These Release Notes describe the 1.0 Beta3a Release of Cosmo Player for Windows95 and WindowsNT. The following sections are included:
For the latest
version of the Cosmo Player 1.0 Beta3a Release Notes, see the
vrml.sgi.com web site.
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New features and bug fixes in Cosmo Player 1.0 Beta3a include the following:
Features and bug fixes in Cosmo Player 1.0 Beta3 include the following:
The 1.0 Beta3a release of Cosmo Player includes:
To run Cosmo Player, the following configuration is recommended (but not required):
The Help menu in Cosmo Player (Right Mouse->Help->Help Topics)
will take you to the online help pages on the SGI Cosmo Player web
site. You can also view the Help pages without using Cosmo Player by
going straight to http://www.sgi.com/Products/SGIHelp_Hub/CosmoPlayer
.
The 1.0 Beta3a release of Cosmo Player supports most, but not all, of the Moving Worlds VRML 2.0 specification. It is compliant with the syntax and semantics of the final version of the spec (as posted on 8/4/96).
VRML 2.0 nodes not yet supported:
More details on the Script Node:
The Script node supports Java and the VrmlScript scripting language (http://vrml.sgi.com/moving-worlds/spec/vrmlscript.html).
The Script node will use the first recognized string in the url MFString field. Currently the following url string types are recognized by Cosmo Player :
#VRML V2.0 utf8
Viewpoint {
description "Entry View"
position 0 0 1.0
}
Transform {
children [
DEF TIME1 TimeSensor { cycleInterval 2 }
DEF INTERP1 PositionInterpolator {
key [ 0.0 0.5 1.0 ]
keyValue [ .15 .15 0 .15 -.15 0 .15 .15 0]
}
DEF T1 Transform { # First dropper:
translation .15 .15 0
children [
Shape {
appearance
Appearance {
material
Material { diffuseColor 1 1 0 } }
geometry
DEF SQ IndexedFaceSet {
coord
Coordinate { point [ .05 .05 0,
-.05 .05 0,
-.05 -.05 0,
.05 -.05 0 ]
}
coordIndex [ 0 1 2 3 -1 ]
}
}
]
}
DEF TIME2 TimeSensor { cycleInterval 2 }
DEF INTERP2 PositionInterpolator {
key [ 0.0 0.5 1.0 ]
keyValue [ 0 .15 0 0 -.15 0 0 .15 0]
}
DEF T2 Transform { # Second dropper
translation 0 .15 0
children [
Shape {
appearance
Appearance {
material
Material { diffuseColor 0 1 1 }
}
geometry USE SQ
}
]
}
Transform { # "Go" button
translation -.15 -.15 0
children [
DEF GO TouchSensor { }
Shape {
appearance
Appearance {
material
Material { diffuseColor 0 0 1 }
}
geometry USE SQ
}
]
}
Transform { # Enabler
translation -.15 .15 0
children [
DEF ONOFF TouchSensor { }
DEF SWITCH Switch {
whichChoice 0
choice [
Shape {
appearance
Appearance {
material
Material { diffuseColor 0 1 0 }
}
geometry USE SQ
}
Shape {
appearance
Appearance {
material
Material { diffuseColor 1 0 0 }
}
geometry
IndexedFaceSet {
coord
Coordinate { point [ .05 0 0,
0 .05 0,
-.05 0 0,
0 -.05 0 ]
}
coordIndex [ 0 1 2 3 -1 ]
}
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
DEF JUMPY Script {
eventIn SFFloat smooth_in
eventOut SFFloat jumpy_out
url "vrmlscript:
function smooth_in(t) {
step = (t*10) % 10;
jumpy_out = step/10.0;
}"
}
DEF SCRIPT Script {
eventIn SFTime toggleActive
eventIn SFTime clicked
eventOut SFTime start1
eventOut SFTime start2
eventOut SFInt32 isActive
field SFBool on FALSE
url "vrmlscript:
function initialize() {
start1 = 0;
start2 = 0;
isActive = FALSE;
}
function toggleActive() {
if (on) on = 0;
else on = 1;
isActive = on;
}
function clicked(time) {
if (on == 0) return;
start1 = time+.5;
start2 = time+1.1;
}"
}
ROUTE TIME1.fraction_changed TO JUMPY.smooth_in
ROUTE JUMPY.jumpy_out TO INTERP1.set_fraction
ROUTE INTERP1.value_changed TO T1.translation
ROUTE TIME2.fraction_changed TO INTERP2.set_fraction
ROUTE INTERP2.value_changed TO T2.translation
ROUTE ONOFF.touchTime TO SCRIPT.toggleActive
ROUTE SCRIPT.isActive TO SWITCH.set_whichChoice
ROUTE GO.touchTime TO SCRIPT.clicked
ROUTE SCRIPT.start1 TO TIME1.startTime
ROUTE SCRIPT.start2 TO TIME2.startTime
(sample.wrl)
#VRML V2.0 utf8
WorldInfo{
title "script test world, click to start/stop"
}
DEF LightSwitch Script{
url "OnOffSwitch.class"
eventIn SFTime touchTime
eventOut SFTime startTime
eventOut SFTime stopTime
field SFBool onoffstate FALSE
}
DEF Timer TimeSensor{
cycleInterval 2
loop TRUE
}
DEF Roll OrientationInterpolator{
key [0, .25, .50, 0.75, 1.0]
keyValue [0 1 1 0, 0 1 1 1.570795, 0 1 1 3.14159, 0 1 1 4.712385, 0 1 1 6.28318]
}
DEF CubeSpin Transform{
children[
DEF Clickit TouchSensor{}
DEF CubeShape
Shape{
geometry Box {}
}
]
rotation 0 0 0 0
}
ROUTE Clickit.touchTime TO LightSwitch.touchTime
ROUTE Timer.fraction_changed TO Roll.set_fraction
ROUTE Roll.value_changed TO CubeSpin.set_rotation
ROUTE LightSwitch.startTime TO Timer.startTime
ROUTE LightSwitch.stopTime TO Timer.stopTime
(OnOffSwitch.java)
import vrml.*;
import vrml.node.*;
import vrml.field.*;
public class OnOffSwitch extends Script{
public SFTime touchTime;
public SFTime startTime;
public SFTime stopTime;
public SFBool onoffstate = new SFBool(false);
public void initialize(){
onoffstate = (SFBool) getField("onoffstate");
startTime= (SFTime) getEventOut("startTime");
stopTime=(SFTime) getEventOut("stopTime");
}
public void processEvent(Event e) {
ConstSFTime tTime=(ConstSFTime) e.getValue();
if (onoffstate.getValue()==false) {
startTime.setValue(tTime);
}
else {
stopTime.setValue(tTime);
}
if (onoffstate.getValue()==true) {
onoffstate.setValue(false);
}
else{
onoffstate.setValue(true);
}
}
}
Cosmo Player 1.0 is free, unsupported software. However, if you find bugs, or have other comments about the software, you can report them to the Cosmo Player development team by using the feedback form on the SGI Cosmo Player web site or by sending mail to cosmoplayerbugs@sgi.com.
The newsgroup news://vrml.sgi.com/sgi.cosmoplayer is also
available for general questions and discussions on Cosmo Player. Note,
this newsgroup is not a general Usenet group. Use Netscape Navigator or
the MS newsreader to read and post to this newsgroup.
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