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Sandy's Forum _ AS2 1.x versions _ fast fast faster how fast is sandy

Posted by: xavieriwde Dec 1 2006, 09:22 AM

hi,
i am totally new with Sandy, and its the firs 3d engine in AS i am using - actually i has not much experience with flash too - but i know few c engines.

i am a little bit disappointed because of speed. i dont know if it is because of my beginner level or because or not enough efficient flash, but when i am loading something what has more faces than that damn spaceship from ase file tutorial - my flash works really slow - 5, 1, 0 fps

what i am building is small architecture environment , few buildings and objects - i need only lines, no textures. - i need to move camera in it.
can i use sandy to do it ?? if somebody has some examples with more complex view than square maybe show me

ok and 2 more questions
1. is it possible to show only border edges ?? i mean show only squares not triangles

2. what is faster ase loader or wrl loader

ok thanks

cheers

Posted by: kiroukou Dec 1 2006, 11:12 AM

Hi Xavier,
Well the problem of performance is due the the virtual machine of the Flash player. The AMV1 used by flash 8 is still slow, and the A3+AMV2 is a bit faster.

Sandy want to be a complete engine, and not too much specific. That's why it can be a bit slower than others flash 3D engine at first look.
But with some few optimizations, and hacks, we can improve the result speed.

How many points does your project require? That's the more interessting value to know if your project can run with Flash8 and Sandy or not.

To draw only borders, use "quad" mode when creating your primitive, and Simpleskin (or SimpleLineSkin, I've a doubt now ^^)

But do not expect to have the same possibities with Sandy and any C 3D engine