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Adding XML to the Papervision Coverflow

Papervision Coverflow XML feed

As a simple addition to yesterday's coverflow post, I wanted to show the same example but with loading images via XML. For simplicity sake the XML is loaded and parsed all in the main file.

The structure for our XML is very simple:

XML:
  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
  2. <data>
  3.     <image><![CDATA[images/image1.jpg]]></image>
  4.     <image><![CDATA[images/image2.jpg]]></image>
  5.     <image><![CDATA[images/image3.jpg]]></image>
  6.     <image><![CDATA[images/image5.jpg]]></image>
  7.     <image><![CDATA[images/image4.jpg]]></image>
  8.     <image><![CDATA[images/image6.jpg]]></image>
  9.     <image><![CDATA[images/image7.jpg]]></image>
  10. </data>

We simply load our XML file with BulkLoader

Actionscript:
  1. protected function loadXML():void
  2. {
  3.     bulkInstance = new BulkLoader("bulkInstance");     
  4.     bulkInstance.add(xmlPath);
  5.     bulkInstance.addEventListener(BulkProgressEvent.COMPLETE, onXMLReady);
  6.     bulkInstance.start();
  7. }

Parse the results, now adding the images to the BulkLoader:

Actionscript:
  1. protected function onXMLReady(evt:BulkProgressEvent):void
  2. {
  3.     bulkInstance.removeEventListener(BulkProgressEvent.COMPLETE, onXMLReady);
  4.     bulkInstance.addEventListener(BulkProgressEvent.COMPLETE, onImagesReady);
  5.    
  6.     var xml:XML = bulkInstance.getXML(xmlPath);
  7.     var xmlList:XMLList = xml.image;
  8.    
  9.     for (var i:int = 0; i <xmlList.length(); i++)
  10.     {
  11.         var imagePath:String = String(xmlList[i])
  12.         bulkInstance.add(imagePath);
  13.        
  14.         //Add path to array for later access
  15.         images.push(imagePath);
  16.     }
  17.    
  18.     //Set our number of items based on how many images we load
  19.     numItems = images.length;
  20. }

When our images are ready we can continue the process of setting up our coverflow. But now using the images we just loaded for our materials.

Actionscript:
  1. var mat:BitmapMaterial  = new BitmapMaterial(bulkInstance.getBitmapData(images[i]));

It's that simple. Be sure to let us know if you find this useful and are able to use it in a project.

Here is the full code:

Actionscript:
  1. package
  2. {
  3.     import br.com.stimuli.loading.BulkLoader;
  4.     import br.com.stimuli.loading.BulkProgressEvent;
  5.     import flash.display.Sprite;
  6.     import flash.events.MouseEvent;
  7.     import flash.filters.GlowFilter;
  8.     import gs.easing.Quint;
  9.     import gs.TweenLite;
  10.     import org.papervision3d.events.InteractiveScene3DEvent;
  11.     import org.papervision3d.materials.BitmapMaterial;
  12.     import org.papervision3d.objects.DisplayObject3D;
  13.     import org.papervision3d.objects.primitives.Plane;
  14.     import org.papervision3d.view.BasicView;
  15.    
  16.     /**
  17.      * ...
  18.      * @author Charlie Schulze, charlie[at]woveninteractive[dot]com
  19.      * Licensed under the MIT license: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
  20.      */
  21.    
  22.     public class Main extends BasicView
  23.     {
  24.         protected var planes:Array = [];
  25.         protected var images:Array = [];
  26.         protected var numItems:Number;
  27.         protected var currentItem:Number = 3;
  28.         protected var angle:Number = 25;       
  29.         protected var rightBtn:Sprite;
  30.         protected var leftBtn:Sprite;
  31.         protected var xmlPath:String = "xml/imageXML.xml";
  32.         protected var bulkInstance:BulkLoader;
  33.        
  34.         public function Main():void
  35.         {
  36.             //Make sure that your scene is set to interactive
  37.             super(640, 480, true, true);
  38.             loadXML();
  39.         }
  40.        
  41.         //First load our XML
  42.         protected function loadXML():void
  43.         {
  44.             bulkInstance = new BulkLoader("bulkInstance");     
  45.             bulkInstance.add(xmlPath);
  46.             bulkInstance.addEventListener(BulkProgressEvent.COMPLETE, onXMLReady);
  47.             bulkInstance.start();
  48.         }
  49.        
  50.         //When our xml is ready parse and load our images
  51.         protected function onXMLReady(evt:BulkProgressEvent):void
  52.         {
  53.             bulkInstance.removeEventListener(BulkProgressEvent.COMPLETE, onXMLReady);
  54.             bulkInstance.addEventListener(BulkProgressEvent.COMPLETE, onImagesReady);
  55.            
  56.             var xml:XML = bulkInstance.getXML(xmlPath);
  57.             var xmlList:XMLList = xml.image;
  58.            
  59.             for (var i:int = 0; i <xmlList.length(); i++)
  60.             {
  61.                 var imagePath:String = String(xmlList[i])
  62.                 bulkInstance.add(imagePath);
  63.                
  64.                 //Add path to array for later access
  65.                 images.push(imagePath);
  66.             }
  67.            
  68.             //Set our number of items based on how many images we load
  69.             numItems = images.length;
  70.         }
  71.        
  72.         //Images are finished loading we can now create our papervision coverflow
  73.         protected function onImagesReady(evt:BulkProgressEvent):void
  74.         {
  75.             init();
  76.         }
  77.        
  78.         protected function init():void
  79.         {
  80.             createChildren();
  81.             createNavigation();
  82.             animate();
  83.             startRendering();
  84.         }
  85.         protected function createChildren():void
  86.         {
  87.             for (var i:int = 0; i <numItems; i++)
  88.             {
  89.                 //Grab our bitmapData from the bulkLoader using our array of image paths as our key
  90.                 var mat:BitmapMaterial  = new BitmapMaterial(bulkInstance.getBitmapData(images[i]));
  91.                 mat.interactive         = true;
  92.                 mat.smooth     = true;
  93.                 var plane:Plane         = new Plane(mat, 280, 351, 4, 4);
  94.                
  95.                 planes.push(plane);
  96.                
  97.                 //Click straight to any plane
  98.                 plane.addEventListener(InteractiveScene3DEvent.OBJECT_PRESS, onPlaneClick);
  99.                
  100.                 //Set an id to target current item
  101.                 plane.id = i;
  102.                
  103.                 //Add plane to the scene
  104.                 scene.addChild(plane);
  105.             }
  106.            
  107.             camera.zoom = 50;
  108.         }
  109.        
  110.         protected function onPlaneClick(evt:InteractiveScene3DEvent):void
  111.         {
  112.             currentItem = evt.target.id;
  113.             animate();
  114.         }
  115.        
  116.         //Animate the coverflow left / right based off of currentItems
  117.         protected function animate():void
  118.         {
  119.             for (var i:int = 0; i <planes.length; i++)
  120.             {
  121.                 var plane:Plane = planes[i];
  122.                
  123.                 //Each if statement will adjust these numbers as needed
  124.                 var planeX:Number = 0;
  125.                 var planeZ:Number = -50;
  126.                 var planeRotationY:Number = 0
  127.  
  128.                 //Place  & Animate Center Item
  129.                 if (i == currentItem)
  130.                 {
  131.                     planeZ     = -300
  132.                    
  133.                     TweenLite.to(plane, 1, { rotationY:planeRotationY,x:planeX,z:planeZ, ease:Quint.easeInOut } );
  134.                 }
  135.                
  136.                 //Place & Animate Right Items
  137.                 if(i> currentItem) 
  138.                 {
  139.                     planeX     = (i - currentItem + 1) * 120;
  140.                     planeRotationY   = angle + 10 * (i - currentItem);
  141.                    
  142.                     TweenLite.to(plane, 1, { rotationY:planeRotationY,x:planeX,z:planeZ, ease:Quint.easeInOut } );
  143.                 }
  144.                
  145.                 //Place & Animate Left Items
  146.                 if (i <currentItem)
  147.                 {
  148.                     planeX     = (currentItem - i + 1) * -120;
  149.                     planeRotationY   = -angle - 10 * (currentItem - i);
  150.                    
  151.                     TweenLite.to(plane, 1, { rotationY:planeRotationY,x:planeX,z:planeZ, ease:Quint.easeInOut } );
  152.                 }
  153.             }
  154.         }
  155.        
  156.         /*
  157.          * Everything below this point is just for creating the buttons and
  158.          * setting button events for controlling the coverflow.
  159.          */
  160.  
  161.         protected function createNavigation():void
  162.         {
  163.             //Create / Add Buttons
  164.             rightBtn = createButton();
  165.             leftBtn = createButton();
  166.                
  167.             addChild(leftBtn);
  168.             addChild(rightBtn);
  169.            
  170.             //Add button listeners
  171.             rightBtn.buttonMode = true;
  172.             leftBtn.buttonMode = true;
  173.             rightBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClick);
  174.             leftBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClick);
  175.                        
  176.             //Place buttons on stage
  177.             rightBtn.x    = stage.stageWidth - 20;
  178.             leftBtn.x       = 20;
  179.             rightBtn.y    =  stage.stageHeight / 2;
  180.             leftBtn.y       =  (stage.stageHeight / 2) + 20;
  181.             leftBtn.rotation    = 180;
  182.         }
  183.        
  184.         //Button actions
  185.         protected function buttonClick(evt:MouseEvent):void
  186.         {
  187.             switch (evt.target)
  188.             {
  189.                 case rightBtn:
  190.                 currentItem ++
  191.                 break;
  192.                
  193.                 case leftBtn:
  194.                 currentItem --;
  195.                 break;
  196.             }
  197.            
  198.             //Don't allow any number lower than 0 or past max so there
  199.             //is always a center item
  200.            
  201.             if (currentItem <0)
  202.             {
  203.                 currentItem = 0;
  204.             }
  205.             if (currentItem> (planes.length - 1))
  206.             {
  207.                 currentItem = planes.length - 1;
  208.             }
  209.            
  210.             //Call animation
  211.             animate();
  212.         }
  213.        
  214.         //Creates a simple arrow shape / returns the sprite
  215.         protected function createButton():Sprite
  216.         {
  217.             var btn:Sprite = new Sprite();
  218.            
  219.             btn.graphics.beginFill(0x333333);
  220.             btn.graphics.moveTo(0, 0);
  221.             btn.graphics.lineTo(0, 20);
  222.             btn.graphics.lineTo(10, 10);
  223.             btn.graphics.lineTo(0, 0);
  224.             btn.graphics.endFill();
  225.             btn.filters = [new GlowFilter(0xFFFFFF,1,10,10,3)]
  226.             return btn;
  227.         }
  228.     }
  229. }

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A Simple Papervision Coverflow

There are several great AS3 / Papervision Coverflows out there but today I set out to create one in it's simplest form. There are no bells and whistles, just a stripped down coverflow with it's core functionality. It's up to you to add an XML feed, Flickr feed, or setup your images in an array and load them the way you want to. This is only meant to be a clean jumping off point.

In the download I have included 2 versions. One with left / right buttons and one without. Both versions you can select the items in the coverflow to navigate.

The heart of this coverflow app is a lot like some of the others. We need to calculate the x and rotation of the center item, left items, and right items are, then animate accordingly. This is the same way that John Dyer animates his coverflow.

Actionscript:
  1. for (var i:int = 0; i <planes.length; i++)
  2. {
  3.     var plane:Plane = planes[i];
  4.    
  5.     //Each if statement will adjust these numbers as needed
  6.     var planeX:Number = 0;
  7.     var planeZ:Number = 20;
  8.     var planeRotationY:Number = 0
  9.  
  10.     //Place  & Animate Center Item
  11.     if (i == currentItem)
  12.     {
  13.         planeZ     = -300
  14.        
  15.         TweenLite.to(plane, 1, { rotationY:planeRotationY,x:planeX,z:planeZ, ease:Quint.easeInOut } );
  16.     }
  17.    
  18.     //Place & Animate Right Items
  19.     if(i> currentItem) 
  20.     {
  21.         planeX     = (i - currentItem + 1) * 120;
  22.         planeRotationY   = angle + 10 * (i - currentItem);
  23.        
  24.         TweenLite.to(plane, 1, { rotationY:planeRotationY,x:planeX,z:planeZ, ease:Quint.easeInOut } );
  25.     }
  26.    
  27.     //Place & Animate Left Items
  28.     if (i <currentItem)
  29.     {
  30.         planeX     = (currentItem - i + 1) * -120;
  31.         planeRotationY   = -angle - 10 * (currentItem - i);
  32.        
  33.         TweenLite.to(plane, 1, { rotationY:planeRotationY,x:planeX,z:planeZ, ease:Quint.easeInOut } );
  34.     }
  35. }

For this simple version of coverflow you have two ways of navigating to items.

Selecting a plane to jump right to that item

Actionscript:
  1. plane.addEventListener(InteractiveScene3DEvent.OBJECT_PRESS, onPlaneClick);
  2.  
  3. protected function onPlaneClick(evt:InteractiveScene3DEvent):void
  4. {
  5.     currentItem = evt.target.id;
  6.     animate();
  7. }

Or using left / right buttons to navigate one item at a time:

Actionscript:
  1. rightBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClick);
  2. leftBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClick);
  3.  
  4. protected function buttonClick(evt:MouseEvent):void
  5. {
  6.     switch (evt.target)
  7.     {
  8.         case rightBtn:
  9.         currentItem ++
  10.         break;
  11.        
  12.         case leftBtn:
  13.         currentItem --;
  14.         break;
  15.     }
  16.    
  17.     //Don't allow any number lower than 0 or past max so there
  18.     //is always a center item
  19.    
  20.     if (currentItem <0)
  21.     {
  22.         currentItem = 0;
  23.     }
  24.     if (currentItem> (planes.length - 1))
  25.     {
  26.         currentItem = planes.length - 1;
  27.     }
  28.    
  29.     //Call animation
  30.     animate();
  31. }

On to the full source code. This version includes the left / right buttons.

Actionscript:
  1. package
  2. {
  3.     import flash.display.DisplayObject;
  4.     import flash.display.Sprite;
  5.     import flash.events.Event;
  6.     import flash.events.MouseEvent;
  7.     import flash.filters.GlowFilter;
  8.     import gs.easing.Quint;
  9.     import gs.TweenLite;
  10.     import org.papervision3d.events.InteractiveScene3DEvent;
  11.     import org.papervision3d.materials.BitmapFileMaterial;
  12.     import org.papervision3d.objects.DisplayObject3D;
  13.     import org.papervision3d.objects.primitives.Plane;
  14.     import org.papervision3d.view.BasicView;
  15.    
  16.     /**
  17.      * ...
  18.      * @author Charlie Schulze, charlie[at]woveninteractive[dot]com
  19.      * Licensed under the MIT license: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
  20.      */
  21.    
  22.     public class Main extends BasicView
  23.     {
  24.         protected var planes:Array = [];
  25.         protected var numItems:Number = 7;
  26.         protected var currentItem:Number = 3;
  27.         protected var angle:Number = 25;
  28.        
  29.         protected var mat:BitmapFileMaterial;
  30.         protected var rightBtn:Sprite;
  31.         protected var leftBtn:Sprite;
  32.        
  33.         public function Main():void
  34.         {
  35.             //Make sure that your scene is set to interactive
  36.             super(640, 480, true, true);
  37.            
  38.             init();
  39.         }
  40.         protected function init():void
  41.         {
  42.             createChildren();
  43.             createNavigation();
  44.             animate();
  45.             startRendering();
  46.         }
  47.         protected function createChildren():void
  48.         {
  49.             //Create Material
  50.             mat             = new BitmapFileMaterial("images/iPhone-back2.png");
  51.             mat.smooth   = true;
  52.             mat.interactive = true;
  53.             for (var i:int = 0; i <numItems; i++)
  54.             {
  55.                 var plane:Plane = new Plane(mat, 177, 334, 4, 4);
  56.                 planes.push(plane);
  57.                
  58.                 //Click straight to any plane
  59.                 plane.addEventListener(InteractiveScene3DEvent.OBJECT_PRESS, onPlaneClick);
  60.                
  61.                 //Set an id to target current item
  62.                 plane.id = i;
  63.                
  64.                 //Add plane to the scene
  65.                 scene.addChild(plane);
  66.             }
  67.            
  68.             camera.zoom = 60;
  69.         }
  70.        
  71.         protected function onPlaneClick(evt:InteractiveScene3DEvent):void
  72.         {
  73.             currentItem = evt.target.id;
  74.             animate();
  75.         }
  76.        
  77.         //Animate the coverflow left / right based off of currentItems
  78.         protected function animate():void
  79.         {
  80.             for (var i:int = 0; i <planes.length; i++)
  81.             {
  82.                 var plane:Plane = planes[i];
  83.                
  84.                 //Each if statement will adjust these numbers as needed
  85.                 var planeX:Number = 0;
  86.                 var planeZ:Number = -50;
  87.                 var planeRotationY:Number = 0
  88.  
  89.                 //Place  & Animate Center Item
  90.                 if (i == currentItem)
  91.                 {
  92.                     planeZ     = -300
  93.                    
  94.                     TweenLite.to(plane, 1, { rotationY:planeRotationY,x:planeX,z:planeZ, ease:Quint.easeInOut } );
  95.                 }
  96.                
  97.                 //Place & Animate Right Items
  98.                 if(i> currentItem) 
  99.                 {
  100.                     planeX     = (i - currentItem + 1) * 120;
  101.                     planeRotationY   = angle + 10 * (i - currentItem);
  102.                    
  103.                     TweenLite.to(plane, 1, { rotationY:planeRotationY,x:planeX,z:planeZ, ease:Quint.easeInOut } );
  104.                 }
  105.                
  106.                 //Place & Animate Left Items
  107.                 if (i <currentItem)
  108.                 {
  109.                     planeX     = (currentItem - i + 1) * -120;
  110.                     planeRotationY   = -angle - 10 * (currentItem - i);
  111.                    
  112.                     TweenLite.to(plane, 1, { rotationY:planeRotationY,x:planeX,z:planeZ, ease:Quint.easeInOut } );
  113.                 }
  114.             }
  115.         }
  116.        
  117.         /*
  118.          * Everything below this point is just for creating the buttons and
  119.          * setting button events for controlling the coverflow.
  120.          */
  121.  
  122.         protected function createNavigation():void
  123.         {
  124.             //Create / Add Buttons
  125.             rightBtn = createButton();
  126.             leftBtn = createButton();
  127.                
  128.             addChild(leftBtn);
  129.             addChild(rightBtn);
  130.            
  131.             //Add button listeners
  132.             rightBtn.buttonMode = true;
  133.             leftBtn.buttonMode = true;
  134.             rightBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClick);
  135.             leftBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClick);
  136.                        
  137.             //Place buttons on stage
  138.             rightBtn.x    = stage.stageWidth - 20;
  139.             leftBtn.x       = 20;
  140.             rightBtn.y    =  stage.stageHeight / 2;
  141.             leftBtn.y       =  (stage.stageHeight / 2) + 20;
  142.             leftBtn.rotation    = 180;
  143.         }
  144.        
  145.         //Button actions
  146.         protected function buttonClick(evt:MouseEvent):void
  147.         {
  148.             switch (evt.target)
  149.             {
  150.                 case rightBtn:
  151.                 currentItem ++
  152.                 break;
  153.                
  154.                 case leftBtn:
  155.                 currentItem --;
  156.                 break;
  157.             }
  158.            
  159.             //Don't allow any number lower than 0 or past max so there
  160.             //is always a center item
  161.            
  162.             if (currentItem <0)
  163.             {
  164.                 currentItem = 0;
  165.             }
  166.             if (currentItem> (planes.length - 1))
  167.             {
  168.                 currentItem = planes.length - 1;
  169.             }
  170.            
  171.             //Call animation
  172.             animate();
  173.         }
  174.        
  175.         //Creates a simple arrow shape / returns the sprite
  176.         protected function createButton():Sprite
  177.         {
  178.             var btn:Sprite = new Sprite();
  179.            
  180.             btn.graphics.beginFill(0x333333);
  181.             btn.graphics.moveTo(0, 0);
  182.             btn.graphics.lineTo(0, 20);
  183.             btn.graphics.lineTo(10, 10);
  184.             btn.graphics.lineTo(0, 0);
  185.             btn.graphics.endFill();
  186.             btn.filters = [new GlowFilter(0xFFFFFF,1,10,10,3)]
  187.             return btn;
  188.         }
  189.     }
  190. }

That's it. This should provide a good base for you to build out your own unique coverflow.

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Fix Z-Sorting issues with the QuadrantRenderEngine

quadrantrenderengine

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Another way to solve your z-sorting issues is the use of the Quadrant Render Engine. The QuadrantRenderEngine only takes one parameter (type).

The three "types" of filtering available to you are:
QuadrantRenderEngine.ALL_FILTERS
QuadrantRenderEngine.CORRECT_Z_FILTER
QuadrantRenderEngine.QUAD_SPLIT_FILTER

For a full explanation of each of the 3 types available to you with this renderer take a look at this article.

The QuadrantRenderEngine use a technique of subdividing the screen into smaller and smaller regions to resolve potential conflicts between triangles.
blog.papervision3d.org

As also noted by others, this is a great tool to have around it does come with its performance issues. You may want to test out using ViewportLayers and optimizing in other areas.

Here is the simple code you need to change your renderer when extending BasicView.as:

Actionscript:
  1. renderer = new QuadrantRenderEngine(QuadrantRenderEngine.ALL_FILTERS);

Here is the full code for this example:

Actionscript:
  1. package 
  2. {
  3.     import flash.events.Event;
  4.     import org.papervision3d.materials.ColorMaterial;
  5.     import org.papervision3d.objects.primitives.Plane;
  6.     import org.papervision3d.objects.primitives.Sphere;
  7.     import org.papervision3d.render.QuadrantRenderEngine;
  8.     import org.papervision3d.view.BasicView;
  9.     import org.papervision3d.materials.BitmapFileMaterial;
  10.    
  11.     public class Main extends BasicView
  12.     {
  13.         protected var sphere:Sphere
  14.         protected var plane:Plane;
  15.         protected var bitmapMaterial:BitmapFileMaterial;
  16.         protected var colorMaterial:ColorMaterial;
  17.  
  18.         public function Main()
  19.         {
  20.             super();
  21.            
  22.             //Try commenting out this line to see the issues.
  23.             renderer = new QuadrantRenderEngine(QuadrantRenderEngine.ALL_FILTERS);
  24.            
  25.             createChildren();
  26.             commitProperties();
  27.             startRendering();
  28.         }
  29.         protected function createChildren():void
  30.         {
  31.            
  32.             //Create a new 3D object
  33.             colorMaterial = new ColorMaterial(0x000000);
  34.             bitmapMaterial = new BitmapFileMaterial("images/ourtex.jpg")
  35.  
  36.             //Create 3D Objects
  37.             plane = new Plane(colorMaterial,1000,1000,5,5)
  38.             sphere = new Sphere(bitmapMaterial, 50, 10,10);
  39.  
  40.            
  41.             //Add to scene
  42.             scene.addChild(plane);
  43.             scene.addChild(sphere);
  44.  
  45.         }
  46.        
  47.         protected function commitProperties():void
  48.         {
  49.             //Set some properties
  50.             sphere.scale = 4;
  51.             sphere.pitch( -10);
  52.             plane.rotationX = 60;
  53.         }
  54.         override protected function onRenderTick(event:Event = null):void
  55.         {
  56.             super.onRenderTick(event);
  57.  
  58.             //Rotate
  59.             sphere.yaw(1);
  60.         }
  61.     }
  62. }

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Off Topic: Spore Islands AS3 Facebook Game

sporeislandsimage

We just wanted to share the great news about the release of Spore Islands on Facebook.

Woven Interactive had the privilege to assist Area/Code with the client programming on Electronic Arts new Spore Islands Facebook game. Spore Islands is EA’s first Facebook and social media game.

Try it out on Facebook:
http://apps.facebook.com/sporeislands/

Learn more about Woven Interactive or read more about this project on our interactive blog.

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Advanced Interactivity (Without InteractiveScene3DEvent)

advancedinteractivity3

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There are multiple ways of accomplishing any task. With papervision that statement holds true. When you want to interact with 3D objects one way we have found works very well is to apply the MouseEvent's to the textureFile and bypass the InteractiveScene3DEvent all together.

Here are a few things to remember when working with anything interactive in Papervision

1) Always set your ViewPort to interactive
2) Always set your Material to interactive
3) Set your Material animation to "true" if you want to see the material update
4) Be sure that your render is running so you can see your material update

Here is some sample code that shows the basic building blocks of an animated / interactive papervision object:

Actionscript:
  1. //Viewport set to interactive
  2. viewport.interactive                      = true;
  3.  
  4. //Create your symbol - can be a class or MovieClip exported in your library
  5. var textureMC:TextureSymbol     = new TextureSymbol();
  6. textureMC.id                = i;
  7. textureMC.clickButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onMovieMatClicked);
  8.  
  9. //Create your movie Material - animated / interactive set to true
  10. var movieMat:MovieMaterial   = new MovieMaterial(textureMC, true, true);
  11. movieMat.doubleSided            = true;
  12. movieMat.interactive          = true;
  13. movieMat.smooth             = true;

This approach is nice because you can deal with native Flash events.

Here is the full class:

Actionscript:
  1. package
  2. {
  3.     import flash.events.Event;
  4.     import flash.events.MouseEvent;
  5.     import gs.easing.Quint;
  6.     import gs.TweenLite;
  7.     import org.papervision3d.materials.MovieMaterial;
  8.     import org.papervision3d.materials.utils.MaterialsList;
  9.     import org.papervision3d.objects.primitives.Cube;
  10.  
  11.     import org.papervision3d.view.BasicView;
  12.     import TextureSymbol;
  13.    
  14.     /**
  15.      * ...
  16.      * @author Charlie Schulze, charlie[at]woveninteractive[dot]com
  17.      */
  18.    
  19.     public class Main extends BasicView
  20.     {
  21.         protected var cube:Cube;
  22.         protected var interactiveMats:Array;
  23.         protected var materialsList:MaterialsList;
  24.        
  25.         public function Main():void
  26.         {
  27.             super();
  28.             init();
  29.         }
  30.         protected function init():void
  31.         {
  32.             createChildren();
  33.             commitProperties();
  34.             startRendering();
  35.         }
  36.         protected function createChildren():void
  37.         {
  38.             //Set the viewport to interactive
  39.             viewport.interactive = true;
  40.            
  41.             //Create Materials:
  42.             materialsList = new MaterialsList();
  43.             interactiveMats = ["front", "back", "top", "bottom", "left", "right"];
  44.            
  45.             for (var i:int = 0; i <interactiveMats.length; i++)
  46.             {
  47.                 //Create the texture symbol from the library
  48.                 var textureMC:TextureSymbol     = new TextureSymbol();
  49.                 textureMC.id                    = i;
  50.                 textureMC.clickButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onMovieMatClicked);
  51.                
  52.                 //Create the MovieMat
  53.                 var movieMat:MovieMaterial   = new MovieMaterial(textureMC, true, true);
  54.                 movieMat.doubleSided            = true;
  55.                 movieMat.interactive          = true;
  56.                 movieMat.smooth                 = true;
  57.                
  58.                 materialsList.addMaterial(movieMat, interactiveMats[i]);
  59.             }
  60.            
  61.             //Create Cube
  62.             cube    = new Cube(materialsList, 100, 100, 100);
  63.            
  64.             //Add cube to the scene
  65.             scene.addChild(cube);
  66.         }
  67.        
  68.         protected function onMovieMatClicked(evt:MouseEvent):void
  69.         {
  70.             var randomX:Number = Math.random() * 600 - 300;
  71.             var randomY:Number = Math.random() * 200 - 100;
  72.             TweenLite.to(cube, 1, { x:randomX, y:randomY, ease:Quint.easeInOut});
  73.         }
  74.        
  75.         protected function commitProperties():void
  76.         {
  77.             //Set the properties of our camera
  78.             camera.zoom = 200;
  79.             camera.y    = 1000;
  80.         }
  81.         override protected function onRenderTick(event:Event = null):void
  82.         {
  83.             super.onRenderTick(event);
  84.             cube.yaw(2);
  85.         }
  86.     }
  87. }

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Basic Mouse Interaction (v2)

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In the previous tutorial we showed you how to load a 3D model into Papervision. Now we are just going to show you how to rotate that model based off of your mouse movements.

The process is very simple. Since our render function is like the engine of our animations that is where we will add the code for the rotation. Later we'll cover animating objects via TweenLite / TweenMax.

Actionscript:
  1. override protected function onRenderTick(event:Event = null):void
  2. {
  3.     super.onRenderTick(event);
  4.     cow.rotationY = stage.mouseX / sceneWidth * 360
  5. }

When you first start moving objects in Papervision you may notice that rotationY and rotationX do not act as you might think they would. In flash you would think of something on a Y axis as going up and down and X as left and right. With Papervision RotationY rotates and object on its Y axis (left /right) and RotationX rotates an object on it's X axis (top / bottom).

Here is the full code:

Actionscript:
  1. package 
  2. {
  3.     import flash.events.Event;
  4.     import org.papervision3d.materials.BitmapFileMaterial;
  5.     import org.papervision3d.materials.utils.MaterialsList;
  6.     import org.papervision3d.objects.DisplayObject3D;
  7.     import org.papervision3d.objects.parsers.Collada;
  8.     import org.papervision3d.view.BasicView;
  9.  
  10.     public class Main extends BasicView
  11.     {
  12.         protected var cow:DisplayObject3D;
  13.         protected var materialList:MaterialsList;
  14.         protected var bitmapFileMaterial:BitmapFileMaterial;
  15.        
  16.         protected var sceneWidth:Number;
  17.         protected var sceneHeight:Number;
  18.        
  19.         public function Main()
  20.         {
  21.             super();
  22.             init();
  23.             createChildren();
  24.             startRendering();
  25.         }
  26.         protected function init():void
  27.         {
  28.             sceneWidth = stage.stageWidth
  29.         }
  30.         public function createChildren():void
  31.         {
  32.             //Setup the materials manually (sometimes the dae handles this without issue)
  33.             materialList       = new MaterialsList();
  34.             bitmapFileMaterial  = new BitmapFileMaterial("daeModel/Cow.png");
  35.             materialList.addMaterial(bitmapFileMaterial,"all");
  36.            
  37.             //Create the new Collada Object with materialList
  38.             cow = new Collada("daeModel/cow.dae",materialList);
  39.  
  40.             ///Set some properties
  41.             cow.moveDown(150);
  42.             cow.scale = 3;
  43.             cow.pitch( -10);
  44.  
  45.             //Add to scene
  46.             scene.addChild(cow);
  47.         }
  48.        
  49.         override protected function onRenderTick(event:Event = null):void
  50.         {
  51.             super.onRenderTick(event);
  52.             cow.rotationY = stage.mouseX / sceneWidth * 360
  53.         }
  54.     }
  55. }

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