Meh. I'm more or less giving up. Being stuck on a peripheral problem I have neither ability or desire to solve is about as fun as hacking a four-year old program already written using java2d (having fun being the main objective here)....
On Jun 6, 7:32 pm, yair <yair....@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm using processing in a Java2D program. It doesn't have to be 3D... > > On Jun 4, 5:24 pm, Daniel <doubleagen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I suppose the noob tag is appropriate ie I was around sometime last > > year and earlier but RLing got in the way of doing anything useful > > with this lovely language. > > > Anyway, I've got this old project (https://github.com/doubleagent/ > > Magic--legacy- ) which I've recently gained a renewed interest in, and > > simultaneously am less concerned about the potential legal issues > > which made me disinterested enough to drop it 4 years ago. I'm proud > > that it still builds and runs, but don't take the readme too > > seriously, and I highly doubt the perl scripts work anymore. The > > intent was to write a program which assisted MTG (Magic: The > > Gathering) players by providing them with robust deck building tools > > and a way to compete over a network using the honor system. Several > > features are still unimplemented, and some were removed in this > > version because the java2d worked too poorly to accommodate them. > > > I'd like to port it to Clojure, but in the process I'd also like to > > solve some fundamental problems. More specifically, real estate. In > > a real game you would not be able to see any of the cards in great > > detail, but get an overall view of the board, and be able to inspect > > cards more closely by zooming and panning (over the whole board - I > > find Wotc's way of zooming on individual cards undesirable). This is > > even more critical when there are a lot of cards on the field eg some > > decks can blast tokens onto the field which number into the hundreds. > > > I'm unsure how to approach this core problem in Clojure. clj- > > processing looks interesting, but I would prefer something more high > > level b/c 3d graphics is difficult for me to wrap my head around. In > > particular, mapping a mouse click to the nearest movable object in 3d > > space and ensuring proper draw updates on the object with dragging.... > > *head asplode* > > > But I'm sure to be missing plenty. Suggestions? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en