WOW Man , You have to take care of the performance On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 6:23 AM, Vic <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://www.vicware.com/flyover/FlyOver03.html > > I started in with aw3d a couple weeks ago because I needed > a software platform that would allow me to do real-time > Flash 3d Dioramas. Well after a lot of work, I think this will > work.The link above is really a "proof-of-concept" to see > whether aw3d was reliable, precise and fast enough to > achieve professional results. There are still some problems > but I think I can make this work. If you can imagine, this > kind of application (dioramas showing everything from nuclear > power plants to architectural concepts to interiors) would be > very useful. Just some notes: > > This would be phase I - there would be further re-work of the > artwork and the code in later stages. > > I kept face count on models as low as possible. The texture maps > are as small as possible. The worst thing was - I lost control of the > 3d-modeling to the importing-to-aw3d workpath, and most of the > modeling had to be all adjusted manually by the xyz numbers. > What a pain - I have to figure out a better way to manage this > in future projects. Therefore, this means I can't really use preFab, > so I have to figure out a way to simulate shadows on the floor. It's > the only thing I still have to do with this demo. I was thinking > possibly making a second ground plane with the shadows and > everything else transparent, layered just above the current floor. > > On my 2.5 ghz XP pc it seems to hover around reasonably well. I can > see that the addition of much more stuff would start to bog it down. > I know there's a lot more efficiency mods I could make, now that I > know something about how aw3d works and what it's capabilities > are. > > Since I've never heard of aw3d less than 3 weeks ago, and though > I have looked at many of the demos, I would still love to get some > feedback from all the smart people who are using this software > and find out if this is a reasonable achievement or am I way behind > the pack on aw3d possibilities, or maybe this is no accomplishment > whatsoever. Maybe I've been doing tech too long (35 years) and > have lost sight of today's competitive reality in this specific > industry. > > I'm hoping to get approval from a client to create a finished (phase > II) > version of this. I would love to get some other business with this. > > Thanks to all the people who answered my dumb questions - you > helped me get through this. > > Vic > > PS - I have a little nervousness about doing the svn updates - do you > think it could ever happen that this swf will stop working if I do any > svn updates? Did that ever happen to anyone? > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. > -- Michael Ivanov ,Programmer Neurotech Solutions Ltd. Flex|Air |3D|Unity| www.neurotechresearch.com Tel:054-4962254 [email protected] [email protected]
