I'm not sure of the reason for this, but I've found if you create the cone
and then call cone.setAppearance( new Appearance() ) the whole cone is
drawn (works on all occurances of this problem I've run into)
(My card is a Velocity 4400)
C-ya
Chad Zalkin
-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn Proctor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Java3D mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sunday, January 24, 1999 1:53 PM
Subject: [java3d] Java3D & nVidia Riva TNT chips
>Hi
>
>I've recently tried to use Java3D with a Diamond Viper 550 (based on
>the nVidia Riva TNT chip) and have discovered many problems with it;
>for example:
>
> - only one face of each cone drawn in ConicWorld
> - central, lit sphere not drawn in SphereMotion
>
>and a general overall lack of performance. The acceleration from my
>old STB Velocity 128 is much better.
>
>Looking in the archives, I've discovered that many others have the
>same problem; is there a solution?
>
>I've tried using the latest versions of both the Diamond drivers and
>the nVidia reference drivers, to no avail.
>
>Any suggestions? This card works flawlessly with all other apps,
>including VRML browsers, giving great acceleration. I really hope I
>can get it to work with j3d.
>
>Cheers
>
>Glenn.
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