So i was trying to create a location display buffer which isn't available in scene map, so for this
i created a triangle symbol and updated it so that every time location changed the graphic has to be erased and placed at new position like this
prevLocX=camera.location.X// initialized at start
prevLocY=camera.location.Y
newLocX=camera.location.X
newLocY=camera.location.Y
callCurrentLocation();
CallCurrentLocation()
{
if prevlocX!=newlocX && ...
{
go.Graphics.Clear();
Mappoint mp1=new Mappoint(newLocX,newLocY,SpatialReferences.wgs84);
--
--
go.graphics.add(msm1);
PrevlocX=newLocX;
PrevLocY=newLocY;
}
i know this seems redundant and inefficient but this was the best way i could think of please see if it can be made better
Most efficient would be to keep the overlay and graphic instances and just update the geometry on the graphic with a new point each time.
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I'm making an isometric city builder using Monogame Extended and Tiled. I've got everything set-up and now i need to somehow access the specific tiles so i can change them at runtime as the user clicks on a tile to build an object. The problem is, i can't seem to find a "map.GetLayer("Layername").GetTile(x,y) or .SetTile(x,y) function or something similar.
Now what i can do is edit the xml(.tmx) file which has a matrix in it that represents the map and it's drawn tiles. The problem with this is that i need to build the map in the content pipeline again after editing for the changes to be displayed. I can't really build at runtime or can i?
Thanks in advance!
Something like this will get you part way there.
var tileLayer = map.GetLayer<TiledMapTileLayer>("layername");
TiledMapTile tile;
if(tileLayer.TryGetTile(x, y, out tile))
{
// do something with tile
}
However, there's only a limited amount of things you can actually do with the tile once you've got it from the map.
There's no such thing as a SetTile method because changing tile data at runtime is not currently supported. This is a limitation of the renderer, which has been optimized for rendering very large maps by building static geometry that can't be changed once it's loaded into the graphics card.
There has been some discussion about building another renderer that would handle dynamic map changes but at this stage nothing like that has been implemented in the library. You could always have a go at implementing a simple renderer yourself, a really basic one is not as hard as you might think.
An alternative approach to dealing with this kind of problem might be to pre-process the map data before giving it to the renderer. The idea would be to effectively separate the layers of the map that are static from those that are dynamic and render the dynamic tiles as normal sprites. Just a thought, I'm not sure about the details of how this might work.
I plan to eventually revisit the Tiled API in the next major version of MonoGame.Extended. Don't hold your breath, these things can take a lot of time, but I am paying attention to the feedback and kinds of problems people are experiencing with the existing API.
Since the map data is stored in a XML (or csv) file which runs through the Content Pipeline you can not change it at runtime.
Anyways, in a city builder you usually do not change existing tiles but you place object on top of existing tiles.
I started a new Xcode project with the ARKit template and simply replaced the "ship.scn" with my "test.scn" filename asset. The object is about 16.5mm wide and 4.8mm tall. The ship worked fine of course, but my test object that reads "test" does not rotate as I move around it, or scale when I move towards or away from it, yet it does track in one location.
I compared the ship and test attribute panels, and I can't find anything that is different about them, except that the ship is textured and my test text is not. What is inherently special about scn objects that would make them behave correctly in ARKit besides their size? I've read through the documentation about anchoring, but it seems like I wouldn't have to do this in code if it's already a scn object.
In case anyone wants to test the file I'm using in the ARKit template to see how it's behaving, the file is here: https://ufile.io/ey49t
I’m answering the question because I think it could help others that are making a similar mistake, but it can be closed if it doesn’t make sense.
The problem is that the size was much too large where I could not see scaling or rotation no matter how much I moved around the room. Compare the scaled size in the last attribute panel on the ship model - not its actual size. Then get the size of your own model scaled down enough so that it is actually resonable.
I have this project:
my codepen
I want to be able to move forward when the user walks, so it feels like they are walking thru the floor plan in VR as they are in real life.
my goal is get the geolocation of the user and show them the room matching theirs location and have them walk around the room while viewing the AR on the phone they would see paintings on the walls.
my challenges are:
walk in real life and move in VR (right now I have it auto walking forward in the meantime)
var speed = 0.0;
var iMoving = false;
var velocityDelta;
AFRAME.registerComponent("automove-controls", {
init: function() {
this.speed = 0.1;
this.isMoving = true;
this.velocityDelta = new THREE.Vector3();
},
isVelocityActive: function() {
return this.isMoving;
},
getVelocityDelta: function() {
this.velocityDelta.z = this.isMoving ? -this.speed : 0;
return this.velocityDelta.clone();
}
});
capture the user geo location so the moment they open the site they are placed relative to their location on the floor plan
this is my first attempt so any feed back would be appreciated.
As far as i know argon.js is more about geoposition than spatial/marker based augmented reality.
moreover It's quite worrying, that their repo for aframe was not touched for a while.
Argon seems like a library for creating scenes in certain points around the user, even their examples base on positioning stuff around, reason being the GPS/phone accelerometers are way too bad to provide useful data for providing spatial positioning. Thats why VIVE needs two towers, and other devices at least a camera/IR device, to get information about the HMD device.
Positioning the person inside a point depending where are they in a room is quite a difficult task, You would need to get a point of reference and position the user accordingly. It seems impossible, since the user can be anywhere in the world.
I would try to do this using jerome-etienne's marker based AR.js. The markers would be the points of reference You need, and although image processing seems like a difficult task, AR.js is surprisingly stable with multiple markers, which help in creating complex scenes.
The markers seems like a good idea, for they can help You with the positioning, moreover simple scenes have no problem with achieving 60+fps, making the experience quite comfortable.
I would start there, since AR.js seems to be updated frequently.
I was thinking that you need a deformer to read the clusters etc to be able to get the original (usually T pose) position of the skeleton.
Also FBX supports poses etc but never had a file that implemented it.
But my surprise was that importing an fbx file into 3dsmax without any mesh inside if I uncheck "animation" I get the T pose.
Any idea about it?
Thank you in adavnce
FbxCluster has GetTransformMatrix and GetTransformLinkMatrix. The former returns the original transform of the bone (that should be used to initialize the skinning), and the latter the corresponding orientation of the skinned node. Additionally, the skin node can also have "geometric rotation". I don't think there's anything more than that.
I'm loading an .obj file into a Object3D object. That's working well and I can see it on the screen. However, I would like to create the impression of spinning sprites (fireflies, lightning globes, that sort of thing) at certain points above the object.
I've been looking over the three.js documentation on sprites and other things, and am very impressed with the capabilities. But I need a little help on how to create a standalone sprite 'globe' as it were, with sprites flying about in their own local coordinate system, then moving that standalone 'globe' to a point above the obj file. Could someone help me get started with this? (I guess it comes down to, how do you position one object relative to another in threejs?)
You should be able to simply attach the spinnning sprites to using the add() function:
//create an empty 'container'/Object3D
var spinningSprites = new Object3D();
//add elements to it:
for(var i = 0 ; i < numSprites; i++) spinningSprites.add(yourParticleObjectInstsance);
//lastly add the whole container to the loaded model:
youLoadedModel.add(spinningSprites);
The above is an example, you would proably use different variable names, etc., but the idea is simple: use add().