org.xith3d.scenegraph.primitives
Class SkyGeoSphere

java.lang.Object
  org.xith3d.render.RenderPass
      org.xith3d.render.BackgroundRenderPass
          org.xith3d.scenegraph.primitives.SkyGeoSphere

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.jagatoo.datatypes.Enableable

public class SkyGeoSphere
extends BackgroundRenderPass

A sky box is background node intended to display the sky with a far away appearance but without consuming massive computational resources. It is drawn with the depth buffer disabled, so all objects which are drawn after it will be drawn in front. Even though it respects View's angle, it will always be drawn as if the View (camera) were in its center regardless of the actual position.

This implementation creates a sphere to provide a more realistic sky than SkyBox. The downside to using a sphere is that you need a panoramic picture to use as the Texture. This implementation also uses GeoSphere geometry so that it doesn't create a ridiculous number of triangles.

This class ignores the default setting for pickable and sets itself to NOT pickable. You must explicitly call setPickable( true ) on SkyGeoSphere nodes regardless of the default setting.

Originally inspired by William Denniss's SkyBox.

Field Summary

static int	DEFAULT_SKY_SPLITS
static float	X_ROTATION

Constructor Summary

SkyGeoSphere(int frequency, java.lang.String textureName)

SkyGeoSphere(int frequency, Texture texture)

SkyGeoSphere(java.lang.String textureName)

SkyGeoSphere(Texture texture)

Method Summary

static BranchGroup	createSkyGeoSphereGroup(int frequency, java.lang.String textureName)
static BranchGroup	createSkyGeoSphereGroup(int frequency, Texture texture)
static BranchGroup	createSkyGeoSphereGroup(java.lang.String textureName)
static BranchGroup	createSkyGeoSphereGroup(Texture texture)

Methods inherited from class org.xith3d.render.BackgroundRenderPass

createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createParallel, createPerspective, createPerspective, createPerspective, createPerspective, createPerspective, createPerspective, createPerspective, createPerspective, createPerspective, createPerspective, createPerspective, createPerspective, createPerspective, createPerspective, createPerspective, createPerspective, createPerspective, createPerspective, createPerspective, createPerspective, createPerspective, createPerspective, createPerspective, createPerspective, isFrustumCullingEnabled, setFrustumCullingEnabled

Methods inherited from class org.xith3d.render.RenderPass

addRenderCallback, create2D, create2D, create2D, create2D, create2D, create2D, create2D, create2D, create2D, create2D, create2D, create2D, create2D, create2D, create2D, create2D, create2D, create2D, create2D, create2D, create2D, create2D, create2D, create2D, createRenderBinProvider, freeOpenGLResources, freeOpenGLResources, getBranchGroup, getConfig, getRenderBinProvider, getRenderCallbackNotifier, getRenderTarget, getShadowCasterLight, isClipperEnabled, isEnabled, isLayeredModeForced, isScissorEnabled, isUnlayeredModeForced, removeRenderCallback, setBranchGroup, setClipperEnabled, setConfig, setEnabled, setLayeredModeForced, setRenderTarget, setScissorEnabled, setShadowCasterLight, setUnlayeredModeForced, switchWireframeMode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

DEFAULT_SKY_SPLITS

public static final int DEFAULT_SKY_SPLITS

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Constant Field Values

X_ROTATION

public static final float X_ROTATION

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

SkyGeoSphere

public SkyGeoSphere(int frequency,
                    Texture texture)

SkyGeoSphere

public SkyGeoSphere(int frequency,
                    java.lang.String textureName)

SkyGeoSphere

public SkyGeoSphere(Texture texture)

SkyGeoSphere

public SkyGeoSphere(java.lang.String textureName)

Method Detail

createSkyGeoSphereGroup

public static BranchGroup createSkyGeoSphereGroup(int frequency,
                                                  Texture texture)

createSkyGeoSphereGroup

public static final BranchGroup createSkyGeoSphereGroup(int frequency,
                                                        java.lang.String textureName)

createSkyGeoSphereGroup

public static final BranchGroup createSkyGeoSphereGroup(Texture texture)

createSkyGeoSphereGroup

public static final BranchGroup createSkyGeoSphereGroup(java.lang.String textureName)