Re: [JAVA3D] is java good for game development?

2002-06-12 Thread Dipl. Ing. Paul Szawlowski
Can you give me the link for beta version of JDK 1.4 for Mac ? regards Paul Ted Halmrast schrieb: > On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Robert Bergman wrote: > > > --- Ted Halmrast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Nathan Bower wrote: > > > > > > If you > > > really want portability you mi

[JAVA3D] Texture mapping

2002-06-12 Thread Vidya Sagar
Hi all, First of all sorry, for reposting this message. I have a basic question for you. What exactly is harware texture mapping. why texture mapping depends on hardware and what is the role the hardware in the concept of texture mapping? Thanks in advance, Sagar.

Re: [JAVA3D] Full Screen Exclusive Mode

2002-06-12 Thread Georg Rehfeld
Hi Jack, > The fullscreendemo zip file crashes my win98 laptop when unzipping it? for me (W2K) it just unzips fine (both, WinZip and Windows Commander), compiles and works. regards Georg ___ ___ | + | |__Georg Rehfeld Woltmanstr. 12 20097 Hamburg |_|_\ |___ [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[JAVA3D] Applets

2002-06-12 Thread Raúl
Hello guys! I've observed a suspiciuos behavior on Java3D applets. When I open an applet in the browser (I.E. or Netscape), change to other web(without applets) and returns to the applet page's I observe that the memory falls down dangerously. Let you repeat the process 20 or 30 times and look wh

Re: [JAVA3D] animation

2002-06-12 Thread eb
Laurent,  Yes, this is possible, but as I'm a newbie as well, I'm not quite sure how to do this. You should check the faq's and archives..   FAQ: http://www.j3d.org/ Archive: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/java3d-interest.html   Hope this helps.   EB

Re: [JAVA3D] Platform Geometry

2002-06-12 Thread Todd J.
Zak, Think of the view graph this way. There is a view platform. On that platform is the viewer. For most systems the viewer cannot move around relative to the platform and thus is always looking straight ahead. Some systems have motion / head trackers and with these systems the viewer can lo

Re: [JAVA3D] Full Screen Exclusive Mode

2002-06-12 Thread Jeremy Booth
Hi I've had two friends on different ISP's try the file, and it works fine for them, both opening the file and extracting the contents. So I must assume the file is OK. Sorry thats no help really. Jeremy Jack Gundrum wrote: > The fullscreendemo zip file crashes my win98 laptop when unzipping

Re: [JAVA3D] Full Screen Exclusive Mode

2002-06-12 Thread Jack Gundrum
The fullscreendemo zip file crashes my win98 laptop when unzipping it? At 06:37 PM 6/12/02 +0100, you wrote: >Kevin J. Duling wrote: >>Is that demo publicly available? > > >It is now, http://www.computerbooth.com/j3d/ > >Jeremy > >-- > > >P

Re: [JAVA3D] geo-referenced data

2002-06-12 Thread Bill Hibbard
On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Jeremy Zechar wrote: > Is there currently a way in which to directly deal w/ geo-referenced > data using Java3D. I know that GeoVRML has the capability to do this, > but I was wondering if anyone has had any experience w/ this or if Sun > is planning to add it to J3D anytime

[JAVA3D] geo-referenced data

2002-06-12 Thread Jeremy Zechar
Is there currently a way in which to directly deal w/ geo-referenced data using Java3D. I know that GeoVRML has the capability to do this, but I was wondering if anyone has had any experience w/ this or if Sun is planning to add it to J3D anytime soon. Pls let me know. Thanks, Jeremy

Re: [JAVA3D] Full Screen Exclusive Mode

2002-06-12 Thread Jeremy Booth
Kevin J. Duling wrote: > Is that demo publicly available? > It is now, http://www.computerbooth.com/j3d/ Jeremy -- PGP key is here -> http://www.computerbooth.com/pgp.html * If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programmin

Re: [JAVA3D] is java good for game development?

2002-06-12 Thread Joachim Diepstraten
Hi Jason > the best quality games out there and that is where the big bucks are. > But a good PC has 5x the power of any console yet few PC conversions of > top games exist. A lot is politics (like any XBox game should run on a Well but he can only rely on that about 5% of potential customers ha

[JAVA3D] Background nodes

2002-06-12 Thread Zak Nixon
I am getting this error when I set the background: javax.media.j3d.IllegalSharingException: Background: Immediate mode background m ay not be in scene graph How do I resolve this? -Zak === To unsubscribe, send email to [EM

Re: [JAVA3D] Full Screen Exclusive Mode

2002-06-12 Thread Jeremy Booth
> Is that demo publicly available? not currently as the stuff it displays is not for release yet, but i could get one up and running that i am willing to release Jez > > - Original Message - > From: "Jeremy Booth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 12,

Re: [JAVA3D] Full Screen Exclusive Mode

2002-06-12 Thread Kevin J. Duling
Is that demo publicly available? - Original Message - From: "Jeremy Booth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 7:15 AM Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Full Screen Exclusive Mode > Hi >I have a little demo running in fullscreen exclusive mde with res chan

[JAVA3D] Platform Geometry

2002-06-12 Thread Zak Nixon
Does anyone have an example of platform geometry? Is the geometry placed in front of the viewer automatically? -zak === To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-I

Re: [JAVA3D] is java good for game development?

2002-06-12 Thread Ted Halmrast
On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Robert Bergman wrote: > --- Ted Halmrast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Nathan Bower wrote: > > > > If you > > really want portability you might be better off > > using OpenGL and C/C++. > > I'd like to point out that Java3D isn't the only > option (heres

Re: [JAVA3D] Full Screen Exclusive Mode

2002-06-12 Thread John Hynd
Quality, all I needed to know guys. Thanks :D I'll maybe search for that demo :) Great! >From: Jeremy Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Discussion list for Java 3D API <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] Full Screen Exclusive Mode >Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 14:15:

Re: [JAVA3D] is java good for game development?

2002-06-12 Thread Marc Palmer
>$100/GB for PC100 memory. Look at what GC, XBox, PS/2 do with <=64MB. Then look at EverQuest: Shadows of Luclin, >that takes 512MB for all features, and still looks and runs like a 1998 game, even on a top-end system.Console developers >have learned to eek every bit of power they can out

Re: [JAVA3D] is java good for game development?

2002-06-12 Thread Ben S. Moxon
Title: RE: [JAVA3D] is java good for game development? I think for Java3D to fulfil its potential it is very important for a working JVM with J3D bundle to be built for different consoles - I would expect this to be very easy for Xbox, reasonably easy for GameCube and probably tricky for PS2.

Re: [JAVA3D] is java good for game development?

2002-06-12 Thread Smith, Daniel
Title: RE: [JAVA3D] is java good for game development? >You'll not see J3D on a console anytime soon, there just isn't the >memory to run it. So you won't see the big buck companies developing in >J3D either. The handheld micro Java devices might help there when a >J3Dme gets released. Memo

Re: [JAVA3D] Full Screen Exclusive Mode

2002-06-12 Thread Robert Bergman
I've also had Java3D + JDK1.4 fullscreen exclusive mode working. I sent a demo out to this list several months ago that demonstrated this, but it was built on JDK1.4b3 and J3D1.3b1, so it may be out of date at the moment. I have had problems using the same code in more complex apps as JDK1.4 "ma

Re: [JAVA3D] is java good for game development?

2002-06-12 Thread Jason Taylor
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/06/2002 12:54:25 >>> > I think MGS2 impressed me much more than any screen from Q3. Okay they > have dynamic shadows? So what? Shadow algorithmen are over 20 years old. I agree MetalGearSolid2 does look very good, the attention to detail does stand out above most PC based

Re: [JAVA3D] Full Screen Exclusive Mode

2002-06-12 Thread Jeremy Booth
Hi I have a little demo running in fullscreen exclusive mde with res changing enabled, I have also combined it with swing in fullscreen mode HTH Jeremy John Hynd wrote: > Hey, forgive me if this sounds stupid. > > I'd just like to know before I start this stuff if the Full Screen > Exclusive

[JAVA3D] Full Screen Exclusive Mode

2002-06-12 Thread John Hynd
Hey, forgive me if this sounds stupid. I'd just like to know before I start this stuff if the Full Screen Exclusive mode available in 1.4 works witjh Java3D ok. Are there any windowing problems or errors or should it work without any unforseen problems? Would it be possible to have a 3D demo or

Re: [JAVA3D] is java good for game development?

2002-06-12 Thread Joachim Diepstraten
Hi Jason > I've not seen any other commercial game today that competes visually > (be that PC or Console) so maybe no one else wants to write a game of > that visual depth yet? :) I think MGS2 impressed me much more than any screen from Q3. Okay they have dynamic shadows? So what? Shadow algorith

Re: [JAVA3D] is java good for game development?

2002-06-12 Thread Jason Taylor
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/06/2002 11:59:03 >>> > Well when I look at the videos of Doom3 alltough they look impressive. I > don't see anything which can not be done by a graphics programmer with > about 2-3 years experience. And I would go even that far that there isn't > anything in it which could

Re: [JAVA3D] is java good for game development?

2002-06-12 Thread Alessandro Borges
> --- Bobt wrote: > > I'd like to point out that Java3D isn't the only > option (heresy, I know) short of OpenGL/C++. > GL4Java is quite nice and does exist for OS X. >Of course, you'll lose out on the scenegraph benefits, > -Bob I like also point a very small and easy to use 3D API, wich works

Re: [JAVA3D] is java good for game development?

2002-06-12 Thread Jason Taylor
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/06/2002 11:34:05 >>> > Now I think about it, that was probably just agreeing with Jason, actually, but in more words. :) But with one important point, I was concentrating mainly on the eye candy FPS style of game as that's what I tend to play the most. But as you point o

Re: [JAVA3D] is java good for game development?

2002-06-12 Thread Joachim Diepstraten
Hi > like Doom3 but heh how many of us have the skills and resources needed > to complete a project of that scale! Well when I look at the videos of Doom3 alltough they look impressive. I don't see anything which can not be done by a graphics programmer with about 2-3 years experience. And I wou

Re: [JAVA3D] is java good for game development?

2002-06-12 Thread Ben S. Moxon
It seems to me that often this question is asked by someone who really wants to write something that will enable them to become a game developer- not necessarily the next Doom or Final Fantasy, but something that can show gaming companies they have the skills to make it. In that case whether or

Re: [JAVA3D] is java good for game development?

2002-06-12 Thread Jason Taylor
I'm no games programmer (least not since my Acorn Electron days or Mud wizording :) but I think the basic problem with the question is the context. Here's some simple answers that are in my limited opinion; Q1) You want to learn skills to become a pro game programmer for a major label? A1) No ja

Re: [JAVA3D] is java good for game development?

2002-06-12 Thread Joachim Diepstraten
Hi Smith > Face it--PC Games are such a limited market compared the console platforms... if one >of these platforms (GameCube, PS/2, Xbox), or more specifically an UPCOMING console, >could support Java, think of the fun we could have... You won't see an upcoming console till 2005. So alot can h

Re: [JAVA3D] KVMs bad for 3D ??

2002-06-12 Thread Jason Taylor
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/06/2002 04:01:31 >>> > FYI: I use the Belkin at work and a Linksys KVM at home. The Linksys is > definitely superior. IMO, over all Belkins are fairly bad desktop KVMs, they just have the majority market share (like some OS's I can think of :). We've found them generally

[JAVA3D] animation

2002-06-12 Thread CATHALA Laurent
Hi, i'm a newbie in java3d programming and i'm trying to make a little game with a friend. We want to know if it's possible to start a behaviour, that plays an animation and stop it on when an event is listened, such a collision, to play the animation in the inverse way.   Thanks you,   Laur

Re: [JAVA3D] JDK 1.4.0_01 and Java3D 1.2.1_04 problem...

2002-06-12 Thread bf
On Tuesday 11 June 2002 23:59, you wrote: > > Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 18:56:04 +0200 > > From: JP Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > I *may* have cleared things up by uninstalling / removing all of the > > Java3D instances on my machine, then reinstalling 1.2.1_04. > > > > While my graphics co