Pete -- It's the interactivity that has me the most perplexed, though thank you for the reply. I think there's also a .hud property that is a Sprite and can be set to do the same sort of thing.
In my case, I have a steering wheel, buttons and levers that need to be pressed/turned/flipped that will affect how you move through the scene and interact with 3D elements. I need to have functionality in there to turn the wheel and twist the camera properly in response. I'll also need, for example, a lever to raise and lower a 3D hook mesh in the scene when dragged up or down. Again, thank you for the quick reply! On Oct 14, 5:30 pm, Peter Kapelyan <[email protected]> wrote: > Adding another movieClip (or setting it's index to be) above the "view" > (which is a movieclip also), will make that HUD appear above your "view" > movieclip :) > > -Pete > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Jay <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello hello, new to the group and glad to be here. > > > I am currently working on a demo for a company using Away3D to make a > > 3D interactive construction site where you pilot a crane from the > > cockpit. My boss is currently suggesting I use a 2D HUD resembling > > the crane's cab to navigate through the world. I've been looking into > > using Movie Materials on a Plane set in front of the camera, so that > > the bulk of the coding can be done separately and put in as a finished > > file. The problem would be to alter the 3D world (the parent SWF) > > from the interactions on the 2D HUD (the child SWF). Is this > > possible? Can data be passed between the two SWFs? > > > Alternatively, is there a better/simpler way of going about setting up > > an interactive 2D HUD? I'm still getting the grasp of Away3D and > > there isn't a whole lot explaining how to integrate in a way that I've > > found usable. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks! > > > (I am using Away3D in a Flex Library in Flash Builder 4, by the by) > > -- > ___________________ > > Actionscript 3.0 Flash 3D Graphics Engine > > HTTP://AWAY3D.COM
