forcing users to use osgDB::readRef*File() methods. The later is preferable as it closes a potential threading bug when using paging databases in conjunction
with the osgDB::Registry Object Cache. This threading bug occurs when one thread gets an object from the Cache via an osgDB::read*File() call where only
a pointer to the object is passed back, so taking a reference to the object is delayed till it gets reassigned to a ref_ptr<>, but at the same time another
thread calls a flush of the Object Cache deleting this object as it's referenceCount is now zero. Using osgDB::readREf*File() makes sure the a ref_ptr<> is
passed back and the referenceCount never goes to zero.
To ensure the OSG builds when OSG_PROVIDE_READFILE is to OFF the many cases of osgDB::read*File() usage had to be replaced with a ref_ptr<> osgDB::readRef*File()
usage. The avoid this change causing lots of other client code to be rewritten to handle the use of ref_ptr<> in place of C pointer I introduced a serious of
templte methods in various class to adapt ref_ptr<> to the underly C pointer to be passed to old OSG API's, example of this is found in include/osg/Group:
bool addChild(Node* child); // old method which can only be used with a Node*
tempalte<class T> bool addChild(const osg::ref_ptr<T>& child) { return addChild(child.get()); } // adapter template method
These changes together cover 149 modified files, so it's a large submission. This extent of changes are warrent to make use of the Object Cache
and multi-threaded loaded more robust.
git-svn-id: http://svn.openscenegraph.org/osg/OpenSceneGraph/trunk@15164 16af8721-9629-0410-8352-f15c8da7e697
The solution for to refactor the way that events are checked so I add a bool return type to checkEvents() method across osgViewer::GraphcisWindow, osgGA::Devive and osgViewer::Viewer/CompositeViewer classes
Added template readFile(..) function to make it more convinient to cast to a specific object type.
Added support for osgGA::Device to osgViewer.
Added sdl plugin to provides very basic joystick osgGA::Device integration.
/** Convenience method for setting up multiple slave cameras that depth partition the specified camera.*/
bool setUpDepthPartitionForCamera(osg::Camera* cameraToPartition, DepthPartitionSettings* dps=0);
/** Convenience method for setting up multiple slave cameras that depth partition each of the view's active cameras.*/
bool setUpDepthPartition(DepthPartitionSettings* dsp=0);
I found very useful to have a control whether osgView::setCameraManipulator does or does not reset camera to home position.
I extended method signature as follows:
void setCameraManipulator(osgGA::MatrixManipulator* manipulator, bool resetPosition = true);
keeping the current usage intact (default parameter), while enabling user to disable the position reset. That can be useful in the situation when manipulator position was already loaded, for example from a file (user specification), or defined any other way, while we do not want to be reset to home position. Other usability is usage of two manipulators in a modeling program (orbiting around the model, walking on the model) and changing between them while we want to preserve the position of a camera in the change. Games may benefit from it as well when we change from user-defined helicopter manipulator to soldier manipulator because the user escaped the helicopter. The camera will change manipulator but the position is expected to be kept in the transition (provided that user makes the state transition between the two manipulators himself).
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It's implemented in the same way that 3D Spherical Display and Panoramic Spherical Display.
You can test it running:
osgviewer --wowvx-20 cow.osg
osgviewer --wowvx-42 cow.osg
depending on the size of your Philips WOWvx display (20" or 42")
Other arguments you can use to control the 3D effect are:
--wow-content <value>
This value defines the kind of content that can be:
0: No depth
1: Signage
2: Movie
3: CGI
4: Still
--wow-factor <value>
Percentage of the display recommended depth value. Default 64, Range [0-255]
--wow-offset <value>
Amount of range behind the screen. Default 128, Range [0-255]
0: Range is shifted in the direction of the viewer.
128: Range is equally divided in front and behind the screen.
255: Range is shifted away from the viewer.
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