Re: [Visualpython-users] Bug: scene.mouse.camera init

[Bruce S. <Bru...@nc...>]

Yes, my typo. I meant scene.mouse.pos.

Anders Petersson wrote:
> Are you thinking about scene.mouse.pos? That makes more sense for upper 
> left corner.
> scene.mouse.camera is the position of the camera (right?) and only 
> changes when the user right-drags in the scene.
> 
> I agree that feature requests are not a priority at the moment.
> /Anders
> 
> 
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 7:38 PM, Bruce Sherwood <Bru...@nc... 
> <mailto:Bru...@nc...>> wrote:
> 
>     For the upcoming Visual 5 on Vista (and probably on XP),
>     scene.mouse.camera does have a value immediately even though the
>     mouse is outside the window; it is the upper left corner of the
>     window. Is that what you were looking for?
> 
>     The sourceforge bug and features tracking has not been used much for
>     various reasons. However, with the upcoming release of Visual 5 it
>     might make sense to make use of it.
> 
>     I have to say that creating or extending a feature request list
>     doesn't have much point at the moment, as all hands are more than
>     full just trying to release Visual 5, and the hands and heads of
>     users will be full just trying out the new environment.
> 
>     Bruce Sherwood
> 
> 
>     Anders Petersson wrote:
> 
>         Hello
>         I have a bug report.
>         With Visual 4 beta 26 under Windows XP, scene.mouse.camera is
>         not initialized until the mouse pointer enters the scene.
>         I need that variable right away since I determine the visibility
>         of box "walls" based on camera position, to avoid hiding objects
>         inside the box.
> 
>         The bug tracking system at
>         http://sourceforge.net/projects/visualpython/ seem to be very
>         lightly used. Is this a good system to maintain?
>         In such case, now might be a good idea to revise the list, with
>         the upcoming Visual 5 and all.
> 
>         Also, the feature request list would need an overhaul if you
>         deem it worthwhile to have.
>         I certainly would be interested.
> 
>         Regards
>         /Anders
> 
>