Comments on: Car simulation with Maya & Papervision3d

By: Michael Benin

Michael Benin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:18:11 +0000

Any word on mental ray support in flash cs5?

By: Flash Friday - 3D, Flex and Video Tutorials | Weber Design Labs

Flash Friday - 3D, Flex and Video Tutorials | Weber Design Labs — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:37:14 +0000

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By: saurabh

saurabh — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:41:51 +0000

Hi its my college project..i need a interactive flash background for my site..like mustang or something interesting..can u help me from where can i get or download something like that ?

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:22:00 +0000

Nice :) Quite appropriate setting this in Dubai, so many mustangs on the road there!

By: David Finlay

David Finlay — Fri, 08 May 2009 10:00:34 +0000

This is amazing, I must work with you.

please email dfinlay@teksystems.co.uk

or call 0207 608 8300

By: Patrick Rushton

Patrick Rushton — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:10:47 +0000

Just to confirm that John’s post above has also helped me out with the same problem with my car model. Thanks John. Maya users should also take care not to use Freeze Transformations on any geometry they plan on rotating around it’s pivot point.

By: zeus

zeus — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:04:50 +0000

this is freaking sweet!!!

By: John Brookes

John Brookes — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:18:49 +0000

If you want a pivot in maya, just create a null object (empty group) and make a wheel a child of that. Copy the wheels xyz to the pivot so it sits at the same position. Then in PV rotate the pivot. Just tried it on your dae, it works ;)

By: romke (Romke de haan)

romke (Romke de haan) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:50:16 +0000

Have you seen the mustang papervision3d app from Everyday flash? http://is.gd/jpFE HAWT!

By: dev

dev — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:26:24 +0000

You so awesome, can ask that what book u recommend for a very beginner to start learn action script 3.0 and flash?

By: bartek drozdz

bartek drozdz — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:46:14 +0000

@Junio thats an interesting topic! Krister and myself, we spent quite some time tweaking the model for this demo. It is tricky, because preparing anything for pv3d is so much different from all other 3D uses. There must be a really small number of polys, and there are always z-ordering problems in them model that can give everyone a headache…. Maybe I’ll try to write some tips & tricks soon.

@Jensa @Nate thanks for the feedback! I wanted to be economic in the number of keys – so the Down is used for braking when the car is in motion and for going backward when it is stopped… but Nate is right – it would be more fun if it was not that way. I’ll try to change it as as soon as I have time.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:38:35 +0000

Hi Bartek,

I’m trying to load animated model from maya exported with the maya collada exporter. What settings do you use? Also my biggest problem is when i rotate the model some of the objects (from it) rotate faster and for example the head is not where it is supposed to be. Maybe because there are couple do3ds?

By: Nate Chatellier

Nate Chatellier — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:12:54 +0000

Fun demo. Yeah, same thing happened to me Jensa. Breaking can be a bit tweaky. I was trying to pull some fun “stunt driver” moves like yanking the ebrake, flipping 180, then throwing it in reverse (etc). But this wasn’t quite possible. Regardless, a cool demo, thanks!

By: ElliotChong (Elliot Chong)

ElliotChong (Elliot Chong) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:49:03 +0000

@bartekd posted an awesome car simulation using PV3D, with a few new AS3Dmod modifiers to boot! http://tinyurl.com/cjtktv

By: Jensa

Jensa — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:57:36 +0000

Neat demo! Somthing odd happens when I use the breaks? The car suddenly starts backing up?

By: Junio Vitorino

Junio Vitorino — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:12:11 +0000

Nice work Bartek congratulations. I might is wrong, but I’ve coming to note than the most problems than we’ve at programming 3D projectis is in the born of the model. I didn’t know if is possible (i believe than yes), but if all 3D guys, bring us a model built thinking at use him at 3D Flash projects, would become our life a bit better. Do you think than these problems could be solved with a better planning in the building of the 3D Model?

By: pradeek (Pradeek)

pradeek (Pradeek) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:59:51 +0000

Awesome papervision3d demo.. Drive a Mustang GT in a desert. Smooth too… http://is.gd/jpFE