Actually I used your script completely and just replaced your model
and jpg with mine and get your loading message when going through a
browser, but it works fine in Flash.
On Apr 12, 3:32 am, Darcey Lloyd <darcey.ll...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Create a text field and append string into it so you can see what is going
> on.
>
> txt.text += "i am about to load the model";
>
> txt.text += "load failed" + e; // in the fail function handler
> txt.text += "load success - now adding child"; // in the success handler
>
> then see what's written in your text field online.
>
> Probably another path issue. use ./ instead of / and make sure you upload
> you assets to their correct locations etc. Apart from that hope the txt
> field gives more info.
>
> GL
>
> D
>
> On 12 April 2011 02:37, Morantis <ad...@revolutionvps.us> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I used the methods that Darcey used in his example and replaced his
> > model with my own and came up with errors about a null object. I have
> > had these errors come up before in this same context and assumed my
> > max3ds loader scripts were not right, it turned out in the end that
> > both the methods I used were viable and obviously darcey's scripts
> > work fine for him. In the end, this all came down the the simple fact
> > that the path to the model needed the preceding "/". I was using a
> > root folder model and needed to specific to Away3D the exact relative
> > path. This has come up for me in PHP issues before and I jumped right
> > on it, but didn't catch this one early enough. Thanks to all who
> > helped.
>
> > On Apr 10, 11:02 pm, Morantis <ad...@revolutionvps.us> wrote:
> > > I need to know what the exact format and syntax for importing a basic
> > > 3d model into Flash through Away3D is. I have done a lot of searching
> > > and seen various methods that for me seem to produce varying errors or
> > > no visible object. This is just a test to make sure I understand the
> > > concept before actually getting deeply into the programming, so for
> > > that reason I have not used a material for the model. I assume that
> > > Away3D will still produce a visible result, just as a cube or sphere
> > > can be seen without assigning a specific material. Let me say first
> > > that i fully understand the class imports and that is not an issue. I
> > > have used AS on and off, so I understand that for the most part, plus
> > > have other programming experience, so that is not the major issue. I
> > > am using Flash CS5 I believe and AS3 and Flash 10 formats. I have an
> > > intial stage and use an external class for all the Away3D AS
> > > scripting. I am playing with it and basically putting together a
> > > template to build furture Away3D/Flash from. I am going to post the
> > > entire external package here, and I know it has some issues, it copied
> > > and pasted some portions from the Earth/Stars tutorial to save time
> > > and I have used 2 movie clips for zooming in and out on a basic cube.
> > > I used 3DMax to make a very basic torus and exported it to the root
> > > folder for the app and named it tube.3ds, I also produced a smaller
> > > version of the same called tube2.3ds. You will see a lot of commented
> > > out lines as I have tried many methods to import the model. I even
> > > tried as a Wavefront OBJ. I really find this as the last stumbling
> > > block to going somewhere with this software so please help. Here's my
> > > current AS...
>
> > > package
> > > {
>
> > > import flash.display.Sprite;
> > > import away3d.containers.*;
> > > import away3d.core.base.*;
> > > import away3d.primitives.*;
> > > import away3d.materials.*;
> > > import away3d.core.utils.Cast;
> > > import away3d.cameras.*;
> > > import flash.filters.BitmapFilter;
> > > import flash.filters.BitmapFilterQuality;
> > > import flash.filters.BitmapFilterType;
> > > import flash.filters.GlowFilter;
> > > import flash.events.MouseEvent;
> > > import flash.events.Event;
> > > import away3d.core.render.Renderer;
> > > import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;
> > > import flash.events.*;
> > > import away3d.loaders.Max3DS;
> > > import away3d.loaders.Obj;
>
> > > //import fl.motion.MotionEvent;
>
> > > public class hhh extends Sprite
> > > {
>
> > > public function hhh()
> > > {
>
> > > var move:Boolean = false;
> > > var lastPanAngle:Number;
> > > var lastTiltAngle:Number;
> > > var lastMouseX:Number;
> > > var lastMouseY:Number;
> > > var skies:Sphere;
> > > var scene:Scene3D = new Scene3D();
> > > // Create and set up the camera
> > > var camera:HoverCamera3D = new
> > HoverCamera3D({zoom:2,focus:
> > > 200,distance:400});
> > > camera.panAngle = -180;
> > > camera.tiltAngle = 15;
> > > camera.hover(true);
> > > camera.yfactor = 1;
> > > var view:View3D = new
> > View3D({scene:scene,camera:camera});
> > > addChild(view);
> > > view.x = 250;
> > > view.y = 200;
> > > var desk:Cube = new
> > Cube({material:"blue#white"});
> > > desk.height = 15;
> > > desk.width = 150;
> > > desk.depth = 25;
> > > desk.x = 100;
> > > view.scene.addChild(desk);
>
> > > //var tube=new Max3DS();
> > > var tube:Max3DS=new Max3DS.load("tube.3ds");
> > > //var tube2:Obj=new Obj("tube2.obj");
> > > //view.scene.addChild(tube);
> > > tube.scale(100);
> > > view.render();
>
> > > function MouseDown(event:MouseEvent):void
> > > {
> > > lastPanAngle = camera.panAngle;
> > > lastTiltAngle = camera.tiltAngle;
> > > lastMouseX = stage.mouseX;
> > > lastMouseY = stage.mouseY;
> > > move = true;
> > > }
> > > function MouseUp(event:MouseEvent):void
> > > {
> > > move = false;
> > > }
> > > function
> > MouseOverHandlerplus(event:MouseEvent):void
> > > {
> > > // Start your custom code
> > > // This example code displays the words
> > "Moused over" in the
> > > Output panel.
> > > camera.zoom = camera.zoom + 1;
>
> > > // End your custom code
> > > }
> > > function
> > MouseOverHandlerminus(event:MouseEvent):void
> > > {
> > > // Start your custom code
> > > // This example code displays the words
> > "Moused over" in the
> > > Output panel.
> > > camera.zoom = camera.zoom - 1;
>
> > > // End your custom code
> > > }
>
> > > function zoomreset(event:KeyboardEvent):void
> > > {
> > > camera.zoom = 1;
>
> > > }
>
> > > function onEnterFrame(e:Event):void
> > > {// rerender viewport
> > > var cameraSpeed:Number = 0.3;//
> > Approximately same speed as mouse
> > > movement.
> > > if (move)
> > > {
> > > camera.panAngle =
> > cameraSpeed*(stage.mouseX - lastMouseX) +
> > > lastPanAngle;
> > > camera.tiltAngle =
> > cameraSpeed*(stage.mouseY - lastMouseY) +
> > > lastTiltAngle;
> > > }
> > > camera.hover();
> > > view.render();
> > > }
> > > addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,
> > onEnterFrame);
> > > stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,
> > MouseDown);
> > > stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,
> > MouseUp);
> > > plus.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,
> > MouseOverHandlerplus);
> > > zoomout2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,
> > MouseOverHandlerminus);
> > > stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.DOUBLE_CLICK,
> > zoomreset);
> > > stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP,
> > zoomreset);
>
> > > }
> > > }
>
> > > }
>
> > > I can't seem to add a second agument to the new MAX3D without getting
> > > an error, so I stopped even trying that. If I just go with blah:new
> > > Max3D(); then I can't find a way to attach this to a model file.
> > > var tube:Max3DS=new Max3DS.load("tube.3ds");
> > > gives me a method cannot be used as a constructor error. At this
> > > point I cannot remember all the ways I have tried to do this.- Hide
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