Rock, Flash, Flex, AIR, Papervision3D, Red5, Xray, and everything in between 
I’m John Grden, and I work for Infrared5 as a Sr. Flash Developer. If you’re interested in contacting me, you can do so through either infrared5 or find me in Plaxo
John Grden
Unity3D, iPad/iPhone/iOS, Flash/Flex, Papervision3D, Red5
Games
John… Hi there… my name is Harris and I am a Flash/Flex/Server-side developer. I’ve been working on a project that has some similarities with the work you did on Flexible and am curious where you got all the cool icons/images in your Components tree view. Is that something you’d be willing to pass on?
The idea I am working on is an “Application Builder” built in Flex that allows you to build drag-and-drop UIs in Flex, but also wires up the server for a full blown application (database, glue-code, RemoteObject communication etc.)
Hope things are going well.
Hi John, very impressive stuff John. I am a game designer and developer running a virtual team. We do all kinds of Flash games, but really interested in pulling of compelling 3d Web games as well as potentially launching WiiPlay games utilizing Flash, or at the very least prototyping new game concepts. Any input would be great!
Cheers,
John Say
http://www.saydesign.com
Hello John,
Great class you did in SF!
The Winter Wonderland is just a hoot!
Hall of the Mountain King by Grieg or some rockin’ rendition of the same would be cool.
What I learned at the class will definitely show in the game I am developing.
I was also the guy who got the second prize with Smeagol/Gollum. Please let me know how to obtain it.
Good day,
Daniel Chay
John,
I can’t find an answer anywhere and hope you can provide a link or an answer for PV3D. I’m currently having a problem with garbage collection. When I load in one model and then try to remove it, it just stays in memory and keeps executing. I’ve never had this problem before, nor the need to remove objects. Now I’m scrambling to find out how to properly delete (manage memory) instances of various things.
Hey is it possible to control a child object in a collada file. I bought swift 3d from rain that exports a tank model to papervision. Id like to know how to rotate the turret on that tank. any solutions? im not sure how access child objects of the tank
Hey Felix, if you know the name of the turret in the 3D model, you can access it with colllada.getChildByName(“nameOfTurret”) and you’ll get back a DisplayObject3D. You’ll want to use the yaw() method or set the turrets rotation with rotationY property. hth,
John
did you write the vegas framework? or something similar? why are you using prototypes to register classes to visual objects? This can easily cause an issue where unwanted behaviors can happen because of inheritance.
@Michael: no, I didn’t write it, and I wouldn’t do it that way
I have been looking around for an answer to this question and no luck so far. Can I add sound to the following events?
# OBJECT_CLICK
# OBJECT_OVER
# OBJECT_OUT
# OBJECT_MOVE
# OBJECT_PRESS
# OBJECT_RELEASE
# OBJECT_RELEASE_OUTSIDE
# OBJECT_ADDED
I tried it using the AS3 that I know and it wouldn’t fire at all. I am using PV3D for my Capstone project and I am trying to make audio sculptures. I am hoping that it is possible
Those events are for 3D objects with interactive materials, so yeah, if you receive one of those events, you can fire whatever code you want – including sound
Does that help?
It makes sense
I tried importing and playing a sound using OBJECT_PRESS to no avail. I will keep trying…..
Hi John.
I´m trying to do something in actionscript wich is a bit on the side of what is implemented in papervision3D (I think) but still is related to 3d projection in flash. I´m wondering how to distort a bitmap as if it was drawn on a plane in perspective with only the (x, y) coordinates of the four corners of the plane. (Like you can do with the vanishing point filter in photoshop)Do you have an idea of how to do this or know what mathematical consepts I need to make use of to make it work? I know it´s possible since it is the way both photoshop and Flash distortion work. I have started a thread on the subject at kirupa to if anyone is interested:
http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=315888
Thanx!
Hi John,
thanks for your course… it was very helpfully!!!!
I had already implement any Optimitation tips and from 5FPS now 25 FPS!!!! GREAT!!!!
But, now I have a question… I hope you can reply…
I have a DAE that I import in my scene using a MaterilsList.
Now I want to use ShadedMaterial… but the face are totaly black!
Here the code:
[Embed(source="Spot1.png")] private var Spot1:Class;
/*….*/
var bmSpot1:BitmapMaterial = new BitmapMaterial((new Spot1()).bitmapData,true);
var shader:PhongShader = new PhongShader(lights["Luce_fixed_001"],0xffffff,0×303030);
var mSpot1:ShadedMaterial = new ShadedMaterial(bmSpot1,shader);
customMaterialList.addMaterial(mSpot1,”Pubblicita”);
/*….*/
dae.load(“PingPong_2.dae”,customMaterialList);
But face that has “Pubblicita” material are black ?!?!
Can you halp me?
Thanks in advance.
Daniele
Hi John I had a question about PV3D and video. I’ve been working on a large panorama for video using stitched video at 3500X320. Flash, however, has a limitation on video and bitmaps at 2880. So my problem lies in making a fullscreen video panorama at high quality that doesnt look choppy. Is there any way to get around these size limits? Ultimately i’d like to atleast make a video at 7000X640 so i can get atleast somewhat decent resolution when playing the panoramic video.
Hey John, just Ian saying hi. Haven’t talked to you in ages. Looks like you’re having fun
IAN!!! how are you man?!
Hi John
Im trying to create a system that will enable me to upload the animations, that have different reactions. also program , say one wordsearch that can be easily amended to a different bunch of words each time
will
http://www.goasap.org/index.html
help?
thanksGREG
Hey John
You are such a hard guy to get hold of
This Rez from Blitz days …. just saying Hi and as always amazing stuff on your site.
Cheers
Rez
Hi John,
I’m curious about your old FLEXible project. Is that still alive? Is there by any chance a source download you’d be willing to make available?
Thanks!