I really love the new transparent ordering in J3d 1.3 beta 1. 2 things:
1. I have the same issues some others have had with the mixing of ordered groups with transparency sorting. Specifically we use an ordered group in each overlay to force the proper layering of dynamic controls on panels. This takes the overlays out of the sorting mechanism and allows other translucent geometry to over write them. But if we set the zbuffer to write on the overlays then we don't properly see things behind the translucent geometry. I don't think the posted solution of using postSwap will work for us because the sceengraph controlling the overlays is extremely large and complex. Can anyone else think of a nice solution to force the overlays to either be drawn last, or to allow the geometry in the overlays to be sorted with the other transparent objects (which would be last because they are closest to the view.)? 2. There is a nasty bug in the transparency sorter.. I cannot reproduce it in a small test app. Basically every once in a while all alpha objects just stop rendering, and then later for no reason they will re-appear (like minutes later, and after many changes to the scenegraph). In our recent multi-user tests we have people having to log off occasionally and back in to get their overlays back. I would say with 10 people, someone has to log off every hour or so. I am really hoping Chien posts saying this has already been fixed in beta 2. Dave Yazel =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
