[Papervision3D] PaperVision3D + APE experiment test

Wed Apr 8 18:09:18 PDT 2009

Hey guys check it out! I implemented Andy's suggestion. Thank You, Thank
You, Thank You. It now moves incredibly well!

http://federicocalvo.com/marbles/paperbase.html

Fede
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On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Steve D <kruass at gmail.com> wrote:

> Haha.  Thats how I thought he was doing it, since I got pretty good
> performance and ShadowCaster isn't exactly a performance beast.
>
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> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Andy Zupko <azupko at zupko.info> wrote:
>
>> Instead of using the shadowcaster class you could write a simple class
>> which simple moves 4 planes (which have "shadow" baked textures on them) to
>> the correct place.
>> The general idea being:
>>
>> - 1 Shadow plane for each ball
>> - Get the vector from Light to ball - move in that direction [radius] more
>> (to get distance to the "floor")
>> - move the shadow plane to that position
>>
>> Here is some pseudo on how to get the positions:
>>
>> for each sphere s{
>>
>> var vector: Number3D = new Number3D(s.x - light.x, s.y-light.y, s.z -
>> light.z);
>> var spherePos:Number3D = new Number3d(s.x, s.y, s.z);
>> vector.normalize();
>> vector.multipyEq(radius);
>> vector = Number3D.add(vector, spherePos);
>> shadowPlanes[s].copyPosition(vector);
>>
>> }
>>
>>
>> that should work - use reset instead of new Number3D to cut down on
>> instantiations.  It won't be exact "shadow" casting but close enough to not
>> matter i think.
>>
>> hth
>>
>> On Apr 8, 2009, at 1:37 PM, Federico Calvo wrote:
>>
>> Hey Pablo! thanks!!
>>
>> Next steps are:
>>
>> - Figuring out a way to limit the size of the ShadowCaster plane. When you
>> see this on a big screen it slows the thing too much.
>> - Animate a movieclip under the moused over sphere which will display the
>> name of the node. (This might turn out being too annoying and I might have
>> to change it to onClick or something)
>> - Make Camera look at the clicked sphere center.
>> - Animate the Camera forward until it reaches the center of the sphere.
>> - Stop (in an animation) all sphere movement and remove all shpere
>> listeners once one is selected.
>> - Would be nice to be able to change the material to a Wireframe one when
>> you are inside so that it looks like you can see the 'geometry' when inside
>> and doubles as a nice background for the loaded content of that node.
>>
>> As you can probably tell it will be a challenge to make this model
>> "usable" but I'll try it out.
>>
>> Thanks for your interest!
>> Fede
>> PS: if you want to follow the progress I post everything I do on
>> blog.federicocalvo.com
>> Chat: Google Talk: fcalvo at gmail.com Skype: fedemcalvo MSN:
>> federicocalvo at hotmail.com
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Pablo Lemos <pablo at cabanacriacao.com>wrote:
>>
>>>  Very nice experiment.
>>> I would love to see it as a website navigation system.
>>> Let me know the next steps! :)
>>>
>>> Pablo Cabana
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>>>
>>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>>  *From:* Federico Calvo <fcalvo at gmail.com>
>>>  *To:* papervision3d at osflash.org
>>>  *Sent:* Wednesday, April 08, 2009 1:06 PM
>>>  *Subject:* Re: [Papervision3D] PaperVision3D + APE experiment test
>>>
>>> Thanks Gordon,
>>>
>>> I have the idea of using it for a crazy navigation system for my website
>>> initially. The idea is that each sphere is a content node and on click you
>>> would "get Into" that content world via animation of the camera, I'm working
>>> on that right now and have some interaction/usability issues to think about.
>>>
>>>
>>> I also I have it as the foundation of some future casual game that I
>>> might develop. Not sure what that would be yet, could be a pool or billiard
>>> game (would be a little complex, but it's possible) or a bowling game or
>>> some other custom push-the-sphere around type of game.
>>>
>>>  Fede
>>> Chat: Google Talk: fcalvo at gmail.com Skype: fedemcalvo MSN:
>>> federicocalvo at hotmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Gordon Everett <gordee at hotmail.co.uk>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cool, repulsive you might say! They do repel each other right!? It seems
>>>> that way in which case it is a neat little experiment. Where are you
>>>> thinking of taking it from here?
>>>>
>>>> *Regards*
>>>> *Gordon Everett*
>>>> **
>>>> *My preferred email address: gordon.everett2 at gmail.com*
>>>>
>>>> ** *My Blog: **http://flashgordonmedia.blogspot.com/*<http://flashgordonmedia.blogspot.com/>
>>>>
>>>> **
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 10:41:48 -0400
>>>> From: fcalvo at gmail.com
>>>> To: Papervision3D at osflash.org
>>>> Subject: [Papervision3D] PaperVision3D + APE experiment test
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi list! this is my first post here. I enjoy and learn a lot from this
>>>> list so I wanted to throw a little experiment I'm working on in hopes I
>>>> could get some feedback.
>>>>
>>>> Here it is:
>>>> http://www.federicocalvo.com/marbles/paperbase.html
>>>>
>>>> I'm also maintaining a blog of the process, problems and solutions in
>>>> creating it:
>>>> http://blog.federicocalvo.com
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot!
>>>> Federico Calvo
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