunkHeader*>::iterator it = lChunkMsh2.begin(); it != lChunkMsh2.end(); it++)
 	{
 		if (!strcmp("MODL", (*it)->name))
 		{
-			loadChunks(lChunkModl, (*it)->position, "CL1L");
+			std::list<chunkHeader*>* tempModlList = new std::list<chunkHeader*>;
+			loadChunks(*tempModlList, (*it)->position, (*it)->size);
+			lChunkModls.push_back(tempModlList);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -47,9 +53,9 @@ Object::~Object()
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // private functions
 
-void Object::loadChunks(std::list<chunkHeader*>& destination, std::streampos start, const char end[5])
+void Object::loadChunks(std::list<chunkHeader*>& destination, std::streampos start, const std::uint32_t end)
 {
-	// Jump into Mesh2
+	// jump to first chunk
 	fsMesh.seekg(start);
 
 	do
@@ -64,9 +70,19 @@ void Object::loadChunks(std::list<chunkHeader*>& destination, std::streampos sta
 
 		fsMesh.seekg(tempHeader->size, std::ios_base::cur);
 
-		if (!std::strcmp(tempHeader->name, end))
+		// reached end
+		if (fsMesh.tellg() - start == end)
 			break;
-	} while (fsMesh.good());
+
+		// error. Maybe the size information is corrupted
+		if (!fsMesh.good())
+		{
+			std::cout << "WARNING: corrupted file. Trying to continue" << std::endl;
+			fsMesh.clear();
+			break;
+		}
+
+	} while (true);
 
 	std::cout << "got all chunks, totaly found: " << destination.size() << std::endl;