Help with sphere

[puddney webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

hey all,

i have been using director for a while now, but have never done anything fancy. I am working on a site and for it too look good i need a sphere with a texture attached to appear when it is loaded. also it needs a pivot point in which it can rotate on (if possible) and for it to move around on that point where ever i move the mouse.....so like it follows it. Any help would be great :-)

Thanks

Puddney

[markinoregon]

Well,, first, you need to create a primitive in Director, primitives are 3D
geometric forms.
Your primitive would be a sphere.
So you need to create a model resource for your sphere, the basic syntax is
this:
member(which member).newModelResource("resourceName", #sphere #both)

then you use the newModel command to create a model that uses the resource:
member(whichmember).newModel("modelName", resourceRef)
resourceRef is the reference to the model resource you created.

Textures and shaders are another matter.

I'm new to creating models too and adding textures, but I think I'm getting
it down.
If you want I could whip up a sphere with a texture
and copy the syntax here for you to study, or e-mail the completed movie to
you.


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markinoregon

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"puddney" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> hey all,
>
> i have been using director for a while now, but have never done anything

fancy. I am working on a site and for it too look good i need a sphere with
a texture attached to appear when it is loaded. also it needs a pivot point
in which it can rotate on (if possible) and for it to move around on that
point where ever i move the mouse.....so like it follows it. Any help would
be great :-)

>
> Thanks
>
> Puddney
>
>

[puddney webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

man i would love to be able to see some code so i could study it, thank you for your help :-)

Puddney

[markinoregon]

This code creates a sphere, with some lighting.
you still need to open the 3D shockwave viewer and create a 3D cast member
called "solarSystem"
save it as an empty member.... the sphere will be created in that member

set an on exit frame for your sprite in the score so the movie loops

global obj --The 3D member

global mr1 --The model resource

global md1 --The model

on prepareMovie

obj = member("solarSystem") -- for ease of typing

--Clear the member for easy restarting.

--Otherwise, names will conflict.

obj.resetWorld()


-- Create the new model resource.

mr1 = obj.newModelResource("sunSphere", #sphere, #front)

-- Set the model's radius property

mr1.radius = 50


-- Create the model and assign the resource

md1 = obj.newModel("sun")

md1.resource = obj.modelResource("sunSphere")


-- Create an ambient light and set the color

obj.newLight("myAmbient", #ambient)

obj.light("myAmbient").color = rgb(210, 210, 210)

-- Create a point light source, set the position and color

obj.newLight("myPoint", #point)

obj.light("myPoint").transform.position = vector(150, 200, 0)

obj.light("myPoint").color = rgb(255, 255, 255)

end


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markinoregon

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"puddney" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> man i would love to be able to see some code so i could study it, thank

you for your help :-)

>
> Puddney
>
>