Also you are missing the event like:
function showLoaderResult(event:Event):void {
On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Peter Kapelyan <[email protected]> wrote:
> I would rename the function from contentLoaderInfo since thats a reserved
> name. Also add an error event if that doesn't work, so you can see what the
> error may be (possibly sandbox etc).
>
> -Pete
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 4:41 PM, away3dfan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm doing something wrong, but I'm not sure what it is. Here is my
>> code, from what I understand of as3, this should replace the texture
>> almost instantly, but the contentLoaderInfo() never gets called. The
>> code should be well-commented. Any idea why the function isn't
>> getting called or what else might be going wrong?
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> =================================
>>
>> package
>> {
>> import away3d.containers.View3D;
>> import away3d.lights.DirectionalLight3D;
>> import away3d.materials.BitmapFileMaterial;
>> import away3d.materials.PhongBitmapMaterial;
>> import away3d.primitives.Cube;
>> import away3d.primitives.Sphere;
>> import away3d.core.utils.Cast;
>> import away3d.core.base.Mesh;
>> import away3d.core.base.Face;
>> import away3d.core.base.Vertex;
>> import flash.events.Event;
>>
>> import flash.display.Bitmap;
>> import flash.display.Sprite;
>>
>> import flash.display.BitmapData;
>> import away3d.materials.BitmapMaterial;
>>
>> import away3d.materials.ColorMaterial;
>>
>> import flash.net.URLRequest;
>> import flash.display.Loader;
>>
>> [SWF(width="500", height="200", frameRate="60",
>> backgroundColor="#FFFFFF")]
>> public class Main extends Sprite
>> {
>> private var mycube:Cube;
>> private var my_loader:Loader;
>> private var my_url:URLRequest;
>>
>> public function Main()
>> {
>> // camera
>> var view:View3D = new View3D({x:250,y:100});
>> addChild(view);
>>
>> // create cube
>> mycube = new Cube();
>> mycube.width = 300;
>> mycube.height = 300;
>> mycube.depth = 300;
>> mycube.x = mycube.y = mycube.z = 0;
>> mycube.material = new BitmapMaterial(new
>> BitmapData(128, 128,
>> false, 0xFF0000));
>> view.scene.addChild( mycube );
>>
>> // begin load of new texture
>> my_loader = new Loader();
>> my_url = new URLRequest("C:/pic.jpg");
>> my_loader.load( my_url );
>> // complete load, apply texture
>>
>> my_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,
>> contentLoaderInfo);
>>
>> // lights
>> var light:DirectionalLight3D = new
>> DirectionalLight3D();
>> view.scene.addChild(light);
>> light.y = 500;
>> light.x = -300;
>> light.z = -200;
>>
>> // render
>> view.render();
>> }
>>
>> private function contentLoaderInfo():void
>> {
>> // I would replace this argument with my_url but I
>> get implicit
>> coercion errors:
>> mycube.material = new BitmapFileMaterial(
>> "C:/pic.jpg" );
>>
>> // this line never changes the cube to green, which
>> means this
>> function is not getting called at all:
>> mycube.material = new BitmapMaterial(new
>> BitmapData(128, 128,
>> false, 0x00FF00));
>> }
>> }
>> }
>>
>> On Jul 1, 4:25 pm, Fabrice3D <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > or cube.material = new BitmapFileMaterial(url);
>> >
>> > for an swf its indeed a flash basic loader, once loaded, pass the
>> > loader data to MovieMaterial as MovieClip
>> >
>> > Fabrice
>> >
>> > On Jul 1, 2009, at 10:01 PM, Peter Kapelyan wrote:
>> >
>> > > Let me know if this helps or is too vague:
>> >
>> > > 1. Make cube with some default Bitmapmaterial like this:
>> >
>> > > mycube.material=new BitmapMaterial(new BitmapData(128, 128, false,
>> > > 0xFF0000));
>> >
>> > > 2. Load your jpg with URLRequest add contentLoaderInfo listener.
>> >
>> > > 3. On listener COMPLETE replace the bitmap something like this:
>> >
>> > > mycube.material.bitmap=event.target.content.bitmapData;
>> >
>> > > Let me know if it makes sense. There may be a shorter way, but this
>> > > is how I am used to doing it.
>> >
>> > > -Pete
>> >
>> > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 3:43 PM, away3dfan <[email protected]>
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> > > Absolutely. I want to create a cube in actionscript similar to the
>> > > following (not tested for errors):
>> >
>> > > var c = new Cube({ width:300, height:300, depth:20} );
>> >
>> > > Then I want to assign an image to one of the faces, the image should
>> > > rest in a URL, say, this one:
>> http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2008/world_water/water_01.jpg
>> >
>> > > Additionally, as I mentioned before, I would like to be able to apply
>> > > SWF files in the same way, but that's not as important, and I don't
>> > > know if it's even possible under away3d.
>> >
>> > > On Jul 1, 2:55 pm, Peter Kapelyan <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > > > Can you tell us exactly what you are trying to do, also I can try
>> > > to help.
>> >
>> > > > For instance >
>> >
>> > > > Make cube,
>> > > > Apply Bitmap Material
>> > > > Change Bitmap Material
>> >
>> > > > etc?
>> >
>> > > > Not quite sure what you mean by native as3 object jpgs (the ones
>> > > in the
>> > > > library?)
>> >
>> > > > -Pete
>> >
>> > > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:48 PM, away3dfan <[email protected]>
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> > > > > Thanks for your time.
>> >
>> > > > > I've been on the api pages including
>> > > > >http://www.away3d.com/livedocs/away3d/loaders/data/
>> > > MaterialData.html
>> > > > > trying half a dozen different loaders, flash.display.Loader,
>> > > > > away3d.loaders.data.MaterialData, etc., and looking at over 9000
>> > > > > tutorials trying to intuit how it's done, but I didn't come up
>> > > with
>> > > > > anything specific to native as3 object jpgs (or other formats)
>> > > applied
>> > > > > directly to polygons, and for the life of me I can't figure out
>> > > how to
>> > > > > load one of these materials (or swfs) into away3d in this way.
>> >
>> > > > > Ideally, I would like to do both external images and reflected
>> > > data
>> > > > > streams (such as youtube) which may or may not be possible.
>> >
>> > > > > But for now, I'd be happy with simple jpg importing.
>> >
>> > > > > Appreciate any help.
>> >
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