Flat Shading + Culling = Black

[aZen]

When I use

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object3D.setAdditionalColor(SOME_COLOR);
object3D.setShadingMode(Object3D.SHADING_FAKED_FLAT);
object3D.setTransparency(0);
object3D.setCulling(false);

in software mode, everything is rendered transparent, but just black. Is this something that could be fixed without too much effort?

Thank you,
aZen

Edit: Edited the title to reflect the problem better.

[EgonOlsen]

And without transparency being used...?

[aZen]

Oh... it's also black.

So the culling is the problem?

[EgonOlsen]

It might be, if you are looking into the model. But then you should get the same effect without flat shading. Do you?

[aZen]

I've created a minimal test cast:

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package vitco;

import com.threed.jpct.*;

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseMotionListener;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;

/**
* Testing problem where object is rendered black.
*/
public class BlackJPCT extends WindowAdapter implements MouseMotionListener {
    static FrameBuffer buffer;
    static World world;
    Object3D box;
    JFrame frame;

    public BlackJPCT() {
        // set up frame
        frame = new JFrame("Hello Black!");
        frame.setSize(800, 600);
        frame.setVisible(true);
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.HIDE_ON_CLOSE);

        // set up world
        world = new World();
        world.setAmbientLight(0, 0, 0);
        world.addLight( new SimpleVector(500,-500,500), new Color(20,20,20) );
        Config.fadeoutLight = false;

        // ==========================

        box = Primitives.getBox(10f, 1f);

        box.setAdditionalColor(Color.RED);

        // ###############################
        // ###############################
        // if I comment out either of these two lines
        // the object is no longer rendered as black
        box.setShadingMode(Object3D.SHADING_FAKED_FLAT);
        box.setCulling(false);
        // ###############################
        // ###############################
       
        box.build();

        world.addObject(box);

        // ==========================

        // set up camera
        world.getCamera().setPosition(50, -50, -5);
        world.getCamera().lookAt(SimpleVector.ORIGIN);

        // set up frame buffer
        buffer = new FrameBuffer(800, 600, FrameBuffer.SAMPLINGMODE_NORMAL);

        // set up event handler
        frame.addMouseMotionListener(this);
        frame.addWindowListener(this);
    }

    @Override
    public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
        // clean up when closing
        buffer.disableRenderer(IRenderer.RENDERER_OPENGL);
        buffer.dispose();
        frame.dispose();
        System.exit(0);
    }

    @Override
    public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {}

    @Override
    public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {
        box.rotateY(0.01f);
        // animate and redraw
        buffer.clear(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
        world.renderScene(buffer);
        world.draw(buffer);
        buffer.update();
        buffer.display(frame.getGraphics());
    }

    // constructor
    public static void main (String[] args) {
        new BlackJPCT();
    }
}


The essence from that test case:

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// if I comment out either of these two lines
// the object is no longer rendered as black
box.setShadingMode(Object3D.SHADING_FAKED_FLAT);
box.setCulling(false);

Thank you for your help!

[EgonOlsen]

It's a bug, thank you for the test case. This jar should fix it: http://jpct.de/download/beta/jpct.jar

[aZen]

It's fixed! Thank you!