Li,
TextField3D needs a couple of classes that I cannot find in the updated
Away3D trunk:
import wumedia.parsers.swf.DefineFont;
import wumedia.vector.VectorText;
Can you help?
Thanks!
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Li
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 12:53 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [away3d] Re: What is the latest/best/simplest 3d text method to
use?
I don't use Flash for coding, so I can't tell you much, but I think its
something like that. I'm sure its highly googleable.
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Ralph Brooker <[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks, Li. I assume the statement:
[Embed(systemFont="Arial", fontName="_Arial",
mimeType="application/x-font")]
is a Flex directive? For those of us using Flash CS3 environment, can you
give some tips on how to embed the font? Is it as simple as creating a new
Font in the library and defining the linkage name as Arial?
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Li
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 11:42 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [away3d] Re: What is the latest/best/simplest 3d text method to
use?
Ok, its online.
It will be limited for the time being, but I guess it will help you out
anyways.
Perhaps if there are minor things you need, don't hesitate to tell me.
Usage is something like this:
[Embed(systemFont="Arial", fontName="_Arial",
mimeType="application/x-font")]
public var Arial:Class;
Font.registerFont(Arial);
VectorText.extractFont(root.loaderInfo.bytes);
var textfield:TextField3D = new TextField3D("_Arial",
{textColor:0xFF0000, text:"Hey", size:200, leading:20, kerning:0,
textWidth:1000, align:"TL"});
textfield.x -= textfield.objectWidth/2;
textfield.y += textfield.objectHeight/2;
_scene.addChild(textfield);
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Ralph Brooker <[email protected]> wrote:
Li, I would also very much appreciate it if you could commit and explain
your dynamic vector text capability! We are developing materials teaching
topics like latitude, longitude, and satellite orbits, so the ability to
apply 3D labels would help students better understand the concepts we are
explaining.
Thanks in advance,
Ralph
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Li
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 10:12 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [away3d] Re: What is the latest/best/simplest 3d text method to
use?
Hey,
I'll commit dynamic vector text capability in away3d if you need it. Im
still developing it, but if you think it would help i could commit it and
shortly explain how to use it?
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:25 PM, MadMax <[email protected]> wrote:
Thankyou for the reply.
I like the globe example, very nice.
I've had a go prior to asking, and sounds like the sort of thing I was
trying to make work and couldn't get the text to sit above the objects
and got really frustrated and abandoned my attempt at a game, for a
month now.
I want to display the numbers 0 -5 , or a ? or the words King, Queen,
Rook , Bishop , Knight above the 3d objects and chess board. Such a
simple concept yet it's frustrated me no end no getting desired
result.
I may want to have the text rotate while they sit above the object. I
don't want the text to have a background.
Sounds like I could have had a zsort issue.
Any links to code anywhere, or is the 3d text going to be implemented
any time soon?
Cheers,
Max
On Jun 17, 9:43 pm, elguapoloco <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Personally I would consider 2 approaches.
>
> If the text needs to be full 3D (rotated, with perspective, etc) you
> could just use a function to generate dynamically a bitmap with the
> desired text and use that as a texture on a Plane or use a
> MovieclipMaterial (if the text or sprite has animation). This was a
> little experiment using Dynamic text + MovieMaterial +
Plane:http://clients.stcassociates.com/stc/rss3D/index.html
>
> If the text just needs to z sorted and always faces the camera, I
> would use Sprite2D to display it. The advantage of this is that the
> user can always read the text.
> This is an example of Sprite2D text in a project I am working
on:http://clients.stcassociates.com/stc/locationsMap/demo2/STC_Locations...
>
> The base is the same in both approaches. You generate a sprite with a
> textfield draw it into BitmapData and use that as a texture.
>
> There is a branch with a Type class inside Away3D but I haven't tried
> it yet.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jerome.
