I started working on creating an actual website for this app. Along with the updated UI, there are a few additional features:

• Ability to change the background color
• Optimization of surfaced mesh for better performance
• "Detail" and "Resolution" settings for more control over surfacing
• Saving and loading of models (in progress)

Metaballs - Part IV

I'm continuing to make progress:

• Faster geometry creation
• More accurate normals (much smoother looking models)
• Y-axis limits on metaball position
• (Highest detail setting now works correctly)

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Metaballs - Part III

A few more tweaks to the code and I think things are starting to look pretty good. Along with a few usability changes, metaballs can now be scaled down pretty small for more detailed models, and the user can manually change the resolution of the resulting model. I recommend NOT using the highest detail level, since it will probably time out.

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Metaballs - Part II

More updates to the Metaball code I posted a few days ago. Along with a few other tweaks, the biggest change is support for scaling (click a ball to see scale slider).

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Metaballs - Part I

One integral part to Statuary (still not sure on the name) is easy-to-use metaball support.

This demo shows off metaballs in action, both the manipulation of the metaballs and the building of a final mesh.

There are still plenty of bugs in the code and tweaks to be made, check back in a day or two for an updated version.

Soft Shadows

Just a quick preview of things to come!

Core changes

Not much to show at this time, but I've been making a lot of progress lately. I ran into a few snags while working on my Statuary app, so I decided to re-evaluate some core rendering code and make it more complete. I had previously been taking a few shortcuts which had worked at the time, but in practice it turns out the engine needed more flexibility. Although it's a setback, this is the exact reason I wanted to make this app: to see how well the Silverback3D engine works in a real-life situations and what features it needs to be fully functional.


New engine functionality that is either in progress or completed:

• Optimized simple shadows
• Normal mapping (only object space for now)
• Significant performance improvements by switching from arrays to vectors
• Polygon picking