Axiom3d Learning Diary 0.Axiom Basics

Procedure Basic steps:

1. Create the Root object.
2. Define the resources that the application would use.
3. Choose and set up the render system (which is, DirectX, OpenGL, etc).
4. Create the Render window (the window which Axiom'll render onto).
5. Initialize the resources that is going to use.
6. Create a scene using those resources.
7. Set up any third party libraries and plugins.
8. Create frame listeners.
9. Start the render loop.

Defining Resources

Resources include textures, models, scripts, and so on. . Thus far we had been using Engineconfig.xml to define Resource paths.
To add a resource path by Resourcegroupmanager class:

1. ResourceGroupManager.Instance.AddResourceLocation(location, type, group);

The first parameter is the name of the folder.

The second parameter is the resource type: "folder" or "Zip" (compressed package).

The third parameter, the resource group.

1. ResourceGroupManager.Instance.AddResourceLocation( "Media" , "Folder" , "General" );Selecting a rendering system 1. root.RenderSystem = root.RenderSystems[ "DirectX9" ];

The options are DirectX9, OpenGL, and Xna.

1. Root.Instance.RenderSystem.ConfigOptions[ "Video Mode" ].Value = "1280 x 720 @ 32-bit color" ;

Here are some common settings:

Name	Purpose
Video Mode	Sets resolution and color-depth. Color depth
Full Screen	Sets whether to use the full screen.
VSync	Syncs FPS to monitors refresh rate, vertical sync
Anti-aliasing	Gives the appearence of smoother edges. Anti-aliasing
Floating-point mode	Floating point mode, smooth or fast

Creates a render window.

1. RenderWindow window = root.Initialize( true , "Window Title" );

First parameter: Whether to create a window. If true, it is created.

1. RenderWindow window = root.CreateRenderWindow( "Axiom Render Window" , 800, 600, false );instead of creating a window, use the WinForm window to use the following code. Axiom.Collections.NamedParameterList paramList = new Axiom.Collections.NamedParameterList(); paramList[ "externalWindowHandle" ] = pictureBox1.Handle; Axiom.Graphics.RenderWindow window = _Root.CreateRenderWindow( "RenderWindow" , pictureBox1.Width, pictureBox1.Height, false , paramList);

Axiom3d Learning Diary 0.Axiom Basics