Re: [openvrml-develop] Navigation in "Examine Mode"

[Greg R. <ne...@po...>]

"S.K.Bose" <bo...@pa...> wrote:

> Today a bunch of fixes I have checked in the CVS. They are

>         * Fixed Navigation problems in "Examine Mode", as it was
>           mentioned in
>           <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/libvrml97/message/1451>

>         * Fixed some issues for bug #447971 (Navigation problems)

>         * Fix for bug #213579 (Backgrounds appear to move)

>         * Fix for bug #213970 (Headlight doesn't follow Viewpoint)

>         * Fix for shininess component in Material node.

>         * Fix for getOrientation(). In some cases it was failing.

Thanks, Bose!  I believe 447971 was my jumbo bug.  I'm overrun with
contractors and remodelling at the moment, but I'll try to test things
as soon as I can.

Also, I think someone asked about "shooting" (picking) a day or two
ago.  That's going to be needed for a sane Examine mode, too, since
you generally want rotation to occur about a point somewhere in the
object or part of the object that's in front of you, preferably close
to the center of the field of view.  I remember Chris or someone
discussing the finer points of Cosmo's approach a few years ago...

Greg