It happens a lot to me that I am winning and the enemy is leaving the game bevor its over.  I guess this is a foul trick in order to not make that game count for the ranking.  Can you do something against this?  Like making every game count?

great game! 

should be entirly translated into english, imo.

but its fun.  hope you continue developing it.

Webstart doesnt work for me, only xml is displayed.

Like you said, I wouldnt make it too complex for an FPS.  Compare "Die by the sword" to "Jedi knight" or "Rune" and most people (including me) will say that the last two are more fun.   

Since I'm a big fan of cooperative LAN games:   would that be an idea for your game? 

very cool!  liking it

Hi,

I have a question:

How do you do it that every player plays on the same server?

A webstart  application is always started on the client computer, right?  So I guess it has to connect to a server?  Is this server a java application which runs all day?  Is something like this possible for someone who doesnt own a server but uses webspase from hosting-companies? 

I'd like to test this by using a simple webstart-chat.  Every user should be able to speak to everybody else.  But I dont understand how you did this "many clients - one server". 

Very cool game!!!

But fps dropped VERY low after playing for like 5 minutes (laptop, 2,5 GH, 512 RAM, ATI mobility 9000, playing NOT fullscreen and 640*400).

Yes, by using BufferedImage.

Thats how u do it:

1)  get a Graphics2D object:  g2d  = yourBufferedImage.createGraphics();
2)  draw your image on the BufferedImage
3)  get the color of a pixel:  int colorCandidate = yourBufferedImage.getRGB(x,y);

hi,

I'm considering starting with jogl.  But I have two questions:

1.  Do 2D games also benefit of hardware acceleration and to which extend compared to pure Java2D ?  I've read that many 2D games are made using OpenGL support.  So how much better is it?

2.  How do I distribute a game/program to an end-user when I use jogl?  Of course the end-user has to have java installed.  But I dont want to force him to install anything else (and I dont want to use webstart).  I just want to give him a *.jar file and thats it.  So is it possible to distribute jogl along with that *.jar file without any disadvantages for the end-user?

thanx,

              Usul

OK, it works now. 

Pretty good.  Nice animations and cool background.  But "space invaders" is not my type of game, but thats my problem, not yours.

I think criticism is needed in order to improve.

And blah^3 for example helped me once with a problem, so he does not only complain.

Same here with standard Win XP.  I clicked several times on it and pressed a lot of keys but it just wouldnt start.

Ooops, sorry, I just realised that rss feeds ARE already implemented by default.  But if you dont know it then you'll never find them.

So RSS-Feeds for this board are:  http://192.18.37.44/forums/index.php?action=.xml;limit=50;type=rss
With limit you specify the number of recent messages you want to downlaod.

Unfortunately, one cannot choose RSS-Feeds for specific subboards.  Its the whole board or nothing.  But anyway, its great to have it!

So you are trying the same thing?  Please tell me if it worked, because I'm going to vacations this week and I wont start this until I'm back.

Thank you both.

So I'll continue my current project using Java3d.  Since its a small game anyway and I'm not able to create fency modells or special fx, I guess it makes no difference.

I'm also thinking of moving from Java3d to Xith3d. 

But it seems that the xith3d collision detectection is abandoned one should use yet another api (ode).  Is it possible to use ode collision detection with a loaded model?  Is there a demo for that (like two loaded models which collide) ?

So I guess picking is also left to ode, right?


thanx,  Usul

hi,

I am getting second thought on Java3D.  It doesnt seem that many people still use it.  So I have a few questions.

1) Is it dead?  I mean do people still use it?
2) Or can the fact, that Java3d is now open source rescue it?
3) Does the fact, that it is now open source mean that Sun doesnt support it anymore and that only the community is supposed to improve it?

I read about the alternatives (jogl, lwjgl, jme, xith3d).

questions to the alternatives:

4)  Is it possible to distribute applications using the alternatives via webstart, so that the user only needs to follow webstart-link in order to start it?  (because for me, none of the jogl demos worked)
5)  Is it possible, to distribute applications using the alternatives without webstart, while the user still should only need to double-click the *.jar file so that it runs?
6)  jogl and lwjgl seem to be pretty low level.  Does one have to write more code compared to java3d in order to achive the same?  For example when loading models.
7)  is xith3d a good alternative, because of the scene-graph approach?



If you dont want to answer all the questions, then thats fine too.  Any input is appreciated.

thanx,

Usul

thank you.  I use robot now and I'll change it to JInput in the future.

thanx jeff, but I think I'll use the blahblahblah approach.

I found the option to enable logging, but there is nowhere a possibility to pick the filename.

I googled for that problem and this options is not to be found where it should be.  Maybe in the latest webstart there isnt that option to pick the filename anymore?

In short: 
Enable logging:  yes
Pick a filename:  no / where?

germany

I want to backup the this thread.  RSS on boards should be standard today.  RSS rules and can safe A LOT of time.  Of cource there should be a seperate RSS feed link for each category.

Maybe there are already RSS Mods around for this type of board?  If not - it shouldnt be too hard to programm it, since you about only need to display the latest posts as xml.

Nice and important update.  Its emerging from a tech demo to a real game.

Edit:  I realised that there is no link on your site to the sharpshooter site.  Maybe you want to add a link at your "projects" site.

Edit 2:  Nice to see that project isnt dead yet. 

Edit 3: Maybe make the sliding slower, since its really hard to aim anyway and if one knows to slide hitting is almost impossible.

In the API it says

But what if I want to wake up only every 20th frame?  Because I want to safe computing time and only compute my game logic every 20th frame (for example).  Is this then still synchronized with rendering, or is really only WakeupOnElapsedFrames(0) synchronised?

Edit: OK, forget it, it I realised that was a stupid question. 


So with pure Java3d a fps - like mouse look is not implemented or possible without the robot class?

I tried it.  I wanted my modol to look at the origin (without changing its position) every time I press a button.  But it just jumps around (at least the up-vector seems to work).  Here's my code:




Edit: Oh wait, it DOES work.  I just forgot that I didnt place my cube3d in the origin (in other words: stupid mistake).  OK, thanx.

Ever played Descent?  Or Freelancer?  Or Wing Commander?  I dont know how to explain it.  Just normal 3D.

OK, I drawed the matrix on my HUD and now Im starting to understand.  Its obvious where the position is stored and I guess I can figur that rotation thing out by myself.

But what is the last colum of that Matrix4d used for?  Its always (0,0,0,1).


Still I would appreciate any good tutorials on that subject.

Edit:  The big question is:  How can I determine from that Matrix4d in which direction (in angles to the axis) I am facing?

Edit:  A maybe simpler answer would suffice:  How can I get the direction (represented as a quaternion or a matrix) between to points/vectors?

hi,

do you guys know good tutorials for understanding the matrix used by Transform3D?

I know how to move or rotate an object, but I dont know how to turn an object so that it looks at the direction of another object.  There I want to understand the math now.

thanx,

Usul

p.s.
and I DID google for hours, I swear.  But either the sites only talk about very basic stuff or they are very complicated.  I didnt find anything in between.

hi,

what is the best way for a typical fps mouse control? 

The problems would be: 

1. Hiding the cursor.
2. Resetting the cursor.
3. Getting the cursor position in my behavior

OK, I know I could set the cursor to a transparent image.  And yes I know I can set the cursor postition with the robot class.  But since we have a fency 3D API, I wondering if a standard request like that is already implemented?  I mean the Robot class is not really a perfect solution. 

I hope there is a standard solution.

To problem 3:  I have a behavior which awakes every 30 milliseconds.  Then I need to get the cursor position.  How do I do that without a mouse event?

thanx,

Usul