Hey this book is great! I got it from Apress as a ebook early last week.
I have found it difficult in the past to learn about 3d in Flash. This book has many small, neat, and well coded examples. Im on chapter 4 and i have a long way to go. I feel that by the end of the book ill be very much upto date and be able to explore new experiments on my own. There is one issue im having however, not sure if most of you guys are waiting for the paper version so i thought id mention it? Chapter 4 - LoadingExternalModels: When i try to load monkey.3ds and place it in a LoaderCube, i get a stream error. This happens both locally and remotely and is almost certainly my own fault. However what im curious about is that the stream error is caused by "ape_normals". That is, if i load from domain.com/monkey.3ds, my AS3 looks for this domain.com/ape_normals Im not sure if the API has been tweaked since the book was finalised, or if the monkey.3ds file is wrong in some way, or if there is a missing file from the project files on friends of ed? All the best. Clark. On 18 May 2010 19:17, joebass <[email protected]> wrote: > Awesome! I just ordered my copy. Glad you bumped this thread or I > wouldn't have known. Thanks for the great engine, team. > > On May 18, 9:27 am, Rob Bateman <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanx Micheal! The book was a group effort, but the main contributors were >> myself, Richard and Greg so equal credit goes to each of us. we'll no doubt >> publish a full breakdown of the contents on away3d.com in the coming days, >> but as a general overview the book is intended for beginner - intermediate >> level. The recent tidying of the source for the 2.5 / 3.5 release go hand in >> hand with some of the principals clarified in the book, so it may even be >> useful for seasoned Away3D'ers interested in going over the fundamentals of >> the engine. >> >> both us and uk amazon sites are currently registering in stock, and if you >> are based in a further flung location you can always buy the online pdf >> version from friendsofed.com. reviews welcome! >> >> cheers >> >> Rob >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 5:30 PM, richardolsson <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Cheers! >> >> > On May 10, 4:21 pm, Ralph Brooker <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > I just received the two copies I had pre-ordered from Amazon. It looks >> > > great! I have been using Away3D for almost two years, and just glancing >> > > through the book I can already see that it explains many fundamental >> > > concepts that have been hazy for me. >> >> > > Congratulations Rob, Richards, and Greg! >> >> > > Ralph >> >> > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> > *On >> > > Behalf Of *Dmitry Markman >> > > *Sent:* Monday, May 10, 2010 9:40 AM >> > > *To:* [email protected] >> > > *Subject:* Re: [away3d] Congratulation to Rob Bateman for the first >> > Away3D >> > > book ! >> >> > > well add few weeks from now, because >> >> > > Amazon says 3-5 week availability >> >> > > and Barnes and Nobles says it will be released at May 18 >> >> > > On May 10, 2010, at 9:29 AM, Fabrice3D wrote: >> >> > > If we get less questions from your side in few days, we'll know for sure >> > > the book is good :)) >> >> > > Fabrice >> >> > > On May 10, 2010, at 1:05 PM, Michael Iv wrote: >> >> > > -- >> > > Michael Ivanov ,Programmer >> > > Neurotech Solutions Ltd. >> > > Flex|Air |3D|Unity|www.neurotechresearch.com >> > > Tel:054-4962254 >> > > [email protected] >> > > [email protected] >> >> > > Dmitry Markman >> >> -- >> Rob Bateman >> Flash Development & Consultancy >> >> [email protected] Hide quoted >> text - >> >> - Show quoted text - >
