Please test my app!

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 12:49 pm

whoa puh!!! that did it! you are the man!! thnx for the comments and the help. The map runs smoothly now!!

@mm765: thnx! I lost the link to the irc channe. could someone please post it to be used with chatzilla?

ps. has anyone tried the other features? (changing cameras, wireframe rendering , etc). I'm sure my errors are very basic things, like the one Puh detected in y particles.

thanks guys!

I appreciate it!

erSitzt · Post by **erSitzt** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 1:01 pm

...i like that signature

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 1:04 pm

lol!!!

I thought you would....

jox · Post by **jox** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 1:07 pm

hehe, I like it too. Didn't notice it until now...

@afecelis:
Server: irc.freenode.net
Channel: #Irrlicht

Link: irc://irc.freenode.net/#irrlicht

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 1:20 pm

Thnx Jox. Jox, can u give me a hand with my event receivers?

Sinclair fan · Post by **Sinclair fan** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 1:31 pm

My ZXSpectrum +2A has a 64k RAM-disc. Cool eh?

Im going to have to dig out "Dizzy" and waste more years of my life re-figuring all the little puzzles out again. lol

jox · Post by **jox** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 1:44 pm

Hm, you're having this in your while loop:

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	if (Maya) {
	//maya cam
	camera[3] = smgr->addCameraSceneNodeMaya(); <---------------------
	//Draw scene
	smgr->drawAll();
	} 
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------//	
	//If Normalcam is used
	if (Normalcam) {
	//Normalcam
	camera[3] = smgr->addCameraSceneNodeFPS(); <---------------------
	camera[3]->setPosition(core::vector3df(-2000,200,0));
	camera[3]->setRotation(core::vector3df(0,90,0));
	camera[3]->setFarValue (50000.0f) ;
	camera[3]->setFOV(1.1);
	camera[3]->setTarget(core::vector3df(-2000,200,0));
	//Draw scene
	smgr->drawAll();
	}

seems you're addin one camera each frame... thats no good.

Add 2 cameras before the while(device->run())

MayaCam = smgr->addCamerraSceneNodeMaya(...)
NormalCam = smgr->addCamerraSceneNode(...)

these need to be global like the camera array

// before main()
ICameraSceneNode *MayaCam, *NormalCam;

you could also expand your camera array: camera[6] and use camera[4] and camera[5] instead...

then initialize

camera[3] = NormalCam;

in the eventReceiver say:

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	//Key M enables Maya camera
	if (event.KeyInput.Key == KEY_KEY_M && event.KeyInput.PressedDown)
	 {
	   camera[3] = MayaCam;
	   return true;
	    }
	//Key N enables fps cam
	if (event.KeyInput.Key == KEY_KEY_N && event.KeyInput.PressedDown)
	 {
	   camera[3] = NormalCam;
	   return true;
	    }

just quickly made this up, might contain error or two. But you get the idea...

Btw, would help a lot making your code more readably if you'd use some identation:

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main() {
    while(true) {
        if (false) {
        }
    }
}

instead of:

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main() {
 while(true) {
if (false) {
}
}
  }

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 6:13 pm

ooooooooopsss!!!

you're right!!

thanks for all the comments and tips!!! Gonna try that immediately and clean up my code a bit.

I also gotta learn some "codetiquette" so any advice is valuable.

Shall I do the same for the wireframe rendering as well? i mean, declaring everything at the beginning?

jox · Post by **jox** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 6:22 pm

mh, the wireframe thing is not that critical. But you could do this:

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meshnode->setMaterialFlag(video::EMF_WIREFRAME,WireFrame);
sydneynode->setMaterialFlag(video::EMF_WIREFRAME,WireFrame);

instead of this:

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if (WireFrame) {
    //render in wireframe
    meshnode->setMaterialFlag(video::EMF_WIREFRAME,true);
    sydneynode->setMaterialFlag(video::EMF_WIREFRAME,true);
}

to be able to switch back!

Also you could kick out some of your smgr->drawAll() calls...

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 6:29 pm

great Jox! It seems like someone will be having fun this afternoon!!!

BTW, what ever happened with the DX mipmapping bug we were tracking? did it get solved? If you compile my test app with DX8-9 you'll se some weird things (jaggies) occur in the shadows. I guess it has to do with the same thing.

many many many thnx!

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 6:34 pm

I had forgotten! MM765, thnx for the invitation, I'll drop by the channel tonight!!

thnx!

Yan · Post by **Yan** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 3:03 pm

I'd really like to test your app, but there's always a "404 error" message. Is there a new link?

Thx,
Yan

blackbirdXXX · Post by **blackbirdXXX** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 4:13 pm

Look at http://www.danielpatton.com/afecelis/src/

jox · Post by **jox** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 4:20 pm

I'd recommend this one:

http://www.danielpatton.com/afecelis/fi ... tSep23.zip

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 5:56 pm

Of course! It's got your help in it!!!!

unfortunately it's only the bin version. That's the source I lost!!!!!