Hey Manic,
Following the updates is the best way to learn the API as it evolves,
on other hand use
with caution on commercial projects. Even if the trunk is quite robust.
It is wize to make a copy of your working Away before update.
Fabrice
On Jan 26, 2009, at 8:21 PM, Manic wrote:
Hi, I just updated it and i've got to say, it has improved my
leakiness, it seems to leak at about half the rate it used to, however
it still leaks, so i assume this is more my problem than yours.
I haven't had opportunity to code for the last few days so I'm gonna
attempt what fabrice suggested and move the faces from the back to the
front, I'll let you know how I get on.
Out of interest, how often should I update my source? You seem to be
extremely proactive in making updates.
On Jan 24, 4:03 pm, Rob Bateman <[email protected]> wrote:
Hey Manic
try updating your source from the latest trunk version 2.2.7 -
there have
been substantial improvements addressing memory leaks which should
help your
tunnel code. Although this version is still in development, so it
would be
interesting to hear if you notice any difference in memory
consumption
cheers
Rob
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Fabrice <[email protected]> wrote:
shape changes can actually be done the easy way with the
NormalUVModifier
without actually redo the mesh.
As3mod library also offer pretty cool options for this.
for face generation, look into primitives package.
Fabrice
On Jan 22, 2009, at 12:14 AM, Manic wrote:
Thanks for the reply,
I've had a good look at the geometry class (mainly due to being
thrown
into it by errors) and can't really make heads nor tails of it.
The addFace function still requires a face to function (unless i'm
missing something fundamental) and its creating the extraneous face
objects which is giving me my memory leak.
I thought about simply scrolling the texture, but as the shape of
the
tunnel itself changes, it would give a different effect... wouldn't
it? (I may try that tomorrow just in case actually).
The moving the faces thing sounds difficult, also I've tried
updating
the properties of a face and its given me lots of errors, I was
probably doing something wrong though.
Cheers
Martin
On Jan 21, 10:13 pm, Fabrice <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Martin,
Take a look at the way it's done in Geometry class.
Looking at your demo, why don't you just move the faces behind
cam to
front instead of making new ones?
then you do not need to build new faces... no need to clear
them...
You also can do this by just "scrolling" the map with the
TransformBitmapMaterial.
No mesh update required. Only if the objects are not moving in
space
of course.
Fabrice
On Jan 21, 2009, at 10:45 PM, Manic wrote:
Hi, first of all introduction;
I'm a graphic designer/coder based in Sheffield and I'm really
enjoying getting into Away3d.
enough about me, more about my problems ;)
I'm creating a game where the player travels through a continuous
randomly created tunnel. To do this I'm creating new faces and
then
using the add face command to create new sections to the
tunnel. the
problem is that this is creating loads of new face objects that I
can't seem to remove from memory properly, thus I'm creating a
memory
leak.
the demo is here;
http://www.10thplanet-clients.com/bin-release/Hacker.html
and the code is here;
http://www.10thplanet-clients.com/bin-release/srcview/
(the offending code is at hack.Tunnel)
I've tried just about everything I can think of and find online
with
no luck.
If anyone can point me in the right direction I'd be eternally
grateful.
Cheers
Martin
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Flash Development & Consultancy
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