com.jme3.scene.control

Class LodControl

java.lang.Object

com.jme3.scene.control.AbstractControl

com.jme3.scene.control.LodControl

All Implemented Interfaces:

Savable, Control, JmeCloneable, java.lang.Cloneable

public class LodControl
extends AbstractControl
implements java.lang.Cloneable, JmeCloneable

Determines what Level of Detail a spatial should be, based on how many pixels on the screen the spatial is taking up. The more pixels covered, the more detailed the spatial should be. It calculates the area of the screen that the spatial covers by using its bounding box. When initializing, it will ask the spatial for how many triangles it has for each LOD. It then uses that, along with the trisPerPixel value to determine what LOD it should be at. It requires the camera to do this. The controlRender method is called each frame and will update the spatial's LOD if the camera has moved by a specified amount.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.jme3.scene.control.AbstractControl

enabled, spatial

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LodControl() Creates a new LodControl.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected void	controlRender(RenderManager rm, ViewPort vp) To be implemented in subclass.
protected void	controlUpdate(float tpf) To be implemented in subclass.
float	getDistTolerance() Returns the distance tolerance for changing LOD.
float	getTrisPerPixel() Returns the triangles per pixel value.
java.lang.Object	jmeClone() Performs a regular shallow clone of the object.
void	read(JmeImporter im)
void	setDistTolerance(float distTolerance) Specifies the distance tolerance for changing the LOD level on the geometry.
void	setSpatial(Spatial spatial)
void	setTrisPerPixel(float trisPerPixel) Sets the triangles per pixel value.
void	write(JmeExporter ex)

Methods inherited from class com.jme3.scene.control.AbstractControl

cloneFields, cloneForSpatial, getSpatial, isEnabled, render, setEnabled, update

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface com.jme3.util.clone.JmeCloneable

cloneFields

Constructor Detail

LodControl

public LodControl()

Creates a new LodControl.

Method Detail

getDistTolerance

public float getDistTolerance()

Returns the distance tolerance for changing LOD.

Returns:

the distance tolerance for changing LOD.

See Also:

setDistTolerance(float)

setDistTolerance

public void setDistTolerance(float distTolerance)

Specifies the distance tolerance for changing the LOD level on the geometry. The LOD level will only get changed if the geometry has moved this distance beyond the current LOD level.

Parameters:

distTolerance - distance tolerance for changing LOD

getTrisPerPixel

public float getTrisPerPixel()

Returns the triangles per pixel value.

Returns:

the triangles per pixel value.

See Also:

setTrisPerPixel(float)

setTrisPerPixel

public void setTrisPerPixel(float trisPerPixel)

Sets the triangles per pixel value. The LodControl will use this value as an error metric to determine which LOD level to use based on the geometry's area on the screen.

Parameters:

trisPerPixel - triangles per pixel

setSpatial

public void setSpatial(Spatial spatial)

Specified by:

setSpatial in interface Control

Overrides:

setSpatial in class AbstractControl

Parameters:

spatial - the spatial to be controlled. This should not be called from user code.

jmeClone

public java.lang.Object jmeClone()

Description copied from interface: JmeCloneable

Performs a regular shallow clone of the object. Some fields may also be cloned but generally only if they will never be shared with other objects. (For example, local Vector3fs and so on.)

This method is separate from the regular clone() method so that objects might still maintain their own regular java clone() semantics (perhaps even using Cloner for those methods). However, because Java's clone() has specific features in the sense of Object's clone() implementation, it's usually best to have some path for subclasses to bypass the public clone() method that might be cloning fields and instead get at the superclass protected clone() methods. For example, through super.jmeClone() or another protected clone method that some base class eventually calls super.clone() in.

Specified by:

jmeClone in interface JmeCloneable

Overrides:

jmeClone in class AbstractControl

controlUpdate

protected void controlUpdate(float tpf)

Description copied from class: AbstractControl

To be implemented in subclass.

Specified by:

controlUpdate in class AbstractControl

controlRender

protected void controlRender(RenderManager rm,
                             ViewPort vp)

Description copied from class: AbstractControl

To be implemented in subclass.

Specified by:

controlRender in class AbstractControl

write

public void write(JmeExporter ex)
           throws java.io.IOException

Specified by:

write in interface Savable

Overrides:

write in class AbstractControl

Throws:

java.io.IOException

read

public void read(JmeImporter im)
          throws java.io.IOException

Specified by:

read in interface Savable

Overrides:

read in class AbstractControl

Throws:

java.io.IOException