Ninfa3D (Lite) 1.0f available

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Ian Thompson

(Posted 2009) [#1]

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NINFA3D Engine 1.0f
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- Now, effects using default of Irrlicht (normal, parallax mapping), for better performance.
- Remove effect specular mapping.
- New example: vehicle, BSp maps and Zip loader.
- Added function for vehicle.
- Updated the system of physic to the version "2.03 Archemedia"

Not had time to convert the new demos, but the headers have been updated and the old demos have been modified to match the changes.

Full packages have been created (No FreeBasic distro is needed).

See the downloads section at http://www.mysticrealitystudio.comuv.com

I am in the process of creating proper help files for BlitzMax and C#, I will convert the new vehicle demos once this is complete.

Be aware the vehicle commands are still considered as beta, so should not be used in your projects just yet.

P.S. C# 1.0f also updated in a similar fashion to the BlitzMax package.

Enjoy! :D

SabataRH

(Posted 2009) [#2]

Ian Thompson thank you very much, this is fastly becoming my favorite 'play-around' engine.

Naughty Alien

(Posted 2009) [#3]

..I agree with Swampdonkey..i have shortly tested this over some of my levels and its incredibly fast actually..but im a bit confused with this 'LITE' version..what is it and how is it different from some 'PRO' or whatever you call non-LITE version?? What are the differencies?

SabataRH

(Posted 2009) [#4]

The way I understand it, and I could be way off here, is that the Ninfa3d team are and will continue to develop the Ninfa3DLite engine but they are also developing a second engine which will exceed the lite in many ways.

"It is a software development kit for realtime 3D graphics, with particular focus on games. It has been specifically designed for professional, which has been achieved by giving the developers full control over the game code mechanics and next generation graphics."

In my searches i found this - http://www.ninfa3dengine.com/ which is quite different than the MysticNinfa3D site.

But none the less, the Lite version is very robust and feature rich! the last version seemed to me to be near project-ready now with the release of yet another update I can see it getting even closer to being able to take it 100% project-serious. Ian is working on some docs, which are sorely needed.

Ian Thompson

(Posted 2009) [#5]

What Ronnie said. :P

'Pro', I believe will have a deferred renderer, with more lights, better shadows etc...

I converted the two new main demos, here they are if you want to grab them quick, I'll put them in the full archives too.

"Body - Vehicle (ALPHA).bmx"

Import "Ninfa3d.bmx"

Global camera:Int Ptr
Local light01:Int Ptr,light02:Int Ptr

'Enable vertical synch.
EnableVsync()

'Starts the Ninfa3D Engine
InitEngine(640,480,32,0)
	BackGroundColor(128,128,128)'Background Color
	AmbientLight(32,32,32)'Ambient color
	WorldGravity(0,-300,0)
	WorldSize(20480,10240,20480)
	Fog(96,96,96,0.0003)' Fog
	PhysicQuality(Q_LINEAR)

'Include the file "SampleFuntions.bi.
'It contains useful features, such as drawing the interface and create the test area.
Include "SampleFunctions.bmx"

'Create a camera
camera = CreateCamera()

'Creates the lights
light01 = CreateLight(LGT_POINT)
	PositionEntity(light01,0,128,-128)' Position
	LightRadius(light01,175)' Radius of the light

'JEEP
Local msh2:Int Ptr = LoadMesh("media\chassis.ms3d",VT_TANGENTS)'Load a mesh
	'MeshCastShadow(msh2)'Make the mesh and get cast shadows.
	EntityParent(camera,msh2)
	PositionEntity(camera,0,16,-32)'Position
	
Local bdy2:Int Ptr = CreateBodyHull(msh2,600.0)'Create a cube body
	EntityParent(bdy2,msh2)'This makes the mesh assigned, follow both
								  'Position as the rotation of the body.
	PositionEntity(bdy2,250,280,300)

Local vehicle:Int Ptr = CreateVehicle(0,0,1,bdy2)

Local FLWheel:Int Ptr = LoadMesh("media\FLWheel.ms3d",VT_TANGENTS)'FindChild(msh2,"RuedaDelIzq")
Local FRWheel:Int Ptr = LoadMesh("media\FRWheel.ms3d",VT_TANGENTS)'FindChild(msh2,"RuedaDelDer")

Local BLWheel:Int Ptr = LoadMesh("media\BLWheel.ms3d",VT_TANGENTS)'FindChild(msh2,"RuedaTraIzq")
Local BRWheel:Int Ptr = LoadMesh("media\BRWheel.ms3d",VT_TANGENTS)'FindChild(msh2,"RuedaTraDer")

'Configuration of the wheels.
Local MASS:Float = 15.0
Local FRICTION:Float = 1.5
Local sLENGTH:Float = 0.2
Local sSPRING:Float = 175.0
Local sDAMPER:Float = 6.0

'Add wheels to the chassis of the vehicle.
AddTire(vehicle,FLWheel,9,-5,10,MASS,3.25,4,FRICTION,sDAMPER,sSPRING,sDAMPER)
AddTire(vehicle,FRWheel,-9,-5,10,MASS,3.25,4,FRICTION,sDAMPER,sSPRING,sDAMPER)
AddTire(vehicle,BLWheel,9,-5,-10,MASS,3.25,4,FRICTION,sDAMPER,sSPRING,sDAMPER)
AddTire(vehicle,BRWheel,-9,-5,-10,MASS,3.25,4,FRICTION,sDAMPER,sSPRING,sDAMPER)


Local tex01:Int Ptr = LoadTexture("media\Mud0029_1_M.jpg")

'Create a terrain mesh
Local terrain:Int Ptr = LoadTerrain("media\TOPOMAP1.jpg",5,1)
	ScaleMesh(terrain,10,4,10)
	EntityTexture(terrain,tex01,0)
	ScaleTexture(terrain,10,0)'Scale the texture of the terrain
	PositionEntity(terrain,-100,0,0)

Local PHSterrain:Int Ptr = CreateBodyTerrain(terrain,5)
	PositionEntity(PHSterrain,-100,0,0)

Local msh:Int Ptr
Local bdy:Int Ptr
Local i:Int
For i = 0 To 600

	msh = CreateMeshCube()'Load a mesh
		ScaleMesh(msh,5,5,5)

	bdy = CreateBodyCube(5,5,5,0.5)'Create a cube body
		EntityParent(bdy,msh)'This makes the mesh assigned, follow both
								  'Position as the rotation of the body.
		PositionEntity(bdy,1200-Rand(-500,1000),Rand(450,1024),2250-Rand(0,2000))'Position the body.
Next

While(EngineRun())'Returns 1 if the engine is running.

	'Begins scene
	BeginScene()
	
	'By pressing the "ESCAPE" closes the engine.
	If KeyHit(KEY_ESCAPE) Then CloseEngine()
	
	'Update the Engine.
	'Changing the value (only affects the physics) that will update the
	'Physical faster or slower.
	UpdateEngine(0.05,UP_ALL)

	If KeyDown(KEY_W) Then
		ApplyTorque(vehicle,0,4.0)
		ApplyTorque(vehicle,1,4.0)
		ApplyTorque(vehicle,2,2.5)
		ApplyTorque(vehicle,3,2.5)
	ElseIf KeyDown(KEY_S) Then
		ApplyTorque(vehicle,0,-2.0)
		ApplyTorque(vehicle,1,-2.0)
		ApplyTorque(vehicle,2,-1.5)
		ApplyTorque(vehicle,3,-1.5)
	Else
		ApplyTorque(vehicle,0,0.0)
		ApplyTorque(vehicle,1,0.0)
		ApplyTorque(vehicle,2,0.0)
		ApplyTorque(vehicle,3,0.0)
	EndIf

	If KeyDown(KEY_A) Then
			ApplySteering(vehicle,0,-1.0)
			ApplySteering(vehicle,1,-1.0)
	ElseIf KeyDown(KEY_D) Then
			ApplySteering(vehicle,0,1.0)
			ApplySteering(vehicle,1,1.0)
	Else
		ApplySteering(vehicle,0,0.0)
		ApplySteering(vehicle,1,0.0)
	EndIf

	If KeyDown(KEY_SPACE) Then
		ApplyBrake(vehicle,0,1.0)
		ApplyBrake(vehicle,1,1.0)
	EndIf

	CameraTarget(camera,EntityX(bdy2),EntityY(bdy2),EntityZ(bdy2))

	'Displays the interface (FPS and triangles)
	Interface()

	'End the scene
	EndScene()
	
Wend

'Ends Ninfa3D Engine
EndEngine()

"Mesh - BSP Map.bmx"

Import "Ninfa3d.bmx"

Global camera:Int Ptr

'Enable vertical synch.
EnableVsync()

'Starts the Ninfa3D Engine
InitEngine(640,480,32,0)
	BackGroundColor(128,128,128)'Background Color
	AmbientLight(64,64,64)'Ambient color

'Include the file "SampleFuntions.bi.
'It contains useful features, such as drawing the interface and create the test area.
Include "SampleFunctions.bmx"

'Create a camera
camera = CreateCameraFPS(100,1)
	PositionEntity(camera,1400,140,1400)' Position

	
'Ninfa3d, As "Irrlichter" used to display graphics and load files,
'you can load files like "zip" and "PK3".
'When you load a file "zip" or "PK3",
'all content is loaded into memory and only have to tell you the name of the file to load.
LoadZip("media/map-20kdm2.pk3")

'Loading the map BSP.
Local BSPmap:Int Ptr  = LoadMesh("20kdm2.bsp",MT_TANGENTS)

While(EngineRun())'Returns 1 if the engine is running.

	'Begins scene
	BeginScene()
	
	'By pressing the "ESCAPE" closes the engine.
	If KeyHit(KEY_ESCAPE) Then CloseEngine()
	
	'Update the Engine.
	'Changing the value (only affects the physics) that will update the
	'Physical faster or slower.
	UpdateEngine(0,UP_ALL)

	'Displays the interface (FPS and triangles)
	Interface()

	'End the scene
	EndScene()
	
Wend

'Ends Ninfa3D Engine
EndEngine()

SabataRH

(Posted 2009) [#6]

Thanks Ian.

Christer

(Posted 2009) [#7]

It dosent seem to load a .b3d file exported from 3D WorldStudio correctly. The whole map seems to become black with no textures. Yes the textures are in the same folder.

Also tried to load a file exported with Terra Ed. Well they work but if I load a when exported with "Vertex Alpha" the textures have very sharp edges I dont know why.(Image: http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/3125/3d1.png) But when I load when its exported with "Supertexture" its good but its a kinda sucky way to work.

JA2	(Posted 2009) [#8]

If I try to animate a model that doesn't contain any bones or skinning etc, the model just stands there. I've made my animation in 3dsmax and exported to .b3d, a simple animation using position and rotation only (for a robot type vehicle). It all works nicely in blitz3d but not in ninfa3d for some reason.

Could I email my model to anyone of the ninfa3d team for testing?

Ian Thompson

(Posted 2009) [#9]

(Beta) BlitzMax and C# docs added here...

http://www.mysticrealitystudio.comuv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=500

Enjoy! ;)

Panno

(Posted 2009) [#10]

thx