workaround: don't read Data from bones, nulls, shadow and hidden,

new implementation of segm read strp to not only read triangles,
needs to be included in the buffer fill function/draw function

MshViewer/Source/Object.cpp

@@ -420,11 +420,17 @@ void Object::analyseSegmChunks(Modl * dataDestination, std::list<ChunkHeader*>&
 
 		if (!strcmp("STRP", (*it)->name))
 		{
-			fsMesh.seekg((*it)->position);
+			// jump to the data section and read the size;
-
 			fsMesh.seekg((*it)->position);
 			fsMesh.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&tempData->meshSize), sizeof(tempData->meshSize));
 
+			// workaround: ignore everything except unhidden static/dynamic mesh
+			if (dataDestination->type == null ||
+				dataDestination->type == bone ||
+				dataDestination->type == shadowMesh ||
+				dataDestination->renderFlags == 1)
+				continue;
+
 			tempData->mesh = new std::uint32_t[tempData->meshSize];
 
 			for (unsigned int i = 0; i < tempData->meshSize; i += 3)
@@ -447,6 +453,67 @@ void Object::analyseSegmChunks(Modl * dataDestination, std::list<ChunkHeader*>&
 
 			continue;
 		}
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/////DEV ZONE
+
+		if (!strcmp("STRP", (*it)->name))
+		{
+			// this needs to be a member
+			std::vector<std::vector<std::uint32_t>*> tempVector;
+
+			// jump to the data section and read the size;
+			fsMesh.seekg((*it)->position);
+			fsMesh.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&tempData->meshSize), sizeof(tempData->meshSize));
+
+			int highBitCount(0);
+			std::vector<uint32_t>* tempPoly = new std::vector<uint32_t>;
+			
+			for (unsigned int i = 0; i < tempData->meshSize; i++)
+			{
+				// ReadData
+				std::uint16_t tempValue;
+				fsMesh.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&tempValue), sizeof(std::uint16_t));
+
+				// Check for highbit
+				if (tempValue >> 15)
+				{
+					highBitCount++;
+					tempValue = (std::uint16_t(tempValue << 1) >> 1);
+				}
+
+				tempPoly->push_back((std::uint32_t)tempValue);
+
+				if (highBitCount == 2)
+				{
+					// reset highBitCount
+					highBitCount == 0;
+
+					// remove the last two values..
+					std::uint32_t saveData[2];
+					for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++)
+					{
+						saveData[0] = tempPoly->back();
+						tempPoly->pop_back();
+					}
+
+					// ..and save them in the new vector
+					std::vector<uint32_t>* newPointer = new std::vector<uint32_t>;
+					for (int i = 1; i >= 0; i--)
+						newPointer->push_back(saveData[i]);
+
+					// save the old vector and set the pointer to the new one
+					tempVector.push_back(tempPoly);
+					tempPoly = newPointer;
+				}	// if high bit set
+				
+			}	// for all values
+			// save the last values (where no 2 high bits follow);
+			tempVector.push_back(tempPoly);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 	}
 	dataDestination->segmLst.push_back(tempData);
 }