Anyone have time to test...

[kevglass]

Anyone want to try something I put together today, it might be might next project.. not quite sure yet..

I'd like to know first whether the webstart works, and second whether it works on platforms other than windows..

Any other feedback would be good,

http://www.newdawnsoftware.com/martian/webstart/marv.jnlp

Kev

PS. I posted it here in Xith3D since it uses the current version of xith.

EDIT: Controls are cursors and CTRL to jump.

[Daath]

i just love that alien  

started ok and works just fine on win2k and Mandrake9.1

[Jens]

For now I suggest to turn vertex buffer caching off for Linux. You can do this the following way:

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<resources os="Linux">   ...   <property name="XITH3D_USE_VERTEX_BUFFER_CACHING" value="false" /> </resources>

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[kevglass]

Cheers for the posts so far, Windows - tick, Linux - tick. I've updated the JNLP as Jens suggested also.

Thanks again,

Kev

[Jens]

Works fine now.  

[MCI_Nano]

Works fine for me too... and looks great.

Is there any sourcecode awaylable?

P3 700Mhz
Elsa Erazor 3
256MB Ram
SuSe 8.2 running

FPS: ~45

[Java Cool Dude]

Good looking demo, runs at ~250 fps
Athlon XP 2.15 GHZ
Radeon 9500 Pro @ 350/330
384 DDR
Nforce 2 mobo

[kevglass]

Thanks again guys,

Source code will be available once I've sorted it out and probably once I've put an actual game together from it. If you'd like the source sooner contact me by email and I'll send it on. Its just not really good enough for public viewing just yet

Incidently, whats an "Elsa Erazor 3", google time...
EDIT: Ah ha, its a TNT2. 45 fps not bad then

Kev

[Jens]

Btw. this game works with JRE 1.4.0, too.

[whome]

Win2kPro
Cel 500Mhz 256MB
Matrox G400 16MB
Java 1.4.2-beta-b19

Downloaded ok, but then result is just a blank screen.

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[kevglass]

Coo.. do the other Xith3D demos work for you?

Kev

[whome]

Tested several xith demos and I can see is a black screen. Here is a printout from the console screen (runcube.cmb). Other demos print similar text.

fileinfo: xith3d.jar, 2003-10-12 03:05

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starting frame speed test Init GL is net.java.games.jogl.impl.windows.WindowsGLImpl OpenGL Renderer = Matrox G400 OpenGL Version = 1.1.3 Feb  7 2003 OpenGL Vendor = Matrox Graphics Inc. OpenGL Extensions = GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_texture_env_add GL_ARB_texture_en v_combine GL_Autodesk_facet_normal GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_compiled_verte x_array GL_EXT_packed_pixels GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp GL_EXT_texture_env_add GL_EXT_texture_env_combine GL_E XT_vertex_array GL_KTX_buffer_region GL_SGIS_multitexture GL_WIN_swap_hint WGL_E XT_swap_control

[Jens]

OpenGL 1.2 is required. If possible, update your drivers.

[William Denniss]

OpenGL 1.2 is required. If possible, update your drivers.

It's time that one was in the FAQ methinks.

Will.

[William Denniss]

Works great for me on my laptop (Linux, Java 1.4.2, Mesa OpenGL1.4)

Nice work.

Will.

[DavidYazel]

Works great on windows. Geforce 4600 TI, FPS 286.

Gute little Alien!

[Preston]

Works fine here, too: Win2000 with TNT2.
(However only about 10 fps... but this is probably due to my gfx card.)

[whome]

Im out of luck  
I browsed Matrox forum and G400 driver (possible all Gxxx serie) support only OpenGL1.1 and did not find any future releases on that area.

http://forum.matrox.com/mga/viewforum.php?f=43&sid=aab5c73aa6fa8ec08399150367422c8e

My lowbudget is screaming, but I hope SantaClaus see this message.

Is it possible to create anything even simple visible with Xith3D library without having OGLv1.2 driver? Probably cubetest.cmd demo is a simple as can be.

I know, that lwjgl driver (latest AlienFlux works on G400) and simple JOGL demos work. Althought all fullscreen jogls go to a blank screen as well, but thats ok as I prefer windowed mode.

G400 is a deadend card, so I must upgrade it.

EDIT: Found a wild wrapper driver, supports OpenGL1.4 through DirectX interface.
http://www.scitechsoft.com/products/ent/gld_home.php
I may give it a try and see whether it gives me OpenGL1.2+ support with current G400 driver.

[Jens]

If you use Linux you can install Mesa (software rendering) which supports OpenGL 1.4.

[zparticle]

Yikes! I just tried this and it hard reset my machine. Win2K, Intel 82845G/GL graphics controller.

[kevglass]

Erg, sorry about that!   Do you have the same effect from any of the other Xith demos?

Kev

[zparticle]

So far this is the only one that has done that.

[kevglass]

Damn it!

I wonder what it could be. The demo only uses geometry and directional lighting...

Any of the Xith gurus have any ideas?

Kev

[selendic]

Huh, Suse9.0, NVidia 4800.....all was running great with last demo (birdless one). It works now, but I cannot see FPS if I'm not jumping, and if I AM jumping on the screen with bird and that ugly oneeyed alien, well, very strange effect happens, part of screen pointing at my jumping direction becomes disorted. When just walking around, works fine. Would send you screen capture, if I  could just find out how.

[Jens]

Would send you screen capture, if I  could just find out how.

Gimp.

[Yuri Vl. Gushchin]

Cool!

Runs perfect - Toshiba Satellite S5100-503, WinXP Home, GeF 440Go 32Mb, 1600x1200, 16bpp.

Yuri

[AndersDahlberg]

Would send you screen capture, if I  could just find out how.

Atleast on redhat 9 when you press prtscn (or whatever it's called on your keyboard) you get at nice looking "save screenshot as" dialog. This plus Gimp [as Jens pointed out earlier] should be enough

If you won't get the dialog you could use "copy clipboard into new image" directly from within gimp instead!

EDIT: I get the same as above btw

[kevglass]

Seems like its something to do with Linux then.. um.. er.. but the first version worked for some people on linux?

Kev

[Jens]

The first version worked for me.

[William Denniss]

worked for me too.  Havn't tested second version yet.

Will.