Thread: UGH! loading assimp indices into an an array of structures created with malloc.

hi there. here are the relevant parts of my code. when i run the first part with the printfs found after every time i set a variable in the for loop they print the right values on the screen but when trying to print the values from the array where i stored the values i get garbage, 0's and numbers in the billions. I have spent a couple of hours on this. please help!!

Code:

struct aiMesh* mesh = scene->mMeshes[0];
    
    ObjectMesh->MeshIndexListSize = mesh->mNumFaces;
    
    ObjectMesh->MeshIndexList = (struct TypeVertexIndexList3  *)malloc(sizeof(struct TypeVertexIndexList3) * mesh->mNumFaces);
    
    for (int i = 0; i < mesh->mNumFaces; i++)
    {
        const struct aiFace* face = &mesh->mFaces[i];
        
        ObjectMesh->MeshIndexList[i].i0 = face->mIndices[0];
        printf("\n%u\n", face->mIndices[0]);
        ObjectMesh->MeshIndexList[i].i1 = face->mIndices[1];
        printf("\n%u\n", face->mIndices[1]);
        ObjectMesh->MeshIndexList[i].i2 = face->mIndices[2];
        printf("\n%u\n", face->mIndices[2]);
    }

Code:

typedef struct TypeVertexIndexList3
{
    union
    {
        unsigned int indexlist[3];
        
        struct
        {
            unsigned int i0, i1, i2;
        };
    };    
} IndexTriangle, VertexIndexList3;

thanks again