Mixing 2D and 3D

[David Ray]

And Voila! 

Webstart fails again!

"Cannot launch the application…"


<jnlp spec="1.0" xmlns:jfx="http://javafx.com" codebase="http://www.interactivemesh.org/models/webstartjfx/" href="fxTuxCube-0.6_FX3D.jnlp">
  <information>
    <title>FXTuxCube 0.6</title>
    <vendor>InteractiveMesh e.K.</vendor>
    <description>FXTuxCube 0.6</description>
  </information>
  <security>
    <all-permissions/>
  </security>
  <resources>
    <j2se version="1.8+"/>
    <jar href="fxTuxCube-0.6-ssign.jar" size="230000" download="eager"/>
    <jar href="jimObjModelImporterJFX-0.4-ssign.jar" size="30000" download="eager"/>
    <property name="jnlp.packEnabled" value="true"/>
    <property name="prism.dirtyopts" value="false"/>
    <property name="javafx.animation.fullspeed" value="true"/>
  </resources>
  <application-desc main-class="org.interactivemesh.jfx.sample3d.tuxcube.FXTuxCube"/>
  <update check="background"/>
</jnlp>

Re:  FXTuxCube is a simple JavaFX 3D example with 2D elements drawn on top of a 3D SubScene: http://www.interactivemesh.org/models/jfx3dtuxcube.html


Just letting you know (as if you didn't already).  I'm running a iMac 3.4 ghz Intel core i7, with Java SE build 1.7.0_21-b12

David



On Jul 23, 2013, at 6:45 AM, "August Lammersdorf, InteractiveMesh" <sdn at interactivemesh.com> wrote:

> Vidio games usually draw the player's 2D UI elements in a second step on top of the perspective 3D scene in the parallel/orthographic projection mode (overlay or head-up display - HUD).
> 
> This approach is already widest supported by JavaFX even with perspective 3D transforms. Using a StackPane or a self-written layered pane the user interface can be rendered onto the 3D SubScene and can be designed, updated and animated with:
> 
> - layout panes : javafx.scene.layout.*
> - UI controls : subclasses of javafx.scene.control.*
> - two-dimensional shapes : javafx.scene.effect.shape*
> - graphical effects : javafx.scene.effect.*
> - images : javafx.scene.image.*
> - shapes and background filler : javafx.scene.paint.*
> - transformations : javafx.scene.transform
> - animations : javafx.animation
> 
> Is there any other 3D API or game engine based on C++ or Java which can beat this scenario?
> 
> FXTuxCube is a simple JavaFX 3D example with 2D elements drawn on top of a 3D SubScene: http://www.interactivemesh.org/models/jfx3dtuxcube.html
> 
> Worth reading: "User interface design in games" http://www.thewanderlust.net/blog/2010/03/29/user-interface-design-in-video-games/
> 
> August
> 
> Am Sonntag, den 21.07.2013, 16:07 +0200 schrieb Herve Girod <herve.girod at gmail.com>:
>> "What is the use case for rendering 2D pixel-coordinates-based shapes
>> (or even controls) within a 3D scene consisting of meshes constructed
>> on 3D coordinates of arbitrary unit?"
>> 
>> In my field of work (avionics displays),we might have a lot of use
>> cases for that. However, you also have that in video games, where they
>> like to render 2D interactive panels in a 3D perspective in the game
>> world.
>> 
>> Hervé
> 
>