[away3d] Re: Question about drawing on a sphere that has a BitmapFileMaterial

[ben]

well here is the way workin for me :
don't only cast the bitmapdata in the material, create a new instance
var bumpMap:BitmapData=new BitmapData(500,500,true,0x00000000);
or
var panoramap:yourpanoramaClass = new yourpanoramaClass(yoursize,
yoursize);

set it to your material
var clayMaterial:BitmapMaterial = new BitmapMaterial(panoramap as
BitmapData);
do your stuff..

function mouseDraw(e:MouseEvent3D):void {
        if (Mesh(e.object).material is BitmapMaterial) {
                var map:BitmapData 
=BitmapMaterial(Mesh(e.object).material).bitmap;
                        var shape:Shape = new Shape();
            shape.graphics.beginFill(0x000);
            shape.graphics.drawRect(0,0,20,20);
            shape.graphics.endFill();
                        var m:Matrix = new Matrix();
                        m.translate(e.uv.u*map.width,(1-e.uv.v)*map.height);
                        map.draw(shape,m);
        }
}

try set your sphere bothsides, see if any difference.

and also, it seems that your scene is only rendered if (!
cover.visible), so maybe not everytime...
Don't see anything else...