The following is supposed to test if a character is over a particular square in a 2d array of planes (as created from the ExtendedPrimitives class). It doesn't work. The previous version of this method compared the centers of all planes and it worked (but looked terrible). I should note that I'm using the software renderer.

     public java.awt.Point boardSpaceFromWorld(SimpleVector ws) {
for (int y = 0; y < planes[0].length; y++) {
     for (int x = 0; x < planes.length; x++) {
Object3D plane = planes[x][y];
PolygonManager polyMan = plane.getPolygonManager();
SimpleVector[] vertices = new SimpleVector[6];
vertices[0] = polyMan.getTransformedVertex(0, 0);//, plane.getInverseWorldTransformation(), new SimpleVector());
vertices[1] = polyMan.getTransformedVertex(0, 1);//, plane.getInverseWorldTransformation(), new SimpleVector());
vertices[2] = polyMan.getTransformedVertex(0, 2);//, plane.getInverseWorldTransformation(), new SimpleVector());
vertices[3] = polyMan.getTransformedVertex(1, 0);//, plane.getInverseWorldTransformation(), new SimpleVector());
vertices[4] = polyMan.getTransformedVertex(1, 1);//, plane.getInverseWorldTransformation(), new SimpleVector());
vertices[5] = polyMan.getTransformedVertex(1, 2);//, plane.getInverseWorldTransformation(), new SimpleVector());
float minX = Float.MAX_VALUE, maxX = Float.MIN_VALUE, minZ = Float.MAX_VALUE, maxZ = Float.MIN_VALUE;
for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
     if (minX > vertices[i].x)
minX = vertices[i].x;
     if (maxX < vertices[i].x)
maxX = vertices[i].x;
     if (minZ > vertices[i].z)
minZ = vertices[i].z;
     if (maxZ < vertices[i].z)
maxZ = vertices[i].z;
}
if (ws.x > minX && ws.x <= maxX && ws.z > minZ && ws.z <= maxZ)
     return new java.awt.Point(x, y);
     }
}
return new java.awt.Point();
     }


I'm trying to paint an area of my 3d plane as a cursor is moved (think area selection for building in a strategy game). The furthest (farthest?) I got was:
VisList visList = theWorld.getVisibilityList();
int polyID = Interact2D.getPolygonID(Interact2D.pickPolygon(visList, Interact2D.reproject2D3D(theCamera, buffer, x, y)));
I assume that camera-space is all I need here, since the docs suggest reproject2D3D and not reproject2D3DWS. Even if this is right, how can I now get something useful out of it (like, say, the vertices of the returned polygon)?

I'm taking the opportunity, as I finish my JSON-serialized format, to make special vertices (I'm thinking of three types at the moment, "regular," "hair," and "cloth" from which I might hang a runtime-generated cape). Where do you recommend I store this information (what might I subclass? Object3D? PolygonManager? SimpleVector?).

Is it possible that bones could ignore special bones, like jaws and eyes? I'm fairly sure that the jaw bone animation on my model is getting exported but, alas, the jaw isn't opening.

I'm creating my very own JSON-serialized 3d format, for use with Bones. It will come straight out of 3ds max via a MaxScript I'm developing (Python script for Blender to follow). In point of fact, it's almost ready, save for the fact that I don't yet understand how to create a SkinData object (question to be posted on the Bones board and I do already have a SkeletonPose object filled) and the little texture issue that I'm having. I'm creating the Object3D's (non-skinned objects will also be supported in my format) texture coordinates with the following line. And the result is visible in the image that follows (mostly correct save for minor issues). I suspect it's a rounding issue. What do you think, Egon?

anObject.addTriangle(vector1, uv1.get(0), -(uv1.get(1)-1f), vector2, uv2.get(0), -(uv2.get(1)-1f), vector3, uv3.get(0), -(uv3.get(1)-1f));

That's all, folks.

Which, in turn, means that a lot of models won't work. I just spent an hour trying to export a character via EasyOgreExporter and OgreXMLTools. The model got exported, but it's extremely screwy. No way to use it without "Don't Export Bones With No Influence."

Is there no way we could get a MaxScript for Max>Bones? :- )