[JAVA3D] Interference between objects

2001-01-09 Thread Joao Henrique
Dear friends, I have some simple objects in my scenario, like, for example, a plane and a box. The box lays very close to the plane, almost touching it. When the viewer is near the objects they are just perfect, but as the viewer gets far from the objects, a kind of interference starts to happen.

[JAVA3D] Screen Flicker

2001-01-09 Thread McCall, Jonathon D
I'm getting some screen flicker whenever I have 2 or more windows up each with a Canvas3D. Here are the details. By themselves, there is not screen flicker. I can zoom in and out of the windows with no flickering problems. This is true even with 2 windows up. However, with 2 windows up, if I

Re: [JAVA3D] Maybe a stupid question...

2001-01-09 Thread Kelvin Chung
Hi, From README: Windows/OGL-specific Bugs - On Windows 2000 in 32-bit color mode with the new NVidia "Detonator 3" driver, nothing is rendered and this error will show up: wg1CreateContextFailed: The operation completed successfully. extentionStr == null To work aroun

[JAVA3D] Maybe a stupid question...

2001-01-09 Thread Adolfo De Unánue Tiscareño
Hi! I´m a new user of Java3d, (but not of Java), mi question is the next: when i want  run the HelloUniverse demo like an app the next message appers: wglCreateContext Failed: The pixel´s format is not valid extensionStr == null And the window appers, but no image is render But, if i run the

Re: [JAVA3D] DirectX and Voodoo 1 and 2

2001-01-09 Thread Kelvin Chung
Hi Brad, I see, looks like we may need to add another java property to specific using this card. Thanks for the explanation. - Kelvin - Java 3D Team Sun Microsystems Inc. >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >X-Priority: 3 (Normal) >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mi

Re: [JAVA3D] DirectX and Voodoo 1 and 2

2001-01-09 Thread Brad Cain
Hi Kelvin - The Voodoo2 is a 3D-only card, used only for full-screen applications (usually known as games). To a DirectX programmer it appears as a DirectX display that has no corresponding desktop. The card is designed to be daisy-chained with the primary graphics card; normally the primary ca

Re: [JAVA3D] DirectX and Voodoo 1 and 2

2001-01-09 Thread Kelvin Chung
Hi Young, If there are more than one graphics card, current v1.2.1 beta1 will always use the first graphics device select for both monitors. Thus the canvas in the other monitor will not get hardware accelerated (emulation mode is used). This bug 4377569 - D3D: No hardware acceleration whe

Re: [JAVA3D] Multiplayer server setup in Java3d...

2001-01-09 Thread Brian Eppert
I'm starting on this now. I'm sure many on this list have faced the same task. Here are some thoughts, I welcome advise. Especially advice on the best mechanism to communicate between client and server (RMI vs. JMS vs. App../Servlet), including firewall considerations. Client activities: On start

[JAVA3D] DirectX and Voodoo 1 and 2

2001-01-09 Thread Young Ly
Hi everyone. I have been trying to get the directX version of j3d to use the Voodoo 2 card for rendering. Seems like to problem is that j3d automatically selects the primary directX graphics device for rendering, this will almost always be the cheaper 2D/3D card that is installed in the machine.

Re: [JAVA3D] custom installer for java3d( in applet.jar)

2001-01-09 Thread J. Lee Dixon
I think one of the reasons we made our own installer was because we wanted to reduce the size of the installer. Compressing the 6 required files comes to 1.3mb as opposed to the 2.5m size of the Sun installer. Lee -Original Message- From: Paul Pantera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tu

Re: [JAVA3D] custom installer for java3d( in applet.jar)

2001-01-09 Thread Paul Pantera
> Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 12:34:12 + > From: Mohammed Akacem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [JAVA3D] custom installer for java3d( in applet.jar) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi, > > I read the FAQ at > http://www.j3d.org/tutorials/quick_fix/auto_install.html. on how to > create a custom java3d i

Re: [JAVA3D] Multiplayer server setup in Java3d...

2001-01-09 Thread Qiuli Sun
It is possible. But it is pretty hard since the server program are very generic. I am creating multi-user java3D application. The server works only to transmit communication. The client takes all of the other tasks. Qiuli -Original Message- From: Discussion list for Java 3D API [mailto

[JAVA3D] Multiplayer server setup in Java3d...

2001-01-09 Thread Ralph Jones
Hi, I was wondering how you’ve all approached the creation of server apps in shared java3D. I’m making a multiplayer game, and will use a server app with multiple client apps. Most of the interactions in the game will be controlled by the server, with the client only controlling their own movem

Re: [JAVA3D] Problems with Java 3D 1.2.1 Beta 1 for OpenGL

2001-01-09 Thread Kelvin Chung
Hi Adam, This may related to bug 4371559 - Java3D may hangs when startup which is fixed in upcoming v1.2.1 beta2. Thanks. - Kelvin -- Java 3D Team Sun Microsystems Inc. >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >X-Priority: 3 (Normal) >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mim

Re: [JAVA3D] Book

2001-01-09 Thread margaret geroch
Actually, I recently sent email to the publisher to ask about the book. Here is the response I got on Dec 18: We finally have the complete manuscript in review and I am hoping we can commit to a pub date soon. Marjan === Marj

Re: [JAVA3D] Book

2001-01-09 Thread Daniel Selman
Rikard, The book is currently in final review and the publisher (Manning) will be setting a publication date for it very soon. I'm afraid that the initial publication date was withdrawn as I grossly underestimated how long the book would take. Sorry for any confusion. I'm working with Manning t

Re: [JAVA3D] Problems with Java 3D 1.2.1 Beta 1 for OpenGL

2001-01-09 Thread Adam Tegen
I've experienced similar problems. I haven't figured out a solution. 1.2.1 non-Beta was fine for me though. Win2000 GeForce, Pentium III 733Mhz / 256Mb, JDK1.3 from Sun. Adam -Original Message- From: Discussion list for Java 3D API [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Pedro Miguel d

Re: [JAVA3D] custom installer for java3d( in applet.jar)

2001-01-09 Thread John Wright
But Winzip won't know which drive to install to, nor will it know if the user installed to non-default directories. Installshield unfortunately costs a small fortune. I'd like to see documentation of how to detect where the user has Java installed. Then it wouldn't be too tough to write somethi

Re: [JAVA3D] Book

2001-01-09 Thread Rikard Elofsson
Sascha Koch wrote: > > Hi all! > > There is a brand new book, covering Java3d: > > Java 3d Programming : A Guide to Key Concepts and Effective Techniques > by Daniel Selman Sadly, there isnt. It has been withdrawn from the publisher (Manning) according to bookstores here in Stockholm and Amazon.c

Re: [JAVA3D] Problems with Java 3D 1.2.1 Beta 1 for OpenGL

2001-01-09 Thread Pedro Miguel da Fonseca Marques Ferreira
Update on the situation: Turns out there is a problem with the machine device driver for the graphics card. The other OpenGL programs stopped working also. :( Pedro Miguel da Fonseca Marques Ferreira wrote: > Hi. > I have problems with this Version of the Sun implementation. > > I am working

Re: [JAVA3D] custom installer for java3d( in applet.jar)

2001-01-09 Thread J. Lee Dixon
WinZip is free, and you can specify the default directory, but it is true that the user can override and screw this up. It does not have a method for uninstall either... hmmm, I wish Sun would make this installer once and for all. -Lee -Original Message- From: Matthew Flagg [mailto:[EM

Re: [JAVA3D] custom installer for java3d( in applet.jar)

2001-01-09 Thread Matthew Flagg
That only gives you an self extracting archive. It won't necessarily but the DLLs and JAR files in the correct directories. InstallShield might be a better solution. I believe they have demos and trial versions at http://www.installshield.com/. -Original Message- From: J. Lee Dixon [ma

Re: [JAVA3D] custom installer for java3d( in applet.jar)

2001-01-09 Thread J. Lee Dixon
The answer to your question is WinZip. You use it to first make the .zip file, then it also has an option to change the .zip to a self-extracting .exe file. -Lee -Original Message- From: Mohammed Akacem [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 7:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [JAVA3D] Generating a 3D object rotating a 2D shape

2001-01-09 Thread Casteel, Don
I've done something similar to create a very specific shape I needed. In my case I was working with a 2-point line rotated to create a sorta ribbon, but the same idea will work with a multi point line. First generate a PointArray with enough points to define the final object (all at the origin).

[JAVA3D] Lighting Problem

2001-01-09 Thread Vikas Bhardwaj
I've posted this message earlier but I could'nt solve this problem, so I'm reposting this. I'm trying to create an open box. For this I use several box objects to create plates, these are created using the following code: Primitive blk = (Primitive)new com.sun.j3d.utils.geometry.Box ( (float)d

[JAVA3D] Generating a 3D object rotating a 2D shape

2001-01-09 Thread Daniel Moscoso
Hi everybody !! I'm interested if someone has been implemmenting the following effect: to create a 2D shape and rotate / translate it creating a 3D object (for example, like the cone obtained by the rotation of a triangle). Thanks in advanced !! Dani =

[JAVA3D] custom installer for java3d( in applet.jar)

2001-01-09 Thread Mohammed Akacem
Hi, I read the FAQ at http://www.j3d.org/tutorials/quick_fix/auto_install.html. on how to create a custom java3d installer. Ok I want that my_ java3d_installer.exe the following files in the jre directory of the user : bin/j3daudio.dll bin/J3D.dll lib/ext/j3daudio

[JAVA3D] View Images in JEditorKit

2001-01-09 Thread Arash Termehchi
Hi everybodey, I try to view some HTML textes in JEditorPane or JTextPane. Whenever I set my JEditorPane to a HTML that has two or more images as TDs of a row in a table which hasn't specified size, JEditorPane doesn't show all images properly and only showes first imgages. In other words JEdito

[JAVA3D] Problems with Java 3D 1.2.1 Beta 1 for OpenGL

2001-01-09 Thread Pedro Miguel da Fonseca Marques Ferreira
Hi. I have problems with this Version of the Sun implementation. I am working with Windows NT Workstation 4.0 with 128Mb memory and a RIVA TNT2 Card. The JDK is version 1.3 from Sun. The problem is when i run a Java3D Program ( they compile ok ), it does not give any runtime exception but just s

Re: [JAVA3D] Problems with scaling

2001-01-09 Thread Ole Vilmann
I actually solved it myself. But it isn't really smart done. I think there should be some method that's more obvious. Ole Vilmann Code to scale is included and you should use the getMinMaxVal function included in mail from yesterday (mail with subject: "Re: [JAVA3D] Extacting Shape3D's from the Fl

[JAVA3D] View Images in JEditorKit

2001-01-09 Thread Arash Termehchi
Hi everybodey, I try to view some HTML textes in JEditorPane or JTextPane. Whenever I set my JEditorPane to a HTML that has two or more images as TDs of a row in a table which hasn't specified size, JEditorPane doesn't show all images properly and only showes first imgages. In other words JEdito

Re: [JAVA3D] Heavy weight implementation of JInternalFrame?

2001-01-09 Thread Magnus Olofsson
Dear all. Since there really has not been much discussion going on in this thread, I take it that all of you have solved the problem by using multiple top level frames. Also, since there has not been any comments from SUN employees I take it that nobody knows anything about the status of this bu

Re: [JAVA3D] Problems with scaling

2001-01-09 Thread Magnus Olofsson
Dear all. I have tried to do the same thing but failed. Probably due to my own incompetence. Any one out there that have a snippet of code to share? /Magnus === To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and incl