JavaFX 3D on older GPUs

[Dr. Michael Paus]

Did you enable depth testing?

Am 20.05.2012 12:24, schrieb Adam Granger:
> Greetings,
>
> I'm trying to get JavaFX going on my somewhat ageing first-gen Intel iMac (GPU - ATI Radeon X1600) using JavaFX 2.2 b08. However, anything I do involving 3D (PerspectiveCamera + depthTest etc)  does not render correctly... as if there is no depth buffer - like I saw 6 months ago: http://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-17446
>
> I've done some digging around, and found this:
>
> "If your system does not support Prism, then JavaFX uses the Java2D software pipeline under Prism."
> http://docs.oracle.com/javafx/2/system_requirements/jfxpub-system_requirements.htm
>
> ==========
> This was the output I got using -Dprism.verbose=true
> Prism pipeline init order: es2 j2d
> Using t2k for text rasterization
> Using dirty region optimizations
> Prism pipeline name = com.sun.prism.es2.ES2Pipeline
> Loading ES2 native library ...
> 	succeeded.
> (X) Got class = class com.sun.prism.es2.ES2Pipeline
> **** GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object detected ****
> Failed ES2GPUQualifier check.
> System GPU doesn't meet the es2 pipe requirement
> GraphicsPipeline.createPipeline: error initializing pipeline com.sun.prism.es2.ES2Pipeline
> *** Fallback to Prism SW pipeline
> Prism pipeline name = com.sun.prism.j2d.J2DPipeline
> (X) Got class = class com.sun.prism.j2d.J2DPipeline
> Initialized prism pipeline: com.sun.prism.j2d.J2DPipeline
> ==========
>
> Questions:
> 1) do these sys reqs also apply to the 2.2 Mac builds
> 2) is this true that if your GPU is not supported then only 2D support is provided? or is it more likely I'm going something wrong?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Adam.


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