Rendered object looks flat even with shadows - three.js

I'm a three.js newb. I've been playing around with it for a couple of days and haven't been able to figure out how to make my objects look more realistic. I suspect there's no simple answer for this question, but is there anything I can do to improve my rendering quality without going into the depth of "rendering science"? Maybe I'm missing some configs. Thank you for any advice!
Here's the relevant code used in rendering a kitchen cabinet frame.
this.renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({ antialias: true })
this.renderer.setSize(this.container.offsetWidth, this.container.offsetHeight)
this.renderer.sortObjects = false
this.renderer.setClearColor(0xf0f0f0)
this.renderer.gammaFactor = 2.2
this.renderer.gammaOutput = true
this.renderer.setPixelRatio(window.devicePixelRatio)
this.renderer.shadowMap.enabled = true
this.renderer.shadowMap.type = THREE.PCFSoftShadowMap
const light = new THREE.AmbientLight(0xffffff, 0.8)
const light2 = new THREE.PointLight(0xffffff, 0.3)
light2.position.set(400, 400, 400)
light2.shadow.camera.near = 10
light2.shadow.camera.far = 10000
light2.shadow.mapSize.width = 2048
light2.shadow.mapSize.height = 2048
light2.castShadow = true
this.scene.add(light2)
this.scene.add(light)
const material = new THREE.MeshStandardMaterial({ color: 0xffffff, metalness: 0, roughness: 0 })

let scene, camera, controls, ambient, point, loader, renderer, container, stats;
const targetRotation = 0;
const targetRotationOnMouseDown = 0;
const mouseX = 0;
const mouseXOnMouseDown = 0;
const windowHalfX = window.innerWidth / 2;
const windowHalfY = window.innerHeight / 2;
init();
animate();
var box, b1, b2, b3;
function init() {
// Create a scene which will hold all our meshes to be rendered
scene = new THREE.Scene();
// Create and position a camera
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(
60, // Field of view
window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, // Aspect ratio
/*window.innerWidth / -8,
window.innerWidth / 8,
window.innerHeight / 8,
window.innerHeight / -8,
*/
0.1, // Near clipping pane
1000 // Far clipping pane
);
scene.add(camera)
// Reposition the camera
camera.position.set(0, 5, 10);
// Point the camera at a given coordinate
camera.lookAt(new THREE.Vector3(0, 0, 0));
// Add orbit control
controls = new THREE.OrbitControls(camera);
controls.target.set(0, -0.5, 0);
controls.update();
// Add an ambient lights
ambient = new THREE.AmbientLight(0xffffff, 0.2);
scene.add(ambient);
// Add a point light that will cast shadows
point = new THREE.PointLight(0xffffff, 1);
point.position.set(25, 50, 25);
point.castShadow = true;
point.shadow.mapSize.width = 1024;
point.shadow.mapSize.height = 1024;
scene.add(point);
group = new THREE.Group();
group.position.y = 0;
scene.add(group);
rotationAnchor = new THREE.Object3D()
group.add(rotationAnchor);
box = new THREE.Mesh(new THREE.BoxGeometry(), new THREE.MeshStandardMaterial({
color: 'grey'
}))
b1 = box.clone();
b2 = box.clone();
b3 = box.clone();
b3.material = b3.material.clone()
b3.material.color.set('red')
group.add(box);
group.add(b1);
b1.position.y += 1
group.add(b2);
b2.position.z += 1
rotationAnchor.add(b3);
rotationAnchor.position.set(0.5, 0.5, 1.5)
b3.position.set(-.5, -.5, -.5)
// Create a renderer
renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({
antialias: true
});
// Set size
renderer.setPixelRatio(window.devicePixelRatio);
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
// Set color
renderer.setClearColor(0xf8a5c2);
renderer.gammaOutput = true;
// Enable shadow mapping
renderer.shadowMap.enabled = true;
renderer.shadowMap.type = THREE.PCFSoftShadowMap;
// Append to the document
container = document.createElement("div");
document.body.appendChild(container);
document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement);
// Add resize listener
window.addEventListener("resize", onWindowResize, false);
// Enable FPS stats
stats = new Stats();
container.appendChild(stats.dom);
var gui = new dat.GUI({
height: 5 * 32 - 1
});
let params = {
'test': 4,
'bevelThickness': 1,
'bevelSize': 1.5,
'bevelSegments': 3
}
gui.add(params, 'test', 0, 10).onChange(val => {
test = val
})
}
function onWindowResize() {
camera.aspect = window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight;
camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
}
function animate() {
rotationAnchor.rotation.z = (Math.cos(performance.now() * 0.001) * Math.PI * 0.25) + (Math.PI * 1.25)
requestAnimationFrame(animate);
// Re-render scene
renderer.render(scene, camera);
// Update stats
stats.update();
}
body {
overflow: hidden;
margin: 0;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/three.js/96/three.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://threejs.org/examples/js/controls/OrbitControls.js"></script>
<script src="https://threejs.org/examples/js/libs/stats.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/dat-gui/0.7.2/dat.gui.min.js"></script>

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i'm trying to learn threejs but i've some difficult to understand how to rotate my 3d model.
now i'm able to rotate my model in a loop...but this is not what i want
i want to rotate my model a little bit to the right and then again a little bit to the left (in loop)..not at 360°.
or better ROTATE with mouse movement!
my code so far:
let container;
let camera;
let renderer;
let scene;
let computer;
function init(){
container = document.querySelector('.scene');
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scene = new THREE.Scene();
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const aspect = container.clientWidth / container.clientHeight;
const near = 0.1;
const far = 1000;
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camera.position.set(0,2.8, 11);
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scene.add(ambient);
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light.position.set(1,1,0);
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renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({antialias:true, alpha:true});
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})
}
function animate(){
requestAnimationFrame(animate);
computer.rotation.z += 0.003;
computer.rotation.x = -1.2;
computer.position.y = -10
renderer.render(scene,camera);
}
init()
function onWindowResize(){
camera.aspect = container.clientWidth / container.clientHeight;
camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
renderer.setSize(container.clientWidth, container.clientHeight);
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As an option, use mouse position in NDC to slightly rotate your model:
body{
overflow: hidden;
margin: 0;
}
<script type="module">
import * as THREE from "https://cdn.skypack.dev/three#0.135.0";
let scene = new THREE.Scene();
let camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(60, innerWidth / innerHeight, 1, 1000);
camera.position.set(0, 0, 10);
let renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer();
renderer.setSize(innerWidth, innerHeight);
document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement);
window.addEventListener("resize", () => {
camera.aspect = innerWidth / innerHeight;
camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
renderer.setSize(innerWidth, innerHeight);
});
let g = new THREE.CylinderGeometry(1, 2, 3, 4);
let m = new THREE.MeshNormalMaterial();
let o = new THREE.Mesh(g, m); // let's suppose it's your model
scene.add(o);
window.addEventListener("pointermove", event => {
let xMove = ( event.clientX / window.innerWidth ) * 2 - 1; // from the docs of Raycaster
if (o) { // in case you load a model, you need to check if it's not null or undefined
o.rotation.y = xMove * Math.PI * 0.1;
}
});
renderer.setAnimationLoop(() => {
renderer.render(scene, camera);
});
</script>

overlapping semitransparent objects are not rendered as expected

I have two overlapping semitransparent boxes and I'd expect to see both of them independent of the viewing angle. The first image shows a rendering from aside and the small box is visible within the bigger box. The second image shows the same scene but form another viewing angle. As you can see, the smaller box is visible but the part which is with the bigger box is invisible. What am I missing?
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animate();
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renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({
antialias: true
});
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
renderer.shadowMap.enabled = true;
renderer.shadowMap.type = THREE.PCFSoftShadowMap;
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document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement);
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mesh1.position.set(0, 0, 0);
//mesh1.castShadow = true;
scene.add(mesh1);
// Create cube and add to scene.
var geometry2 = new THREE.BoxGeometry(0.5, 0.5, 0.5);
var mesh2 = new THREE.Mesh(geometry2, material);
mesh2.position.set(0.0, 0, 0.5);
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scene.add(mesh2);
var spotLight = new THREE.SpotLight(0xffffff, 0.32);
spotLight.position.set(0, 5, 0);
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spotLight.shadow.mapSize.height = 2048;
spotLight.shadow.camera.near = 0.1;
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var ground = new THREE.Mesh(groundGeo, groundMat);
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ground.position.y = -0.5;
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window.addEventListener('resize', onWindowResize, false);
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controls.enableZoom = true;
controls.enablePan = false;
controls.maxDistance = 20.0;
controls.minPolarAngle = 0;
controls.maxPolarAngle = Math.PI / 2;
controls.target.set(0, 0, 0);
controls.update();
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requestAnimationFrame(animate);
renderer.render(scene, camera);
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function onWindowResize() {
camera.aspect = window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight;
camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
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body {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
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canvas {
display: block;
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<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/three.js/98/three.js"></script>
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Transparent objects in WebGL are sometimes rather problematic. It's all about the rendering order: If the small cube is rendered after the large cube, how should the rendering behave? This question has some information you might find useful.
In your particular case (though not necessarily always), one solution could be to disable renderer object sorting:
renderer.sortObjects = false;
and(!) make sure you add your objects in the correct order, i.e. the small cube first and the large one second. Here is an updated version of your snippet:
var camera, scene, renderer;
init();
animate();
function init() {
// Renderer.
renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({
antialias: true
});
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
renderer.shadowMap.enabled = true;
renderer.shadowMap.type = THREE.PCFSoftShadowMap;
renderer.sortObjects = false;
// Add renderer to page
document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement);
// Create camera.
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(70, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 0.1, 50);
camera.position.set(2, 2, 2);
camera.lookAt(new THREE.Vector3(0.0, 0.0, 0.0));
// Create scene.
scene = new THREE.Scene();
// Create material
var material = new THREE.MeshStandardMaterial();
material.transparent = true;
material.opacity = 0.5;
// Create cube and add to scene.
var geometry2 = new THREE.BoxGeometry(0.5, 0.5, 0.5);
var mesh2 = new THREE.Mesh(geometry2, material);
mesh2.position.set(0.0, 0, 0.5);
//mesh2.castShadow = true;
scene.add(mesh2);
// Create cube and add to scene.
var geometry1 = new THREE.BoxGeometry(1, 1, 1);
var mesh1 = new THREE.Mesh(geometry1, material);
mesh1.position.set(0, 0, 0);
//mesh1.castShadow = true;
scene.add(mesh1);
var spotLight = new THREE.SpotLight(0xffffff, 0.32);
spotLight.position.set(0, 5, 0);
spotLight.castShadow = true;
spotLight.shadow.mapSize.width = 2048;
spotLight.shadow.mapSize.height = 2048;
spotLight.shadow.camera.near = 0.1;
spotLight.shadow.camera.far = 20;
scene.add(spotLight);
let hemiLight = new THREE.HemisphereLight(0xffffbb, 0x080820, 0.8);
scene.add(hemiLight);
// Ground plane
var groundGeo = new THREE.PlaneBufferGeometry(50, 50);
var groundMat = new THREE.MeshStandardMaterial({color: 0xffffff});
var ground = new THREE.Mesh(groundGeo, groundMat);
ground.rotation.x = -Math.PI / 2;
ground.position.y = -0.5;
ground.receiveShadow = true;
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window.addEventListener('resize', onWindowResize, false);
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controls.enableZoom = true;
controls.enablePan = false;
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controls.minPolarAngle = 0;
controls.maxPolarAngle = Math.PI / 2;
controls.target.set(0, 0, 0);
controls.update();
}
function animate() {
requestAnimationFrame(animate);
renderer.render(scene, camera);
}
function onWindowResize() {
camera.aspect = window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight;
camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
}
body {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
canvas {
display: block;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/three.js/98/three.js"></script>
<script src="https://threejs.org/examples/js/controls/OrbitControls.js"></script>

AxisHelper not showing colored

I'm trying to add an AxisHelper to my three.js project. I added it like this:
axes = new THREE.AxisHelper(100);
scene.add(axes);
It gets added, but it isn't colored It's solid white, and therefore hard to see. How can I make it the regular colors?
JSFiddle
var container;
var camera, scene, axis, renderer;
init();
animate();
function init() {
container = document.getElementById('container');
// Camera
camera = new THREE.OrthographicCamera(window.innerWidth / -2, window.innerWidth / 2, window.innerHeight / 2, window.innerHeight / -2, -500, 1000);
camera.position.x = 200;
camera.position.y = 100;
camera.position.z = 200;
// Scene
scene = new THREE.Scene();
// Axis
axes = new THREE.AxisHelper(100);
scene.add(axes);
// Grid
var size = 500,
step = 50;
var geometry = new THREE.Geometry();
for (var i = -size; i <= size; i += step) {
geometry.vertices.push(new THREE.Vector3(-size, 0, i));
geometry.vertices.push(new THREE.Vector3(size, 0, i));
geometry.vertices.push(new THREE.Vector3(i, 0, -size));
geometry.vertices.push(new THREE.Vector3(i, 0, size));
}
var material = new THREE.LineBasicMaterial({
color: 0x000000,
opacity: 0.2
});
var line = new THREE.LineSegments(geometry, material);
scene.add(line);
// Cubes
var geometry = new THREE.BoxGeometry(50, 50, 50);
var material = new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial({
color: 0xffffff,
overdraw: 0.5
});
var cube = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material);
cube.scale.y = 1;
cube.position.x = 0;
scene.add(cube);
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var ambientLight = new THREE.AmbientLight(Math.random() * 0x10);
scene.add(ambientLight);
var directionalLight = new THREE.DirectionalLight(Math.random() * 0xffffff);
directionalLight.position.x = Math.random() - 0.5;
directionalLight.position.y = Math.random() - 0.5;
directionalLight.position.z = Math.random() - 0.5;
directionalLight.position.normalize();
scene.add(directionalLight);
var directionalLight = new THREE.DirectionalLight(Math.random() * 0xffffff);
directionalLight.position.x = Math.random() - 0.5;
directionalLight.position.y = Math.random() - 0.5;
directionalLight.position.z = Math.random() - 0.5;
directionalLight.position.normalize();
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renderer.setClearColor(0xf0f0f0);
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renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
container.appendChild(renderer.domElement);
// Events
window.addEventListener('resize', onWindowResize, false);
}
function onWindowResize() {
camera.left = window.innerWidth / -2;
camera.right = window.innerWidth / 2;
camera.top = window.innerHeight / 2;
camera.bottom = window.innerHeight / -2;
camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
}
function animate() {
requestAnimationFrame(animate);
render();
}
function render() {
var timer = Date.now() * 0.0001;
camera.position.x = Math.cos(timer) * 200;
camera.position.z = Math.sin(timer) * 200;
camera.lookAt(scene.position);
renderer.render(scene, camera);
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<div id="container"></div>
<script src="https://rawgit.com/mrdoob/three.js/master/build/three.js"></script>
<script src="https://rawgit.com/mrdoob/three.js/dev/examples/js/renderers/Projector.js"></script>
<script src="https://rawgit.com/mrdoob/three.js/dev/examples/js/renderers/CanvasRenderer.js"></script>
You can get CanvasRenderer to properly render the colored axes of AxisHelper like so:
var axes = new THREE.AxisHelper( 100 );
axes.geometry = new THREE.Geometry().fromBufferGeometry( axes.geometry );
scene.add( axes );
CanvasRenderer has a bug, and does not properly render vertex colors when the geometry is BufferGeometry. The above is a work-around.
three.js r.82

ThreeJs strange shadows

I have simple scene with one cube and one directional light with shadows enabled.
Cube cast and receive shadow. But shadows on right side of the cube ara strange. In middle of shadowcamera shadow gets darker. Why?
Here is example:
code below:
var SCREEN_WIDTH = window.innerWidth - 100;
var SCREEN_HEIGHT = window.innerHeight - 100;
var camera, scene;
var canvasRenderer, webglRenderer;
var container, mesh, geometry, plane;
var windowHalfX = window.innerWidth / 2;
var windowHalfY = window.innerHeight / 2;
init();
animate();
function init() {
container = document.createElement('div');
document.body.appendChild(container);
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(30, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 1, 100000);
camera.position.set(500, 500, -1000);
camera.lookAt({ x: 0, y: 0, z: 0 });
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scene.add(new THREE.AmbientLight(0x666666));
var light;
light = new THREE.DirectionalLight(0xdfebff, 1.75);
light.position.set(100, 50, 20);
light.position.multiplyScalar(1.3);
light.castShadow = true;
light.shadowCameraVisible = true;
light.shadowMapWidth = light.shadowMapHeight = 2048;
var d = 200;
light.shadowCameraLeft = -d;
light.shadowCameraRight = d;
light.shadowCameraTop = d;
light.shadowCameraBottom = -d;
light.shadowCameraFar = 500;
light.shadowDarkness = 0.5;
//light.shadowBias = 0.001;
scene.add(light);
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box.receiveShadow = true;
scene.add(box);
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webglRenderer.setSize(SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT);
webglRenderer.domElement.style.position = "relative";
webglRenderer.shadowMapEnabled = true;
//webglRenderer.shadowMapSoft = true;
webglRenderer.shadowMapType = THREE.PCFSoftShadowMap;
//webglRenderer.sortObjects = false;
//webglRenderer.setFaceCulling(THREE.CullFaceNone);
//webglRenderer.autoClear = false;
//webglRenderer.shadowMapCullFace = THREE.CullFaceNone;
container.appendChild(webglRenderer.domElement);
window.addEventListener('resize', onWindowResize, false);
}
function onWindowResize() {
windowHalfX = window.innerWidth / 2;
windowHalfY = window.innerHeight / 2;
camera.aspect = window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight;
camera.updateProjectionMatrix();
webglRenderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
}
function animate() {
var timer = Date.now() * 0.0002;
//camera.position.x = Math.cos(timer) * 1000;
//camera.position.z = Math.sin(timer) * 1000;
requestAnimationFrame(animate);
render();
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webglRenderer.render(scene, camera);
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UPDATE:
changed fiddler code, now light is outside cube, and light is rotating around cube.
Now my problem is even more visible. When light direction vector is almost perpendicular to cube normal on shadow there is sharp line in the middle of light shadowCamera.
new fiddler code: http://jsfiddle.net/gbwojcg6/2/
The way you have your scene set up currently, the light source is inside the object.
So there are several things you can do.
move the light outside the object
reduce the very big value of camera far
use a negative shadow bias light.shadowBias = -0.01;
updated fiddle
It seams to be an issue with three.js prior r67, new version fix my problem (darker shadow in the middle of shadowcamera)

Animating canvas billboard in Three.js

I'm trying to animate a Canvas-based texture that is mapped onto a plane, like a billboard. I've made a point of including material.needsUpdate & texture.needsUpdate, but I'm still unable to get the texture to come to life. I've also included a rotating cube just so I know the animation routine is functioning on some level.
Here is the code:
<body>
<script src="http://mrdoob.github.com/three.js/build/three.min.js"></script>
<script>
if (window.innerWidth === 0) {
window.innerWidth = parent.innerWidth;
window.innerHeight = parent.innerHeight;
}
var camera, scene, renderer;
var mesh, geometry, material;
var light, sign, animTex;
var canvas, context;
init();
animate();
function init() {
camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(50, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 1, 1200);
camera.position.z = 700;
scene = new THREE.Scene();
material = new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial(
{
color: 0x885522,
wireframe: false,
overdraw: false
});
geometry = new THREE.CubeGeometry(80, 120, 100, 1, 1, 1);
mesh = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material);
sign = createSign();
light = new THREE.DirectionalLight(0xFFFFFF, 3.0);
light.position = new THREE.Vector3(5, 10, 7);
light.target = new THREE.Vector3(0, 0, 0);
scene.add(mesh);
scene.add(sign);
scene.add(light);
renderer = new THREE.CanvasRenderer();
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight);
document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement);
}
function createSign() {
canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
context = canvas.getContext("2d");
canvas.width = 200;
canvas.height = 200;
context = canvas.getContext("2d");
var texture = new THREE.Texture(canvas);
texture.needsUpdate = true;
var material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({ map : texture, overdraw: true });
material.needsUpdate = true;
var mesh = new THREE.Mesh(new THREE.PlaneGeometry(200, 200), material);
mesh.doubleSided = true;
return mesh;
}
function animate() {
var time = Date.now()*0.01;
var sinTime = Math.sin(time * 0.05) * 100;
var cosTime = Math.cos(time * 0.05) * 100;
mesh.rotation.y = sinTime*0.01;
requestAnimationFrame(animate);
context.fillStyle = "black";
context.fillRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
context.fillStyle = "white";
context.fillRect((canvas.width/2) + sinTime, (canvas.height/2) + cosTime, 20, 20)
renderer.render(scene, camera);
}
This runs, but I can't seem to get the Canvas texture material to update. What have I overlooked?
Place this right before your render() call:
sign.material.map.needsUpdate = true;
The needsUpdate flag is reset (to false) every time the texture is used (every render loop), so it needs to be set to true in the render loop (before the render call, or it'll be a frame off). So in your example, put sign.material.map.needsUpdate = true before renderer.render( scene, camera ). texture.needsUpdate = true and material.needsUpdate = true are not needed.
Also, you only need to set the needsUpdate flag on the texture, as the material properties are not changing.

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