Re: Need some feedback

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#1

PS: Cleaned up the code a bit and added transparency to the logo :slight_smile:

#2

At the risk of offending you again :wink: it all looks pretty cool. Here’s some (possibly) useful suggestions, feel free to ignore:

  • You call view.stopView() but you never call view.startView().

  • The DisplayOptions dialog is sweet, but you might find it easier later pulling it out into a seperate class.

  • This one is a matter of taste I guess. The keyboard stuff is great but again it might be nicer in a seperate class. I think this only matters if you’re going to use this framework for more than demos.

  • If you want to do listeners embedded into the main class you could use inner classes and extend the Adapter classes (e.g. MouseAdapter). This stops you having to have a bunch of empty methods defined. It also stops the public external interface of your frame having the event methods exposed.

  • I’m not sure how many key codes are defined, it might be more than 255. Can check or use KeyEvent.KEY_LAST to find out.

But as I said, in general, looks cool. I especially like the Powered By bit in the select screen mode. Is it going to change depending on whether you’re using Java3D / Jogl / Xith ?

But arn’t you jumping the gun a bit? We’ve got to vote on that logo yet :slight_smile:

Kev

#3

Great feedback Kev: like I said before I’m over what happened few months ago.
As a matter of fact, if it wasn’t for the little heated debate that we had, I would still be using C naming convention which I absolutely loath nowadays ;D.
I like most of what you said so far and I’ll be implementing it whenever I get free time.
To answer your question on why I call stopView() and yet ignore calling startView():
Since my run() method is still running, you can see that view.renderOnce() is called over and over again, therefore resuming the display :P.
startView() will call an unnecessary loop that ain’t synchronized with my main class.
Oh and I kinda adore that logo that Im using :stuck_out_tongue:

#4

Here is my minor [minor!] points:

  • 1600 x 1200. I run this resolution almost on all of my computers…

  • Window close should work on both dialog and rendering window. Now, after closing the Xith3D rendering window, the app does not exit.

  • Would like to define default resolution somewhere (say, in system properties using -D to save some clicks when debugging (i.e. when sys props set, then no need in screen mode chooser).

The rest is cool.

Yuri

#5

Yep, I got that. Just if you don’t call startView() you don’t need to call stopView(), at least I don’t think so. Incidently, the sorta immediate mode rendering (calling renderOnce() over and over) is exactly what I do :slight_smile:

Kev

#6

http://www.realityflux.com/abba/displaySettings.jpg

The display manager now comes in a separate class
get it here

Here’s a quick tutorial on how to use it.
Don’t forget to put the jar file in your class path.
The source is provided as well in case you wanna play around a bit with it, enjoy :stuck_out_tongue:

#7

Testing Java Web Start on my new web space.
Thank you William :slight_smile:

#8

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/vecmath/Tuple3f

#9

[quote]java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/vecmath/Tuple3f
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Looks like only the xith3d and JOGL libraries are included in the JWS (if you have vecmath.jar in your classpath then it should work…)

Will.

#10

Got some layout issues on OS X 10.3.1

http://www3.sympatico.ca/scott.palmer/xith_display.png

followed by:
Error: empty view at “src/native/jogl/MacOSXWindowSystemInterface.m:createContext:24”

#11

Lemmie fix the layout.
I dunno about the error though :’(