[Papervision3D] Rendering a Sphere

[Trevor Burton]

your camera and sphere are in the same place... move the camera back a
bit.... looks like the sphee is there, just isn't being seen by the
camera



On Nov 7, 2007 7:52 AM, Michael Ewald <m.flash at mac.com> wrote:
> Dear List,
> I'm trying to render a sphere with PV3D, but it wont render. There are no exported errors and my radius seems to be correct. End goal is to create a simple panorama. The below code is just the relevant functions and lines, if you want the full thing I can post it.
>
>
>        // -----------------------PANORAMA PROPERTIES-------------------------
>        // imgWidth is the width of the mapped image. height is 1/2 the width
>
>        var imgWidth:int = 800;
>        var panoR:int = ((imgWidth/Math.PI)*0.5);
>        var panoQual:int = 8;
>
>        // ___________________________________________________________________ 3D vars
>
>        private var container :Sprite;
>        private var scene     :Scene3D;
>        private var camera    :Camera3D;
>
>        // _______________________________________ ____________________________ main
>
>        // This is run when the application starts
>        public function pano_sphere()
>        {
>                init3D();
>                createSpere();
>        }
>
>        // ___________________________________________________________________ Init3D
>
>        private function init3D():void
>        {
>                // Create container sprite and center it in the stage
>                container = new Sprite();
>                addChild( container );
>
>                container.x = SCREEN_WIDTH  /2;
>                container.y = SCREEN_HEIGHT /2;
>
>                // Create scene
>                scene = new Scene3D( container );
>
>                // Create camera
>                camera = new Camera3D();
>                camera.zoom = 2;
>                camera.focus = panoR;
>                camera.x = 0;
>                camera.y = 0;
>                camera.z = 0;
>
>        }
>
>
>        private function createSpere()
>        {
>                //var sphereMaterial:BitmapFileMaterial = new BitmapFileMaterial("images/pano_sphere.jpg");
>                var sphereMaterial2:BitmapAssetMaterial = new BitmapAssetMaterial("panoImg");
>
>                trace("R: " + String(panoR));
>                // Returns 127, which is correct
>
>                var panoSphere:DisplayObject3D = new Sphere(sphereMaterial2, panoR, panoQual, panoQual);
>                panoSphere.x = 0;
>                panoSphere.y = 0;
>                panoSphere.z = 0;
>                scene.addChild(panoSphere, "Sphere");
>
>        }
>
>                // Render
>                scene.renderCamera( camera );
>
>
> Thanks for the help with my previous question.
>
> Thanks,
> Michael Ewald
>
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Trevor Burton
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