[JAVA3D] GeForce works.

2000-04-12 Thread Venkata Mahadevan
Hi all. I e-mailed the group a few days back citing problems with the GeForce card, Java3d, and WinNT. Well, I switched to Win98 and everything works fine. I guess WinNT has some driver issues with this card. Anyone hear anything about Win2k and J3d? --Venkata __

Re: [JAVA3D] GeForce trouble

2000-04-08 Thread Venkata Mahadevan
gt; What version of Java3D are you running? OpenGL > or DirectX? DirectX is no > good on NT. > Try installing Service Pack 5 for NT. > Get the latest GeForce OpenGL drivers from > www.nVidia.com > > Good luck, and if that doesn't fix it give a holler! > > Ve

[JAVA3D] GeForce trouble

2000-04-07 Thread Venkata Mahadevan
Hi all. I got a Guillemot 3d prophet GeForce card to use with Java3d. But there are some major problems. When I run openGL benchmarks on the card (written in C) and/or OpenGL programs, the card performs beautifully. It is extremely fast and smooth. On the other hand, Java3d programs do not seem

[JAVA3D] Sorry redundant questions...3d cards

2000-03-27 Thread Venkata Mahadevan
Hi guys. I've seen a bunch of postings on the same topic, but I wanted to know what personal experiences people are having using 3d cards and Java3d. I mean, does it really make a difference in rendering performance? I'm also concerned with the compatibility of various 3d cards and Java3d. Right

[JAVA3D] Texture strangeness

2000-03-24 Thread Venkata Mahadevan
Hi guys. Sorry to bug everyone again, but I have the strangest problem with texture mapping. I have a building with four sides made up of several square faces. The problem is that when I apply a texture to the building, 2 sides appear to be normal, while the other two sides seem to have the textu

Re: [JAVA3D] Always seeing the object

2000-03-23 Thread Venkata Mahadevan
Hi. I think that the back face of your square is being culled by the renderer. Try doing this: PolygonAttributes pa=new PolygonAttributes(); pa.setCullFace(PolygonAttributes.CULL_NONE); Mail me if you have any problems with this. Hope this helps. --Venkata --- Bruno Sousa Caiado <[EMAIL PROTE

[JAVA3D] Java3D Performance Help

2000-03-13 Thread Venkata Mahadevan
Hi guys. Is there any way to speed up Java3D's rendering performance? I know using hardware acceleration is one way. My config is as follows: P-II 450Mhz 256MB Ram Ati Rage Pro 3D AGP 2X JDK 1.2.2 Java3d 1.1.3 for OpenGL Windows NT 4 Service Pack 3 How can I tell if the 3d card is being used or

Re: [JAVA3D] Java3D Documentation inconsistent !

2000-03-01 Thread Venkata Mahadevan
Hi Don. It seems that you need the utility classes documentation that comes in a separate file from the core classes documentation. Download it from: http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/download.html It's a small download. And it takes about 8megs once uncompressed. That should fit on eve

[JAVA3D] Faces & Material

2000-02-26 Thread Venkata Mahadevan
Hi all. I've tried looking for the solution to this problem in the archives but I failed to find it. (PS the search facility isn't working anymore) Here it goes: Let's say I have a cube with a hole in the top composed of 5 faces/square poygons. I want to assign a different Material to each face o