[away3d] Problems with examples and object sizes

[George Profenza]

Hi,

I started with the ExPlane file katopz pointed me to. Initially I
worked on a macbook.
When I moved the files to an iMac the file looked different.

Here is the simple code:

package
{
        import __AS3__.vec.Vector;

        import away3dlite.materials.*;
        import away3dlite.primitives.*;
        import away3dlite.templates.*;

        import flash.display.Bitmap;
        import flash.display.BlendMode;

        [SWF
(backgroundColor="#000000",frameRate="30",quality="MEDIUM",width="800",height="600")]

        /**
         * Plane test
         */
        public class ExPlane extends BasicTemplate
        {
                [Embed(source="people_in_room2.jpg")]
                private var Texture:Class;

                private var plane:Plane;
                private var textureBitmap:Bitmap;
                /**
                 * @inheritDoc
                 */
                override protected function onInit():void
                {
                        camera.z = -900;

                        textureBitmap = Bitmap(new Texture());
                        view.addChild(textureBitmap);

                        textureBitmap.x = -textureBitmap.width/2;
                        textureBitmap.y = -textureBitmap.height/2;
                        textureBitmap.z = 0.00000001;
                        //textureBitmap.alpha = .01;
                        textureBitmap.blendMode = BlendMode.DIFFERENCE;

                        var segments:uint = 1;
                        var planeMaterial:BitmapMaterial = new BitmapMaterial
(textureBitmap.bitmapData.clone());
                        planeMaterial.smooth = true;
                        plane = new Plane(planeMaterial, textureBitmap.width,
textureBitmap.height, segments, segments);
                        plane.bothsides = true;
                        plane.rotationX = 90;

                        scene.addChild(plane);
                }

                /**
                 * @inheritDoc
                 */
                override protected function onPreRender():void
                {
                        plane.rotationY = -(stage.stageWidth - mouseX) * .51;
                }
        }
}

It displays the plane pretty tiny. I had to make the plane 20 times
larger on the iMac to get the same result as on the macbook:

plane = new Plane(planeMaterial, textureBitmap.width*20,
textureBitmap.height*20, segments, segments);

I can't think of any reason why I should change my code when I change
if from one machine to another, both having the same os. Why are these
sizes affected by the user's resolution ? Is there a fix for this ?

Thanks,
George