JPCT and Applets

Started by 7on, January 18, 2004, 11:54:21 PM

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7on

Hi!

I'm planning to make a little applet game using jpct.
Now at the very beginning, i'm lacking some examles.
Is there some examples/ source code available for
Applets using JPCT?
I'm thankful for every reply.

mfg 7on

EgonOlsen

There are some examples in the API distribution. However, they is no applet example anymore since jPCT0.97, because i decided to remove it. It's code was rather outdated. If you want to, you can still grab 0.96, which contains an applet example, from here: http://www.jpct.net/download/jpctapi_096.zip
Anyway, using jPCT in an applet doesn't really differ from using it in an application...

Anonymous

well thx!
it's just a little time since i've las programmed applets.
so i couldn't manage to convert your examples (fps...)
to applets.
thx for the sources.

7on

just another thing...
does the engine support lightmaps?
and can i use animated 3ds models, or
are they just static?
mfg 7on

EgonOlsen

No, it doesn't support lightmaps/multitexturing but vertex lighting. You can bake your static lighting into the textures if you want to, but you have to do this yourself. The reason for not supporting lightmaps/multitexturing is performance of the software renderer. It's the price you pay for the flexibility.
About the animation: You can do keyframed animations by either creating the animation in your code (by combining several meshes into an Animation) or by using the MD2-loader to load MD2-models. Using the animation out of a 3DS-file is not supported as it would require a completely different animation framework.

Hope this helps.

BTW: What kind of game are you planning to make?

7on

I'm planning to do a kind of online rpg with social hierarchies, quests, items
and so on.
For two (to four) friends of mine will develop with me (one of them a 3d artist) i think there could be quite nice results.
But the main motivation is to practize java programming with servlets/applets. And i think gamedevelopment is the most exciting way.

mfg 7on