papervision3d

ActionScript 3.0 flex SWF metadata width and height

I have an actionscript, which makes a dynamic image wall. It gets parameters from FlashVar and changes the width and height dynamically. When I use [SWF(width="584",height="290")] It's fully centered, but when I remove it, it's appear ~+50px from left. How can I set dynamically the SWF metadata or what I need to set for the correct ...

Dynamically added images not showing

Hello everyone, I'm experimenting a bit with pv3d and i stumbled upon a problem. I created a basic cube, there are 2 buttons wich make it rotate 90° left and right. On one of the sides i added a container in wich i load an image it is being loaded correctly but for some reason it doesnt get displayed. It only gets displayed from the mom...

How to make Papervision-DAE object animated by moving a part of vertices?

Hey, I have a static DAE model in my PV3D project, and want have the user to control a part of the vertices. For example, there's a human body DAE, I want to control all the z-value of the "head"'s vertices, so that this human becomes taller. Is there way to control a part of vertex group in DAE's schema? ...

Center 3D Object in Papervision 3D

Hi, I have a few 3ds objects where default offset is not (0,0,0). When I add them to my BasicView I want to center them on the scene (moveDown, moveUp, etc), but for this I need to know object's original x, y and z coordinates. How do I get object's original coordinates? myObject.x/myObject.y/myObject.z are always zero and myObject.ge...

PV3D DAE Import - Random normals flipped, random scale??

I am developing a PV3D application that imports DAE models exported by Blender's Collada Exporter plugin (1.4). When I build them in Blender, I use exact dimensions (the end-game is to have scale models in PV3D). Using the same scale of dimensions, some models appear in PV3D extremely tiny, while others are the appropriate size. Many ap...

importing DAE files to papervision

i created a 3d model using sketchup and exported it as a DAE file. then i try to import the model into papervision, but the model never appear. when i use the DAE file provided in the examples, it works. only when i tried to create my own models, it doesn't work. does this have anything to do with sketchup? ...

Any way to not process some object in Away3D Lite?

Hello, I would like to know if there is a way to avoid processing some objects in a away3DLite scene. The problem is that I Have a scene with a lot of spheres, some of them are not visible ( out of camera range ) and I would like not to processing them. Maybe Away3D automatically does that. Maybe visible = false can help Any good tut...

should I use papervision3d in a Flex4 project?

if for example I want to create a 3d coverflow component should I create a custom layout and manipulate Matrix3d objects or should I create this component using the papervision3d library? is it common to use 3d engines in a Flex 4 project? ...

FLEX: Partciles emitter not showing in Augmented Reality(FlarToolkit)

Hi All, I have created a Flex application for a AR Campaign. I am using an external SWF that contain an animation included a particles emitter as my movieMaterial for my PV3D plane. I have created a CustomFLAR class, so my project is more organized. Particles Emitter: http://www.patrickjansen.net/stockflash/particleemitter/Readme.ht...

InteractiveScene3DEvent not firing in Papervision BasicView

Hi here, I'm using BasicView to setup my PV3D scene, and the scene itself works fine (3d carousel of movie posters) but the InteractiveScene3DEvent is not firing when a poster is clicked or moused over. I set my viewport to interactive... twice. view = new BasicView(stage.stageWidth,stage.stageHeight,true,true); view.viewport.buttonMo...

papervision 3d background

hi guys, anyone has an idea of how this kind of background is created? http://www.papervision3d.org/ i'm going to create a flash game with 3d galaxies as the background. any ideas on how to achieve that? does the above link lead me the right direction? thanks in advance! ...

using papervision to create a 3d game

now i need to add a health bar and countdown timer on the screen. how am i going to do it? adding a plane in the 3d scene? the health bar is always on the top right corner of the screen. is there anyway of NOT using 3d concept to implement this. i mean i could do it with a plane keep changing it's texture to show the status of the chara...

Are any of the available flash 3d engines uses flash 10 "native 3d"

Hi, As I understand flash 10 has some basic 3d features. My question is if any of the 3d engines available today (ppv3d, away, sandy, alternativa, am I missing one) uses these features and does this provide any performance and quality gains. I'm working on some flash game that should contain 3d content. I'm using ppv3d and it just does...

BitmapFileMaterial not loading on embed

Hi Guys, I've built a carousel in Papervision3D using Flash CS5, everything works fine but when it's embedded in a web-page (local or online) the BitmapFileMaterial assets don't seem to load. I've tried everything and like I said, it works locally, just not when it's embedded. Is there something I'm missing? It's a carousel made up of...