[Plib-users] A few silly newbie questions.....

[Cameron B. <ko...@da...>]

So, I have ideas bigger than my c++ ability (which is way rusty :)
and Im playing around with plib (which is totally excellent!).

Anyway, here are my observations/silly questions so far...
(keep in mind that Ive only just hacked a skybox around the shapes
example, so my plib/opengl knowledge isnt that great yet. :)




Ok, so I have a window that I can move around with the mouse... but
the mouse goes outside the window. How do I 'lock'/'capture' the mouse
pointer in my window? I can make the cursor invisible, but can I
'lock' it? (Im thinking of tools like Halflife2's hammer editor where
you hit a key to toggle between 'mouse drive' and 'mouse select').



Docs say:    pwCallbacks
Code says:   pwSetCallbacks
(I post about this a while ago, but i tripped myself again yesterday :)



http://plib.sourceforge.net/ menu on the left. Would it make more
sense to 'order' the libraries (ie, put PW _first_ as its really the
one of the first libraries that you tend to use (being the init)
rather than almost last).



ssgaSky: 
  * stars are various colors... if I read the source right, code is in
    there to have per star color... but it isnt passed to the ssgaSky?

  * making stars is RA, Dec and... ? The 3rd arg is ignored. Im not
    sure why its a sgdVec3 and not an sgdVec2.

  * if we're passing RA and Dec, then we shouldnt use 'random' ra/dec
    to load the database as that will cluster them round the the pole,
    wont it?

  * stars and planets are the same, yeah?

(I think that code needs some more documentation... Ill see if I can
work out what its doing and make something more clear. I havnt get got
to why I need repaint yet ;).



long way off.......
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Ive been thinking about player models (way off yet ;) and lets say I
have a number of mesh 'parts' for a walking human  (head, body, legs,
arms). What is the best way to model that? 

Opengl/plib wise, what is the best way to create (say) different
leg positions in a footstep?

From my reading of the docs so far, Im guessing that I could have a 
ssgTweenController driving a set of models for foot position and then
set the controller to various values.

(I was going to ask if I should use a tween controller or select from
a series of models, but the tween one looks like the way to go) (I
say, answering my own question :)




excellent...
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Anyway, Im finding plib excellent! As a sysadmin, I love the modular
approach to be great! Its just big enough that I can hold enough of
the state in my head at once as I learn it and it builds wonderfully.

Just enough to get me into trouble... :)




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