Thanks to Katopz (hugs), we now have a fp10 version of JigLibFlash working and away3dlite support!

I laid some ´groundwork´ for  working with height-maps and Muzer did a amazing job making it work with JigLibFlash. He also added rag-dolls using new hinge joints!
You can find the rag-dolls and height-map examples at muzer’s new homepage.
Also, I would like to thank Bartek and Devin for all the adjustments and speed improvements and much more.

JigLibFlash Needs Your Help!

Currently, we are looking for a person who could make proper documentation for jiglibflash.
If you are interested contact me: ringo at 3dsynergy dott com

You can find the updates in the regular SVN (see source tab).
If you build something add it in the comments we love to see what you can do with JigLibFlash!

Thanks to everyone in the community for all the hard work to make JigLibFlash even faster and more amazing.

Have fun…

FIVe3D is an easy to use vector-based 3D library. It can be download from http://five3d.mathieu-badimon.com/.
This plugin has support for both cubes and planes.
The additional required support files needed for FIVe3D including a FIVe3D Cube class can be download from here. In the near future these files might get integrated in the FIVe3D package.

Recently Devin Reimer from AlmostLogical has joined the Jiglibflash team, and he is the one who made this all possible. Welcome Devin!

While it’s been quiet for the last month on this blog, lots of people have been working on examples tutorials and what not. Here is a small collection which might inspire you. If you have a example or tutorial add it in the comments, thanks.

1. Pong game with levels by Mike Lively

http://professionalpapervision.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/jiglibflash-pong-game-with-game-levels/

2. Ping pong using a collada object with the physic system by Bartek

http://www.everydayflash.com/blog/index.php/2009/04/23/jiglibflash-3d-physics/

3. Soccerball game,  physics mixed with the soundspectrum by Ringo

http://www.flashbookmarks.com/demos/soccerballdance/

4.  Create a 3d bowling game with jiglibflash tutorial by Devon at thetechlabs

http://www.thetechlabs.com/tutorials/3d/create-a-3d-bowling-game-with-jiglibflash-and-papervision-3d/

5. Sandy 3d example recurring balls by Makc at wonderfl(oh wonderfull)

http://wonderfl.net/code/8e8d975eefc28d7786e89da6fb0b3ad449e4abb6#

6. Multiplayer Flash & 3d physic prototype, explained in german by Duda

http://lab.dudagroup.com/websites/flash_flex/monkee/multiplayer-flash-game-3d-physik/

7. Video: Sourcebinder using jiglibflash by Balazs

http://www.vimeo.com/4073575

8. 3D Ball Adventure and Video game case physics example  by Devin

http://blog.almostlogical.com/2009/04/13/jiglibflash-rewrite-video-game-case-physics-example/

http://blog.almostlogical.com/2009/02/22/3d-ball-adventure-jiglibmotionspringcamera3d-part-3/

9. Basic example with Mouse constraints and shadows by Damonky

http://www.damonky.co.uk/flex/mouse-constraints-using-jiglib-as3/

10. Experiment racecar  by Revoke

http://lab.revoke.ca/2009/04/jiglibflash-papervision-3d-experiment/

11. Lot of great examples by Yosef @ Blitzagency

http://labs.blitzagency.com/?p=634

12. Drive simulator by Loth

http://3dflashlo.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/drive-simulator/

13. Basic physics 3d scene with pv3d by Miquel

http://as3.miguelmoraleda.com/page/2/

14. Video projector effect by Lee Felarca

http://www.zeropointnine.com/blog/video-projector-effect

15. AR + jiglibflash (needs a webcam) by Devon

http://blog.onebyonedesign.com/?p=270

“There is an insatiable thirst for more and more engaging experiences on the web. Our culture is trained to quickly dive into something new, but just as quickly move onto the next “big” thing. Whether it’s a new device, a killer new band or in this case a new visual experience.”  says Richard Mattka, one 3D Synergy’s co-founders.  “We are trying to push the  boundaries and find new ways to express ideas visually within the limitations of web browser delivery.”

3D Synergy, is an new alliance of seasoned developers from around the world. By combining talents in 3D engines, Flash, Flex, 2D and 3D physics, and a wide range of programming languages they are able to produce a unique synergy of art and science. 

“Clients continue to ask for 3D games, interactive galleries, realistic presentations, virtual tours, you name it. We do our best to not just deliver that solution, but to stay out on the edge finding even better ways to create that solution. Often we are trying to create possibilities for the web, before the market exists for them.” explains Ringo Blanken.

To check out the latest work by 3D Synergy, visit www.3dsynergy.com. Their impressive portfolio features a number of exciting projects, working with some of the most distinguished agencies and brands on the planet. Their lab also features eye-pooping 3D experiments and some interesting game concepts.

For JiglibFlash starters with Papervision 3D, see: Tutorial JigLibFlash – How to create basic physics 3d scene done by Miguel.

A other tutorial can be found here JigLibFlash + Papervision3d : Quick run-through done by Reyco.

*update* Sandy 3D tutorial

If you want to make a tutorial and get it published contact me, allready thanks.

API Docs

To browse the docs follow this link http://www.jiglibflash.com/docs/. The code contains very few comments for the moment, but it’s still very useful to get an overview of all the classes that are part of JigLibFlash. The docs will be updated on a regular basis to match the contents of the repository. Currently we are at revision 92. The revision number will always be indicated in the title and in the header of the docs.

SWC

I saw on Twitter some requests for a SWC file, so we added this too. You will find it in the Downloads section of the Google Code. The name of the file also contains the revision number it is based on. We will update the SWC file with each important update of the code base. A current SWC file is also available in the repository, in folder trunk/fp9/swc.

ANT script

For those of you that are familiar with ANT scripts, there is one available in the repository here. It contains targets that generate the API docs and SWC files, so if you need those customized feel free to use it. If you do so however, be sure to update all the paths in the properties listed at the beginning of the document to match local paths on your machine.

I hope you’ll find this little update useful. Thanks!

There have been a few edits and additions made to the library lately:

Radians vs Degrees 

One major change is how rotation is handled. We made a few changes to the RigidBody class and the JConfig class. You as a developer now have the option to use either degrees or radians to set and get RigidBody rotations. All you have to do is specify which type you want to use by setting the JConfig.rotationType to either DEGREES or RADIANS. At the moment the JConfig.rotationType value is defaulted to DEGREES

The engine level calculations are still done with radians though (may or may not change, TBD), never the less the conversion to radians and degrees and vice versa is done at the RigidBody level. Additionally, we have added “yaw”, “pitch” and “roll” properties to the RigidBody class which also use either radians or degrees based on the JConfig.rotationType value.

New class: MouseConstraint

There has been a new class to the Papervision3D plug-in called MouseConstraint and a new example to the Papervision3D examples folder. The class basically allows you to attach a world constraint to an object and simulate dragging.

Other News

You can now also access the the PhysicsSystem directly from your instance of the plugin by accessing the “engine’ property.

What used to be:

can now be accessed as 

considering that you names your instance of the plugin “physics”.

You can now also add constraints directly from your plugin instance as so:

where as before you had to get an instance of the PhysicsSystem and add it to that.

There are also new examples on how to set up constraints and a really cool example by Muzerly on how to set up a car using the vehicles package!

Stay tuned!!

The 3D physics engine jiglibflash is updated and now has support for Away 3d, Papervision 3d and Sandy 3d  (thanks Thomas). If other engines would like their plug-in code included, please let me know. Lots of changes have been made which required revising the API. Please be sure to update to the most recent revision. Most of the work is done by Bartek and Reyco (nice work guys!).

At the moment we are working on examples (you can find some in the SVN already), tutorials, fixing bugs and adding some extra features.

When that’s all done we will start on the documentation, for now see http://code.google.com/p/jiglibflash/wiki/New_API_Very_Short_Tutorial.

What we will do first is re-architect the whole package so it’s easier to use with the other 3d engines and rewrite the code to more logical AS3 syntax. When that’s settled we will add new features (we are allready working on some car physics) like a heightmap, skeletons, etc. How long it will take is hard to say since we are all busy with our daily lifes and business, but we will do our best.

Here is a demo  i made for the Soccerball contest, organized by Jim Foley at Mad Vertices ‘”Another one bites the dust”:

You can find the other entries and source code here.

If you made a small demo/game with jiglibflash send me (speedok at gmail dot com) the url, i’ll make a post once we have collected enough examples. Thanks in advance.

JiglibFlash is a open source Actionscript 3D Physics Engine. It’s ported by muzerly from the c++ open source physics engine jiglib and uses a part of jiglibX. The SVN source of JiglibFlash can be found here.

The current state of the library is in early alpha  and there is no documentation nor tutorials yet. First we will work on some extra ‘features’, like a heightmap and car physics.

The current JiglibFlash demo (click in the screen and use arrow keys and the space bar to ‘jump’) uses PaperVision 3D as render engine. However we will do some architecture changes so that it will work on every 3D open source render engine out there.
The good news is that it’s already available for other 3d physics engines then PaperVision 3D, see Sandy 3D example and Away 3D example. Thanks for that guys!

Since we all have full time+ jobs it’s hard to tell how fast we will advance but we (muzerly mostly atm ) do our best.
We are also looking for people to join the project team, so if you have some spare time contact me that would be great.

You can reach us at the irc server freenode at channel #jiglibflash or mail me at speedok at gmail dott com.

“One day, one day, full GPU support?”