Questions tagged [papervision3d]

Papervision3D is an open-source real-time 3D engine for Flash. Development ended in 2010

Papervision3D is an open-source real-time 3D engine for Flash. Development ended in 2010, and began in 2005. The initial release extended the ActionScript 2 API, and subsequent releases support the ActionScript 3 API. It does not support the Stage3D function of Flash Player 11.

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Flash mesh tweening/animation

Is there a way to correctly tween/animate meshes in Flash authoring tool? Shape tweens don't recognise movement of specific vertices, don't preserve connections and generally mess things up. Shape hints are too few for any non-trivial mesh, and too…
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masking text3D in papervision3D

I have a text3D and I want to mask it with a Plane . I usually mask my things by defining two ViewportLayers , then give every object a Layer by myLayer1 = viewport.getChildLayer(myobject1); myLayer2 = viewport.getChildLayer(myobject2); and then…
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AS3 Papervision3D Access Material on Plane

I'm looking to optimise the performance of my program. Off the bat I've set stage quality to medium (if I set it to Low half my movieclips don't render). This helped, but I want more!!! A hint I've read in the P3D Essentials book is to turn of…
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Importing a Collada file in Papervision 3d

I am having trouble importing a Collada file in Papervision3d. I have done an exhaustive Google search to no avail. All the examples and tutorials end with errors, be they "Can't find materials" errors or simply not showing the file at all. I have…
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Scene graph implementation for Papervision?

I'm trying to use Papervision for Flash, for this project of mine, which involves a 3D model of a mechanical frame, consisting of several connected parts. Movement of one of the parts results in a corresponding change in orientation and position of…
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Using flex components within a papervision3d application

I am in the process of designing a 3D panorama viewer using papervision3d for the 3D library. I am coding entirely in ActionScript3 using FlashDevelop. I am at the point now where I need to add simple components (button, dropdown menu, toolbar,…
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Collision box for AS3 + papervision3d + jiglib

I'm trying to recreate the "tutorial" explained on the site below. It's 5 dices bouncing around on the scene. But i'm stuck at the very beginning :) papervision3d-jiglib-dice-demo My problem is the bounding box. I want to create a box with a floor…
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Moving a Flex GUI window confused by underlying Papervision3D viewport

I'm developing a Flex 2 application, and I noticed that part of the library which is responsible for moving GUI windows (TitleWindows) around when you drag them with the mouse gets confused if there is a clickable (buttonMode = true) sprite beneath…
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Where to get comparing list of papervision3d vs Away3d?

So I know that PV3d looks quite dead. But it is documented over the internet much better. So I decided to develope my product using old but good PV3d engine. Time goes on so I plan to port it sooner or later to Away3d. So I need a list of things…
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papervision 3d background

anyone has an idea of how this kind of background is created? http://www.papervision3d.org/ i'm going to create a flash game with 3d galaxies as the background. any ideas on how to achieve that? does the above link lead me the right…
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Any way to not process some object in Away3D Lite?

I would like to know if there is a way to avoid processing some objects in a away3DLite scene. The problem is that I Have a scene with a lot of spheres, some of them are not visible ( out of camera range ) and I would like not to processing…
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ActionScript 3.0 flex SWF metadata width and height

I have an actionscript, which makes a dynamic image wall. It gets parameters from FlashVar and changes the width and height dynamically. When I use [SWF(width="584",height="290")] It's fully centered, but when I remove it, it's appear ~+50px from…
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Need to put markers on a papervision3d model (esphere) on execution time (flash/flex)

I'm using papervision3d to load a 3D sphere with the world texture on a Flash project. I want to know how can I put a marker on the model given a coordinate? Example: two angles, and with marker I refer to a simple movieclip or similar. Thanks.
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How do I represent tiles in XML?

So, I'm writing an AS3 program that tiles floor tiles. I want the user to be to be able to create their own floor schematic represented by different rectangles. It'll be drag-and-drop. They will lay out their schematic (which is composed of…
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Intermittent/staggered loading of an object

I've just recently tried my hand at actionscript 3 and have come across a road block. How do I go about rendering the cubes (cube1) intermittently, ie. staggered loading. I need the cubes to load a split second from each other. Below is a snippet of…
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