Hey Egon,

first of all thank you for your fast reply and sorry for my late response!

Unfortunately I was kept kinda busy at work and on top of that I crashed my laptop, so I had to take care of that first...

After taking your thoughts into account and sticking only to pre-serialization-transformations, I was able to achieve the
same model-placement upon loading and deserialization. It was essential not to include any additional transformations
before the 2nd build()-call on the deserialized model.

So everything works as it should now!

Regards,

Ray

Dear jPCT-/jPCT-AE-followers,

I have read through quite numerous topic heres on the jPCT-forum regarding different centering problems for serialized objects, but unfortunately I havent found a real promising solution so far - so I would like to discuss a few thoughts here. However I have found a workaround though, which is good enough for the moment...

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1. Scenario

Right now I am working on a pick-functionality within my app, which is based on 2 similar rather complex cube-objects, where one of the cube-objects (norm-cube) is considered "visible" with numerous different materials and real textures while the other cube-object (color-cube) is considered "invisible" with only basic color-materials and no additional textures. During the pick-process - in order to figure out on which face of the visible-cube-object I touched - I switch the visibility of both objects and do a basic ray-tracing and color-mapping to match the color-coded face of the color-cube (now visible) with the corresponding face of the norm-cube.

2. Status

While directly importing the respective texture-, material- and object-files without serialization, I got the pick-functionality working without any problems other further position adjustments of the objects. Both objects are placed at the bottom of the layout/screen.

When I start using compressed serialized object-files then the color-cube is always centered right in the middle of the layout/screen, while the norm-cube (which has world-camera-focus) remains at the bottom. The optimization for the importing process is quite phenomenal reducing the overall loading time from over 11 s for both objects to below 3 s, so for my app it is crucial to include the object-serialization.

3. Questions

I have learned about the importance of ensuring the usage of both the same jPCT-version on desktop and for the app, the calculations done during the build()-process when loading the models, the optional useNormalsFromOBJ-flag (which I used for the jPCT-desktop-serialization) and adjusting the TransformedCenter or RotationPivot of an imported object. However all of that didnt got me to a good solution, so here are a few questions...

a) When importing these 2 serialized objects - which both have the exact same size, are perfectly centered and overlapping in blender - how is it possible to end up with 2 different object-positions in the app using jPCT-AE?

b) Which build()-process is more important and after which should I place the position-transformations of my object?
--> Since I have one for the serialization in the desktop jPCT, one after loading the serialized-object with jPCT-AE and one after aquiring the Object3D-model (see the following code):

jPCT:

private Object3D loadModel(InputStream streamModel, InputStream streamMtl, float scale) throws IOException {
         Object3D[] model = Loader.loadOBJ(streamModel, streamMtl, scale);
         Object3D o3d = new Object3D(0);
         Object3D temp = null;
         for (int i = 0; i < model.length; i++) {
             temp = model[i];
             //temp.setCenter(SimpleVector.ORIGIN);
             //temp.rotateX((float)( -.5*Math.PI));
             //temp.rotateMesh();
             //temp.rotateZ((float) (Math.PI));
             //temp.setRotationMatrix(new Matrix());
             o3d = Object3D.mergeObjects(o3d, temp);
             o3d.getMesh().compress();
             o3d.build();
         }
         o3d.setCenter(SimpleVector.ORIGIN);
         return o3d;
}

...

model_normal_o3d = loadModel("norm-cube", 3);

...

new DeSerializer().serialize(model_normal_o3d, new FileOutputStream("models/norm-cube_ser.ser"), true);


jPCT-AE #1:

private Object3D loadModel(ZipInputStream zis) {
        Object3D[] model;
        Object3D o3d = new Object3D(0);
        Object3D temp;

        model = Loader.loadSerializedObjectArray(zis);

        for (int i = 0; i < model.length; i++) {
            temp = model[i];
            temp.setCenter(SimpleVector.ORIGIN);
            temp.rotateX((float) (-.5 * Math.PI));
            temp.rotateZ((float) (Math.PI));
            temp.rotateMesh();
            temp.setRotationMatrix(new Matrix());
            o3d = Object3D.mergeObjects(o3d, temp);
            o3d.build();
        }// for (int i = 0; i < model.length; i++)

        return o3d;
}

jPCT-AE #2:

...

mNormCube = loadModel(MODEL_COMPRESSED);
mNormCube.strip();
mNormCube.build();

...


--> So this is practically 3-times build(), while each of them does its own center-calculations (if I understood Egon correctly)!?

c) Is there some generalized coordinate-system in jPCT-AE, which each object uses or does every object have its own coordinate-system?
--> The reason I am asking is because I have done some debugging...

norm-cube (after mNormCube.build()):
# svt.set(mNormCube.getTransformedCenter())
V/Renderer/initialize:272: 11,149414 : svt: -0.004741656/0.25171804/4.3867507
# svt = -svt
V/Renderer/initialize:278: 11,152933 : svt: 0.004741656/-0.25171804/-4.3867507
# svt.set(mNormCube.getTransformedCenter())
V/Renderer/initialize:282: 11,153823 : svtTC: 0.0/0.0/0.0
# svt.set(mNormCube.getCenter())
V/Renderer/initialize:285: 11,154674 : svtC: -0.004741656/0.25171804/4.3867507
# svt.set(mNormCube.getOrigin())
V/Renderer/initialize:287: 11,155441 : svtO: 0.0/0.0/0.0
# svt.set(mNormCube.getRotationPivot())
V/Renderer/initialize:289: 11,156262 : svtRP: -0.004741656/0.25171804/4.3867507
# svt.set(mNormCube.getXAxis())
V/Renderer/initialize:291: 11,157133 : svtXAxis: 1.0/0.0/0.0
# svt.set(mNormCube.getYAxis())
V/Renderer/initialize:293: 11,157934 : svtYAxis: 0.0/1.0/0.0
# svt.set(mNormCube.getZAxis())
V/Renderer/initialize:295: 11,158756 : svtZAxis: 0.0/0.0/1.0

color-cube (procedure similar to norm-cube):
V/Renderer/initialize:308: 13,760970 : svt2: -0.0078143/0.31546545/3.189215
V/Renderer/initialize:313: 13,762340 : svt2: 0.0078143/-0.31546545/-3.189215
V/Renderer/initialize:325: 13,763051 : svt2TC: 0.0/0.0/0.0
V/Renderer/initialize:327: 13,763729 : svt2C: -0.0078143/0.31546545/3.189215
V/Renderer/initialize:329: 13,764364 : svt2O: 0.0/0.0/0.0
V/Renderer/initialize:331: 13,765034 : svt2RP: -0.0078143/0.31546545/3.189215
V/Renderer/initialize:333: 13,765719 : svt2XAxis: 1.0/0.0/0.0
V/Renderer/initialize:335: 13,766433 : svt2YAxis: 0.0/1.0/0.0
V/Renderer/initialize:337: 13,767216 : svt2ZAxis: 0.0/0.0/1.0

translated norm-cube on top of color-cube:
V/Renderer/initialize:341: 13,768009 : svt3TC: 0.0/0.0/0.0
V/Renderer/initialize:349: 13,768862 : svt3TC: 0.0/-0.060000002/1.2

--> After inverting the TransformedCenter of each object to 0.0/0.0/0.0, their are at least placed in the same plane, leaving just the minor adjustments of 0.0/-0.060000002/1.2 for the translation (calculated by numerous manual rebuilds)...
--> But where on earth does this offset come from and can it be calculated directly somehow?
--> Why is the toString-function for the Matrix of getWorldTransformation() not showing any result?

test without serialization and no additional translations:
V/Renderer/initialize:272: 11,163593 : svt: -0.004741656/0.25171804/4.3867507
V/Renderer/initialize:276: 11,166357 : svt: -0.004741656/0.25171804/4.3867507
V/Renderer/initialize:279: 11,167121 : svtTC: -0.004741656/0.25171804/4.3867507
V/Renderer/initialize:281: 11,167871 : svtC: -0.004741656/0.25171804/4.3867507
V/Renderer/initialize:283: 11,168652 : svtO: 0.0/0.0/0.0
V/Renderer/initialize:285: 11,169475 : svtRP: -0.004741656/0.25171804/4.3867507
V/Renderer/initialize:287: 11,170271 : svtXAxis: 1.0/0.0/0.0
V/Renderer/initialize:289: 11,171252 : svtYAxis: 0.0/1.0/0.0
V/Renderer/initialize:291: 11,172057 : svtZAxis: 0.0/0.0/1.0
V/Renderer/initialize:303: 13,764091 : svt2: -0.0078143/0.31546545/3.189215
V/Renderer/initialize:307: 13,765323 : svt2: -0.0078143/0.31546545/3.189215
V/Renderer/initialize:310: 13,766455 : svt2TC: -0.0078143/0.31546545/3.189215
V/Renderer/initialize:312: 13,770065 : svt2C: -0.0078143/0.31546545/3.189215
V/Renderer/initialize:314: 13,770942 : svt2O: 0.0/0.0/0.0
V/Renderer/initialize:316: 13,771878 : svt2RP: -0.0078143/0.31546545/3.189215
V/Renderer/initialize:318: 13,772956 : svt2XAxis: 1.0/0.0/0.0
V/Renderer/initialize:320: 13,774073 : svt2YAxis: 0.0/1.0/0.0
V/Renderer/initialize:322: 13,775075 : svt2ZAxis: 0.0/0.0/1.0
V/Renderer/initialize:326: 13,776178 : svt3TC: -0.004741656/0.25171804/4.3867507
V/Renderer/initialize:332: 13,777553 : svt3TC: -0.004741656/0.25171804/4.3867507

--> Apparently I do have the same TransformedCenter- and RotationPivot-positions like before, but both non-serialized objects overlap even without any additional translations. This is so mysterious, that I am almost believing in some dark-force here...

additional info:
--> Tried mNormCube.align(mColorCube) but it has no effect on the scenario using serialized objects!

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If you have any thoughts on the problem, I would very much appreciate it!

Kind Regards,

Ray

Omg... silly me!

Since access to the menu-functionality is hidden behind a long press on the left button of my
Samsung Galaxy S5 while the short press opens the task manager, I often kinda forget about it...

Truely shameful to even start such a topic for that!

Sorry...

(Case closed!)

Tried that before I started going over recompiling the sources with Android Studio...

Simply nothing at all for me to see - I mean where should I expect the menu button?

Cant find any layout-file to figure out the positioning and I cant see nothing in any of the
screen corners...

Shall I make some screenshots?

Hello everyone,

I am new into opengl es 2.0 android development and I already tried a few animations with motion data,
which worked quite well so far...

Now I was looking further into animating complete humanoid 3d models with bones and skins, which is the
reason I came across jPCT and the android ninja demo.

After the integration in Android Studio and a few fixes for a successful gradle build, the ninja app compiles
without a problem but I am unable to find any accessible menu. The only thing I can do is adding and removing
ninjas...

Unfortunately there are no selectable animation options or any menu buttons for starting and stopping the
animation - is that intended like this with the latest release of the Android Studio sources?

Maybe I am looking for some functionality which I saw in the demo video here:

http://www.aptalkarga.com/bones/

If I am not completly mistaken I am also seeing some error in the main.xml layout-file:

"Rendering problems: bones.sample.android.MyView class cannot be found..."

I would very much appreciate any help or hints...

Kind regards,

Ray

PS: Currently I am using Android Studio v1.4 and Android SDK 21 for compilation!