[gameprogrammer] Re: A newbie Java Question - GUI/Animation etc...

Java has it's own Java3D interface, found at:

http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/

It allows you to do what is called active rendering, 
which is similar to the c/c++ WinMain/WndProc loops,
that uses double-buffering,  
or you can create the objects you want and allow 
Java3D to do the looping for you, while doing 
animation with their Behavior objects.

There are some good java examples with source 
code, at Killer Game Programming with Java, by 
  Andrew Davison
  O'Reilly, May 2005
  ISBN: 0-596-00730-2
  http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/killergame/
  Web Site for the book: 
  http://fivedots.coe.psu.ac.th/~ad/jg

code downloads and instructions at:

http://fivedots.coe.psu.ac.th/~ad/jg/code/

Tom C.


--- richard sabbarton <richard.sabbarton@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi Guys,
> 
> In C++ on windows I would use animation by creating
> a compatible
> device context in memory with CreateCompatibleDC(). 
> I would write my
> game and all of its elements to the MemoryDC and
> then use something
> like BitBlt() to push it to my main DC.
> 
> I have recently started learning Java and I want to
> perform a similar
> function.  I want to write all of the elements to
> memory and then
> transfer it to the screen every x milliseconds. 
> This is to eliminate
> flicker etc.
> 
> I have been looking online through tutorials etc.
> and I can't seem to
> find a description of how to do this.  Do I need to
> use java.awt or
> should I use javax.swing.
> 
> Any thoughts on how to do this or suggestions on
> greating a game
> display in Java?
> 
> Initially this is for display in an Applet in a web
> page.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Richard
> 
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