simple earth viewer

Katsankat · Post by **Katsankat** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 2:23 pm

"Primitive google earth".
Control with Left Mouse Button, and Mouse Wheel.

get it here (code & binaries 19.31Mb)

version 0.0.3:
smoother camera movement

shadowslair · Post by **shadowslair** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 3:31 pm

Seems like the texture is missing...

Katsankat · Post by **Katsankat** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 3:35 pm

by looking at the size of the file i am sure it is inside

Try downloading again

Acki · Post by **Acki** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 4:54 pm

I also don't get the texture loaded, but the texture seems to be inside the folder, no clue why it doesn't load to the sphere:

EDIT: I found the problem, the texture seems to be way too large (8192 x 4096), if I make it smaller (1024 x 512) it works (but the quality is not like you want it to be, of course) !!!

also this is very bad:

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   ITexture* tex = driver->getTexture("eartviewer.jpg");
   IGUIImage* i = guienv->addImage(core::rect<s32>(left,top, left+width,top+height));
              i->setImage(tex);
              i->setScaleImage(true);
   tex->drop();

don't drop a texture that you didn't create (you just add/load it, so don't drop it) !!!

and finally, if you press the left mouse button and moving the mouse it should zoom in and out, right ???
but the effect is only seen when you release the mouse button, while holding it and draging the mouse nothing changes until you release the button, then suddenly the scene switches to the zoom position...

Katsankat · Post by **Katsankat** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:15 pm

thanks Acki! Movement is now smooth. Any idea what to do for the texture? Is it because of how many Mb you have in the graphics card?

Lonesome Ducky · Post by **Lonesome Ducky** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 7:15 pm

Split it up for certain areas on the globe. A lot of graphics cards won't support such large textures. And by splitting it up you can make it even more detailed. Instead of using 1 huge texture, maybe use 10 smaller textures for the same effect.

roelor · Post by **roelor** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 7:13 pm

It crashes horrible.