[JAVA3D] Can J3D bump/normal map?

2004-04-12 Thread Mark McKay
I was wondering if J3D was capable of bump mapping (in browsing the archives, I saw hints that bump, normal and reflection mapping was possible, but no instructions on how to actually do this). Is this possible? Mark McKay -- http://www.kitfox.com ==

Re: [JAVA3D] Can J3D bump/normal map?

2004-04-12 Thread Paul Gordon
Hi Mark, Bump mapping can be acheived using DOT3 texture combine mode, but unfortunately there is a bug with multi-layer texturing that I haven't been able to circumvent yet, so you can't bumpmap something that already has a texture on it. Hopefully when the source is released we can fix this

Re: [JAVA3D] Strange error of Java3D 1.3.1_02

2004-04-12 Thread Mark McKay
Andy Dunmore wrote: Did anyone ever find a solution to this ("Fail to Reset() D3D device, try Recreate device again. - D3DERR_DRIVERINTERNALERROR") error? I've also been struck by it, but have managed to sneak my way around it by not letting the Canvas3D be resized to 0 (I've set it's setMinimumSi

Re: [JAVA3D] Can J3D bump/normal map?

2004-04-12 Thread Mark McKay
Paul Gordon wrote: Hi Mark, Bump mapping can be acheived using DOT3 texture combine mode, but unfortunately there is a bug with multi-layer texturing that I haven't been able to circumvent yet, so you can't bumpmap something that already has a texture on it. Hopefully when the source is relea

[JAVA3D] What are the bugs in Sound?

2004-04-12 Thread Mark McKay
I've been reading the posts about the buggy sound system on this mailing list for a couple of months now. I'm about to add sound to my J3D project, and am wondering what gotchas to watch out for. I need a pure Java solution, and have been wondering if it might be best to skip the Java3D sound and

Re: [JAVA3D] What are the bugs in Sound?

2004-04-12 Thread Paul Gordon
If you're looking for platform independent 3D audio, try https://joal.dev.java.net/ Mark McKay wrote: I've been reading the posts about the buggy sound system on this mailing list for a couple of months now. I'm about to add sound to my J3D project, and am wondering what gotchas to watch out fo

Re: [JAVA3D] Can J3D bump/normal map?

2004-04-12 Thread Paul Gordon
Fair enough. What about normal mapping (ie, an RGB image where pixels represent a normal vector at a a given texture coordinate)? This strikes me as an extremely useful feature which is starting to get wide usage. Ah yes, this is in fact what I am describing. The program is fed a graphic where t

Re: [JAVA3D] What are the bugs in Sound?

2004-04-12 Thread Michael Pfeiffer
"In my opinion Sound in J3D 1.3.x works well, except you have an universe with multiple Views / Canvas3D, thats not supported." Btw: thats a feature I'd help to implement it when J3D is open source :-) Michael -- http://www.3dchat.org - Welcome To The Unreal World http://java3d.virtualworlds.de -

Re: [JAVA3D] CCD on scene graph

2004-04-12 Thread Eric Cassady
Alessandro, I am currently working on a CCD solver for java3d. It is working pretty well for me right now, with branching skeletons and various other enhancements. The work is for a commercial product, and while I have gotten some interest from the higher-ups in releasing the IK toolkit open sou

Re: [JAVA3D] Can J3D bump/normal map?

2004-04-12 Thread Mark McKay
Paul Gordon wrote: Fair enough. What about normal mapping (ie, an RGB image where pixels represent a normal vector at a a given texture coordinate)? This strikes me as an extremely useful feature which is starting to get wide usage. Ah yes, this is in fact what I am describing. The program is

Re: [JAVA3D] What are the bugs in Sound?

2004-04-12 Thread Michael Pfeiffer
In my opinion Sound in J3D 1.3.x works well, except you have an universe with multiple Views / Canvas3D, thats not supported. Additionally I had trouble in getting aural sound working (using Soundscape and AuralAtributes). But thats a little bit advanced feature too. If you use plain BackgroundSoun

Re: [JAVA3D] What happened?

2004-04-12 Thread Chien Yang
We are actively working on staging Java 3D for community source. This include coming up with a licensing scheme that will encourage the continue community development effort of a standard Java 3D version. Please share your thought with us. We're reading. - Chien Yang Java 3D, Sun Microsystems Inc

Re: [JAVA3D] What are the bugs in Sound?

2004-04-12 Thread Chien Yang
Michael, Thanks! We look forward to your participation. :-) - Chien. Michael Pfeiffer wrote: "In my opinion Sound in J3D 1.3.x works well, except you have an universe with multiple Views / Canvas3D, thats not supported." Btw: thats a feature I'd help to implement it when J3D is open source

Re: [JAVA3D] What are the bugs in Sound?

2004-04-12 Thread Joerg 'Herkules' Plewe
> In my opinion Sound in J3D 1.3.x works well, except you have an universe > with multiple Views / Canvas3D, thats not supported. > If you use plain BackgroundSound, PointSound and ConeSound nodes in your > application, there shouldn't be problems. Ahem ... we had LOTS of problems make the sound

Re: [JAVA3D] Can J3D bump/normal map?

2004-04-12 Thread Alessandro Borges
Hi, I have a running demo of DOT3 Mapping here: http://planeta.terra.com.br/educacao/alessandroborges/java3d.html To have it working you must have a Dot3 capable video card and at least 2 texture pipelines. Anything equals or better than a GForce2 MX or Radeon Alessandro Borges --- Mark McKa

Re: [JAVA3D] What are the bugs in Sound?

2004-04-12 Thread Michael Pfeiffer
I never noticed any problems with the BackgroundSound node but I have to say I haven't used it THAT intensive. There have been some problems with the PointSound in J3D 1.2.x (especially with a InputStream as sound source or if you add the sound sorce to a PointSound which is already live) but it be

[JAVA3D] Java 3D FAQ Weekly Posting (12 Apr 2004)

2004-04-12 Thread The Java 3D FAQ
The Java 3D Frequently Asked Questions list for Monday April 12 2004 This is a posting of topics covered in the Java 3D FAQ. The answers to these questions are kept at: http://www.j3d.org/faq Please consult this list and the web site before asking questions on the mailing list. If ther

Re: [JAVA3D] What happened?

2004-04-12 Thread Joshuah Goldstein
What are you currently doing or interested in with java3D, Mr. Tugai? --- Maxim Tugai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why there is no any activity? __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online by April 15th http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html ===

Re: [JAVA3D] What happened?

2004-04-12 Thread Damien Maillet
Michael Pfeiffer wrote: ..and some people simply do not have any problems :-) On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 22:56:31 +0200, Gilson Laurent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello Why there is no any activity? Well,... 2/3 have holidays. The rest waits for the j3d-sources and makes plans what parts to hack firs