[Papervision3D] virtual world performace

[Joshua Mostafa]

Don - I recommend you try with different models. I suspect the performance
test would be invalid for using all the same model; Papervision may be able
to do some optimisation based on using the same geometry for multiple
avatars.

J

2008/5/29 don <donhaupt at web.de>:

>  Hi all,
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> This is mostly for people who would like to program something along the
> line of a virtual world, chat or similar. Ever since I discovered pv3d I
> thought about doing an avatar chat but I assumed the performance would not
> suffice. Therefore I tried to find out how many avatars would be possible
> but as I assumed it is not nearly enough for a virtual world. I would
> probably need around 100 avatars (just to be on the save side – 50 would
> also be enough I guess) but I could not get more than about 10-20 with
> decent performance.
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> So basically I would like to know if there are people doing something alike
> and whether there are some performance and optimization recommendations.
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> I put up a test with pv3d and away – pv3d seems to win (the camera settings
> are not exactly the same but the small differences in set-up should not
> break the test by much).
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> However, the model (.3ds) I'm using is "over-optimized" and does not have
> animation yet. The stage quality is low and there is not even environment.
> Done with latest version of Great White. I'm also not quite sure if it is
> better to load the model or clone it.
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> Engine 1: http://www.linguapark.com/lab/away/
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> Engine 2: http://www.linguapark.com/lab/pv3d/
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> So, any tips would be welcome – Thanks!!
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> In fact, so far I have not seen a working example. There is one which
> presumably uses Sprite2D (is that possible in papervision?) and the example
> by outsmart is only one character so far.
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> Any help and/or any example would be very appreciated or maybe there are
> some people to exchange some ideas.
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> Hmmm…. Maybe I do have a couple of questions.
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> Is it possible to change/access the texture of a 3ds file?
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> For animation : bones or biped?
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> Would flash player 10 make a difference?
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> Keep up the great work!!!!
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