Re: [osg-users] Oct 30 - FlightGear cuts over to OpenSceneGraph in CVS HEAD.

Hi Robert, On Monday 06 November 2006 18:10, Robert Osfield wrote: It appears to me that the length of the run length encoding is wrong. That change limits that to the min of the value from the file and the remaining line length. May be this is suficient? I have just added some debug

Re: [osg-users] Oct 30 - FlightGear cuts over to OpenSceneGraph in CVS HEAD.

Hi Mathias, On 11/7/06, Mathias Froehlich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It would be interresting to see if lines beyond that line in question are shifted by some amount? With you workaround in place the textures look fine. It is the right hand pixels that are being dropped. I cannot see any

Re: [osg-users] Application slowdown

Robert Osfield wrote: Hi Tony, Have you tried non NVidia cards? Its a long shot, but there is known problems with NVidia under Windows due to a driver bug. See earlier email about vrjuggler. Hi Robert, I checked over the mailing list and saw some of the references to driver bugs, so I

Re: [osg-users] Oct 30 - FlightGear cuts over to OpenSceneGraph in CVS HEAD.

Robert, On Tuesday 07 November 2006 10:27, Robert Osfield wrote: Ok. If you have an other fix for that. I would like to test that on our rgb files. I have pondered on adding the a check later, but there is two seperate loops later in the code, which would make it better to do the

[osg-users] culling

Hi. Is culling enabled by default? If not, how to enable it? I dont want some geode to be rendered if it is behing camera... Thanks ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@openscenegraph.net http://openscenegraph.net/mailman/listinfo/osg-users

Re: [osg-users] Oct 30 - FlightGear cuts over to OpenSceneGraph in CVS HEAD.

Hi Mathias, On 11/7/06, Mathias Froehlich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As told earlier, I don't know what is *right*. But others can read them. I also doubt that there is an official iso standard for RGB files, true? Oh I can't comment on that, I all can rember is its was a kinda a dafacto

Re: [osg-users] Application slowdown

Hi Tony, On 11/7/06, Tony Glover [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I checked over the mailing list and saw some of the references to driver bugs, so I tried a range of nVidia drivers to see if that made a difference, but alas no. I checked out the latest CVS from last Friday, so I assume that the

Re: [osg-users] culling

Hi Ivan, Culling is enabled by default. Its one of the core reasons for the OSG's existance. Robert. On 11/7/06, Ivan Bolčina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. Is culling enabled by default? If not, how to enable it? I dont want some geode to be rendered if it is behing camera... Thanks

Re: [osg-users] Application slowdown

Hi Robert, I'm currently trawling through the fox developer forums to see if there are any similar instances there, just to see if it is a visual/swapbuffer type thing. I have also just downloaded the nvidia performance kit, so I'll see what that tells me. Thanks, Tony.

Re: [osg-users] Application slowdown

Hi Tony, On 11/7/06, Tony Glover [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm currently trawling through the fox developer forums to see if there are any similar instances there, just to see if it is a visual/swapbuffer type thing. I have also just downloaded the nvidia performance kit, so I'll see what

Re: [osg-users] Oct 30 - FlightGear cuts over to OpenSceneGraph in CVS HEAD.

Hi Mathias, I have just checked in your workaround with a tweak to support multi-byte colour channels. I don't have any such files to test against so I can only hope that its correct. I works fine for your sun.rgba and fine for all the OSG's own .rgb's. A cvs update will get this fix. Could

Re: [osg-users] Application slowdown

Robert Osfield wrote: Try change the window size to see if it has an effect on performance. I tried that and it makes no difference. I seem to have tracked it down to swapbuffers taking a long time to execute, I'll keep delving. Thanks, Tony. ___

Re: [osg-users] Oct 30 - FlightGear cuts over to OpenSceneGraph in CVS HEAD.

Hi, On Tuesday 07 November 2006 13:06, Robert Osfield wrote: I have just checked in your workaround with a tweak to support multi-byte colour channels. I don't have any such files to test against so I can only hope that its correct. I works fine for your sun.rgba and fine for all the OSG's

Re: [osg-users] Application slowdown

Tony, Make sure that you are using the NVidia accelerated OpenGL driver. If you are developing under Linux, then there is a chance that you are inadvertently using Mesa, and that could be slower. You can check which versions of libraries you are using with ldd. Under Windows, a program called

[osg-users] osgconv not producing files or producing zero-sized ones

Hello, I am in the proccess of converting some Inventor files to any of the next formats: flt, obj, stl. The problem is that when I run osgconv on them e.g. obj no obj file is created. The same happens with stl. If I try flt, osgconv chasis.iv chasis.flt a zero-sized file called chasis.flt

Re: [osg-users] Collada writer - image file names and Windows

Roger James wrote: It fixes the file name but I still don't get any textures. I cannot see where my material_effect-sampler is referenced. It would properly be referenced by diffuse or one of the others (eg ambient, specular, etc.). They are defined by either a color or a texture. For your

Re: [osg-users] Oct 30 - FlightGear cuts over to OpenSceneGraph in CVS HEAD.

Hi Mathias, On 11/7/06, Mathias Froehlich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is much left to do. But I am on the way ... The next thing that needs to be done is an updated ac3d Loader. I will come back when it is ready for your comments : ). I'm not the expert on ac3d, so hopefully Geof Michel

Re: [osg-users] Application slowdown

Eric Sokolowsky wrote: Tony, Make sure that you are using the NVidia accelerated OpenGL driver. If you are developing under Linux, then there is a chance that you are inadvertently using Mesa, and that could be slower. You can check which versions of libraries you are using with ldd. Under

Re: [osg-users] osgconv not producing files or producing zero-sized ones

Hi Alberto, The OSG doesn't support writing to .flt, it should be reporting an error I have just tried osgconv cow.osg cow.flt and like you I get a zero length file the lack of error being reported from the .flt plugin is certainly the problem. This doesn't solve your problem though... you

Re: [osg-users] Application slowdown

On 11/7/06, Tony Glover [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm developing under windows and am using the latest drivers. I can switch between osg 1.0 and 1.2 and see the slowdown, and both apps are using the same drivers. I might be worth running a GL debug capture on 1.0 and 1.2 and comparing the

Re: [osg-users] Application slowdown

Robert Osfield wrote: On 11/7/06, Tony Glover [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm developing under windows and am using the latest drivers. I can switch between osg 1.0 and 1.2 and see the slowdown, and both apps are using the same drivers. I might be worth running a GL debug capture on 1.0 and

Re: [osg-users] Colouring geometries

Hi Robert, I tried what you suggested and I'm sorry to say it didn't seem to work. A bit more back ground for you I have a 3DS model that's been loaded, and I essentially want to change the colours that are on the geometries of the model to be something else. Is there anything further

RE: [osg-users] Collada writer - image file names and Windows

The if statement should be if ( phong-getDiffuse() == NULL ) Andy, Thanks, that all seems to work now. I also made some changes to the way in which the extra colour element on the phong texture element was read an written. There were two problems there; first on output the casting of the

Re: [osg-users] Colouring geometries

Hi Neil, I'd recommend writing the file out to .osg and having a look through it, look for Material and ColorArray definitation. Get familiar with where the color settings are. Also read up on glMaterial, as this is what underpins osg::Material. The relationship between glMaterial and

Re: [osg-users] osgconv not producing files or producing zero-sized ones

Hi Robert, Thank you for your fast reply. No, I am not specifically targetting at .flt files. Any of the formats that I mentioned will do, too ( obj, stl). I focused on the flt format because this is only one that got written to disk, however with 0 size. The other formats I tried osgconv

Re: [osg-users] osgconv not producing files or producing zero-sized ones

Hi Alberto, On 11/7/06, Alberto Luaces [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, I am not specifically targetting at .flt files. Any of the formats that I mentioned will do, too ( obj, stl). I focused on the flt format because this is only one that got written to disk, however with 0 size. The other formats

Re: [osg-users] Oct 30 - FlightGear cuts over to OpenSceneGraph in CVS HEAD.

Hi, On Tuesday 07 November 2006 14:11, Robert Osfield wrote: I'm not the expert on ac3d, so hopefully Geof Michel the author can review and chip in. Is he still around here? In summary we have many people reporting performance problems with osg compared to plib especially under win32.

Re: [osg-users] Oct 30 - FlightGear cuts over to OpenSceneGraph in CVS HEAD.

Hi Robert, On Monday 06 November 2006 18:10, Robert Osfield wrote: The question is what to do about it. Do you know the history of this file? Is there some export tool that is being used that is creating doggy .rgbs? He told me now that he used gimp(!) for that ... Greetings

Re: [osg-users] Oct 30 - FlightGear cuts over to OpenSceneGraph in CVS HEAD.

HI Mathias, On 11/7/06, Mathias Froehlich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is he still around here? Geoff occassionally pops up now and then, not sure he's on osg-uers right now :-) Anyway, do you have any methods to do OpenGL profiling? Can I find out what parts of the scenegraph are more

Re: [osg-users] osgconv not producing files or producing zero-sized ones

Thank you very much Robert, now I understand. I will go through the COLLADA route. Alberto. El Martes, 7 de Noviembre de 2006 15:32, Robert Osfield escribió: Hi Alberto, On 11/7/06, Alberto Luaces [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, I am not specifically targetting at .flt files. Any of the

[osg-users] interpolation with osg::AnimationPath

Hi,does osg::AnimationPath interpolate between 2 point?Thank'sBen ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@openscenegraph.net http://openscenegraph.net/mailman/listinfo/osg-users http://www.openscenegraph.org/

Re: [osg-users] interpolation with osg::AnimationPath

On 11/7/06, Benoît Poulard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, does osg::AnimationPath interpolate between 2 point? Yes. ___ osg-users mailing list osg-users@openscenegraph.net http://openscenegraph.net/mailman/listinfo/osg-users

RE: [osg-users] Performance question

I Hope that's 500 transforms should **NOT* kill things though 500 transforms is nothing on today's processors Best Regards Gordon __ Gordon Tomlinson Email : gordon.tomlinson @ overwatch.com YIM/AIM: Gordon3dBrit MSN IM :

Re: [osg-users] Performance question

On 11/7/06, Gordon Tomlinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I Hope that's 500 transforms should **NOT* kill things though 500 transforms is nothing on today's processors Errh yep, another classic bobbo typo :-) 500 transforms should not cause a serious bottleneck. It might not be the most

[osg-users] Release 1.2 or current CVS?

Hi Everyone, My group is updating our OSG project, and we want to bring it up to date with the best version of OSG to date. So, should we use what is currently CVS or just release 1.2? We know there have been some changes to the library since September, but we arent sure of the risk vs.

Re: [osg-users] osgconv not producing files or producing zero-sized ones

On 11/7/06, Alberto Luaces [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you very much Robert, now I understand. I will go through the COLLADA route. I have applied some improvements to the osgconv reporting of failed writing of files, and did a bug fix to the OpenFlight plugin so it doesn't erroneously

[osg-users] DAE osgPlugin compilation problems

Hello, I am trying to build the COLLADA plugin for OSG. I have downloaded the COLLADA DOM at Sourceforge, COLLADA_1.4.1_DOM_1.1.0.zip I have succesfully built it. However, only static libraries are created (.a). When I try to make the plugin, the linker stops and gives an error about that:

Re: [osg-users] Release 1.2 or current CVS?

Hi Chase, Having people use the CVS version of the OSG is good for the project as it allows us to get feedback on new API's, implementations and detect bugs before they make it into a final dot release. However, the CVS might not always compile, and bugs may come and go, so to make the best of

Re: [osg-users] Application slowdown

Hi Robert, I think that I may have got to the bottom of it. I've got the trial version of gDEBugger that comes with the nVidia performance kit so I can look at all the gl calls that are happening. Essentially I have a node callback that generates geometry on each call and then renders it.

[osg-users] Producer TrackBall LookAt problem

Hi I have a problem with the Producer::TackBall When I use my own function LookAtSelection (code below), I get the focus at the center point of the screen, but then the trackball doesn't work as I want, because it doesn't rotate around the new center point. I've been many days trying to solve

Re: [osg-users] slightly ot: gcc 4.x versus linux nvidia drivers rel. 7676

Dear all, Jan Wurster wrote: Maybe somebody on this list has experienced similar issues? On a sidenote - I've just installed a slightly dated ATI firegl thingy with amd/ati's current proprietary driver release - and everything's well ;) Actually, the performance is kind of nice as well.

Re: [osg-users] culling

Thanks Robert 2006/11/7, Robert Osfield [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Ivan,Culling is enabled by default.Its one of the core reasons fortheOSG's existance. Robert.On 11/7/06, Ivan Bolčina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. Is culling enabled by default? If not, how to enable it? I dont want some geode to be

[osg-users] Cockpit communication tv and rendering flash animation to texture

Hi. I would like to implement Wing Commander style communication TV. I would animate a character using cal project and render it to a texture and then display that texture on some rectangle. Is this the right way to do it? (I am using delta3d libraries) Secondly, is it possible to render Flash

Re: [osg-users] DAE osgPlugin compilation problems

On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 18:05 +0100, Alberto Luaces wrote: Hello, I am trying to build the COLLADA plugin for OSG. I have downloaded the COLLADA DOM at Sourceforge, COLLADA_1.4.1_DOM_1.1.0.zip I have succesfully built it. However, only static libraries are created (.a). When I try

Re: [osg-users] Producer TrackBall LookAt problem

Hi Miguel, Could you subscribe to Producer-users for these questions? We will try to leave the OSG folks alone with Producer problems. (http://openscenegraph.net/mailman/listinfo/Producer-users), The reason you are getting identical behavior is that you are setting the matrix directly on the

[osg-users] Colouring Geometries...

Hi Robert, I've tracked down what my problem was. The 3DS files had materials, which were translated to materials on the drawables of the geods. I'm altering the material now to achieve what I needed to. Many thanks for the help. Regards Neil.

[osg-users] Earth model with terrain relief

Hi, Today I tried to create an earth model with terrain relief using osgdem and Blue Marble images. Here is the steps: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/BlueMarble_monthlies.html Download 'topographic shading' image, split it to 2048x2048 west.png and 2048x2048 east.png

Re: [osg-users] Application slowdown

Hi Tony, The policy on display lits hasn't changed since 1.0. The code itself should be identical too. Could there be an uninitialized variable in your code? Robert. On 11/7/06, Tony Glover [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Robert, I think that I may have got to the bottom of it. I've got the

Re: [osg-users] slightly ot: gcc 4.x versus linux nvidia drivers rel. 7676

HI Jan, I'm using NVidia's 2.0.2 NVIDIA 87.62 under Suse 10.0 64 bit. I run multi-threaded, multiple-graphics card every day without problems. I have Althon64 X2 and 2 7800GTs. I haven't tried changing drivers at all recently. The compiler is: gcc --version gcc (GCC) 4.0.2 20050901

Re: [osg-users] Cockpit communication tv and rendering flash animation to texture

Hi Ivan, On 11/7/06, Ivan Bolčina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to implement Wing Commander style communication TV. I would animate a character using cal project and render it to a texture and then display that texture on some rectangle. Is this the right way to do it? (I am using

Re: [osg-users] Earth model with terrain relief

Hi Toshiyuki, On 11/7/06, Toshiyuki TAKAHEI [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: osgdem --bluemarble-west -t west.tif --bluemarble-east -t east.tif \ --whole-globe -d topo.tif --geocentric -v 1.0 -l 5 -o earth.ive Not works properly. I got a high resolution textured globe model without any height

Re: [osg-users] Cockpit communication tv and rendering flash animation to texture

I just released a library/test app that renders Web browser content to memory/textures and with a little tweaking, it supports playback of Flash (non-interactive yet though - that's in progress). It uses the same codebase as Firefox 2.0. I've been meaning to grab the OSG SDK and make an OSG

Re: [osg-users] Application slowdown

Robert Osfield wrote: Hi Tony, The policy on display lits hasn't changed since 1.0. The code itself should be identical too. Could there be an uninitialized variable in your code? Hi Robert, I've now fixed it. I was clearing down the geometry on each callback via a call to

[osg-users] OSG Producer and VTP

Hi I'm still a bit of a newbie at the whole graphics industry, but I'm trying to integrate OSG with is multiple window capability using Producer with the terrain generation of VTP (vtterrain). 1) Is this a possibility and are there any examples of the combination of both applications? The main