For those of you who are interested in seeing the JOGL scenegraph Xith3D in action but don’t want to go to the effort to install the beast, now you can.
There is now guaranteed to be no less than 17 Xith3D demos on xith.org (http://xith.org/demo/) - all launchable by Java Web Start - so all you have to do is click! It’s only a 3MB download for the lot too…
Just make sure you have OpenGL 1.2.
Cheers,
Will.
[quote]An error occurred while launching/running the application.
Category: Invalid Argument error
Could not load file/URL specified: C:\Documents and Settings\Markus\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\KFRRI4LL\jws-com.xith3d.test.Xith3DTerrainTest[1].jnlp
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bummer - it works for me (even on a XP box untouched by JOGL/Xith3D).
Can you try running jws and typing the following in the location bar:
http://xith.org/demo/com.xith3d.test.php - it should come up with a list of them all ready to run.
Any idea what that error means? I havn’t a clue.
Will.
Works great for me here 
Although it would be nice if more would use a proper window like the terrain one
[quote]Works great for me here Although it would be nice if more would use a proper window like the terrain one
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1 out of 2 so far…
If you have suggestions for the demo’s, you better post over in the xith3d forums because none of the ones displayed are of my creation (although I have some on the way…)
Will.
Works great for me also - WinXP, IE6, NVidia GeF 440Go.
Yuri
PS: [to Markus_Persson]
[quote]Could not load file/URL specified: C:\Documents and Settings\Markus\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\KFRRI4LL\jws-com.xith3d.test.Xith3DTerrainTest[1].jnlp
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Can this be an issue of IE5? (just guessing basing on the Content.IE5 folder in cache path)
Works well for me as well…
however, you misspelled “available” for each demo.
Ok, JWSes on other sites work.
On that site, only Xith3DTextureFiltersTest runs for me (and flawlessly, too)
The others give me an error, and when I click details I get a popup with title “Java Web Start - Invalid Argument error”. It’s got three tabs:
General:
`An error occurred while launching/running the application.
Category: Invalid Argument error
Could not load file/URL specified: C:\Documents and Settings\Markus\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\TIJE3V2R\jws-com.xith3d.test.CubeTest[1].jnlp`
Exception:
`CouldNotLoadArgumentException[ Could not load file/URL specified: C:\Documents and Settings\Markus\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\TIJE3V2R\jws-com.xith3d.test.CubeTest[1].jnlp]
at com.sun.javaws.Main.main(Unknown Source)`
Wrapped Exception:
`java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Documents and Settings\Markus\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\TIJE3V2R\jws-com.xith3d.test.CubeTest[1].jnlp (The system cannot find the file specified)
at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method)
at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.jnl.LaunchDescFactory.buildDescriptor(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javaws.Main.main(Unknown Source)`
Weird stuff.
[quote]Works well for me as well…
however, you misspelled “available” for each demo.
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corrected, thanks I just had it wrong in my php function which generates the demo HTML.
Will.
and if that wasn’t enough - I have also uploaded all demo’s from the Getting Started Guide: http://xith.org/demo/org.xith3d.gsg.php
Good news is that you don’t have to re-download JOGL/Xith3d - only the GSG resouces (ie. textures/classes).
EDIT: Those demo’s come complete with full explanations thanks to the Getting Started Guide which is maintained by Jens.
Will.
all works with the exception of Textures demo which gives:
JNLPException[category: Launch File Error : Exception: null : LaunchDesc:
<title>GSG Demo - Textures</title>
<vendor>Xith3D Project Group</vendor>
<homepage href="http://www.xith3d.org"/>
<description>Test</description>
<description kind="short">test</description>
<description kind="one-line">Test</description>
<description kind="tooltip">Test</description>
<icon href="http://xith.org/jws/tank.png" kind="default"/>
<icon href="http://xith.org/jws/tank.png" kind="splash"/>
<offline-allowed/>
They work from home. I guess I’ve got a faulty jws installation at work. =D
The terrain demo works great on Mac OS X, running Panther (slow startup time though), haven’t tried the others yet.
Nice work!
[quote]The terrain demo works great on Mac OS X, running Panther (slow startup time though), haven’t tried the others yet.
Nice work!
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Slow startup is due to the fact the terrain geometry is actually being generated when you load it up
Will.