Rendering to Multiple Windows
From Axiom
This examples shows you how to render a scene to multiple windows using Axiom.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Axiom.Core;
using Axiom.Graphics;
using Axiom.Math;
using Axiom.Input;
using Axiom.Overlays;
using System.IO;
using Axiom.Configuration;
namespace Axiom.Samples.MulitpleRenderWindows
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
/// <summary>
/// Required designer variable.
/// </summary>
private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;
#region Windows Form Designer generated code
/// <summary>
/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
/// </summary>
private void InitializeComponent()
{
this.viewportOne = new System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox();
this.viewportTwo = new System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox();
( (System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)( this.viewportOne ) ).BeginInit();
( (System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)( this.viewportTwo ) ).BeginInit();
this.SuspendLayout();
//
// viewportOne
//
this.viewportOne.Location = new System.Drawing.Point( 3, 12 );
this.viewportOne.Name = "viewportOne";
this.viewportOne.Size = new System.Drawing.Size( 594, 625 );
this.viewportOne.TabIndex = 0;
this.viewportOne.TabStop = false;
//
// viewportTwo
//
this.viewportTwo.Location = new System.Drawing.Point( 603, 12 );
this.viewportTwo.Name = "viewportTwo";
this.viewportTwo.Size = new System.Drawing.Size( 422, 378 );
this.viewportTwo.TabIndex = 1;
this.viewportTwo.TabStop = false;
//
// Form1
//
this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF( 6F, 13F );
this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size( 1037, 700 );
this.Controls.Add( this.viewportTwo );
this.Controls.Add( this.viewportOne );
this.Name = "Form1";
this.Text = "Form1";
this.FormClosing += new System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventHandler( this.Form1_FormClosing );
this.Load += new System.EventHandler( this.Form1_Load );
( (System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)( this.viewportOne ) ).EndInit();
( (System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)( this.viewportTwo ) ).EndInit();
this.ResumeLayout( false );
}
#endregion
private System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox viewportOne;
private System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox viewportTwo;
protected Root engine;
protected Camera camera;
protected Viewport viewport;
protected Camera cameraTwo;
protected Viewport viewport2;
protected SceneManager scene;
protected RenderWindow windowOne;
protected RenderWindow windowTwo;
protected InputReader input;
protected Vector3 cameraVector = Vector3.Zero;
protected float cameraScale;
protected bool showDebugOverlay = true;
protected float statDelay = 0.0f;
protected float debugTextDelay = 0.0f;
protected float toggleDelay = 0.0f;
protected Vector3 camVelocity = Vector3.Zero;
protected Vector3 camAccel = Vector3.Zero;
protected float camSpeed = 2.5f;
protected int aniso = 1;
protected TextureFiltering filtering = TextureFiltering.Bilinear;
private SceneNode headNode = null;
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Form1_Load( object sender, EventArgs e )
{
this.Show();
engine = new Root( "EngineConfig.xml", "AxiomEngine.log" );
_setupResources();
engine.RenderSystem = engine.RenderSystems[ 0 ];
engine.Initialize( false );
Control target = this.viewportOne;
windowOne = engine.CreateRenderWindow( "SampleOne", target.Width, target.Height, 32, false, 0, 0, true, true, target );
target = this.viewportTwo;
windowTwo = engine.CreateRenderWindow( "SampleTwo", target.Width, target.Height, 32, false, 0, 0, true, true, target );
ShowDebugOverlay( showDebugOverlay );
// Get the SceneManager, a generic one by default
scene = engine.SceneManagers.GetSceneManager( SceneType.Generic );
scene.ClearScene();
// create a camera and initialize its position
camera = scene.CreateCamera( "MainCamera" );
camera.Position = new Vector3( 0, 0, 500 );
camera.LookAt( new Vector3( 0, 0, -300 ) );
// set the near clipping plane to be very close
camera.Near = 5;
// create a new viewport and set it's background color
viewport = windowOne.AddViewport( camera, 0, 0, 1.0f, 1.0f, 100 );
viewport.BackgroundColor = ColorEx.Blue;
// create a camera and initialize its position
cameraTwo = scene.CreateCamera( "CameraTwo" );
cameraTwo.Position = new Vector3( 500, 0, 250 );
cameraTwo.LookAt( new Vector3( 0, 0, -300 ) );
// set the near clipping plane to be very close
cameraTwo.Near = 5;
// create a new viewport and set it's background color
viewport2 = windowTwo.AddViewport( cameraTwo, 0, 0, 1.0f, 1.0f, 99);
viewport2.BackgroundColor = ColorEx.Blue;
// set default mipmap level
TextureManager.Instance.DefaultNumMipMaps = 5;
// call the overridden CreateScene method
// set some ambient light
scene.AmbientLight = new ColorEx( 1.0f, 0.2f, 0.2f, 0.2f );
// create a skydome
scene.SetSkyDome( true, "Examples/CloudySky", 5, 8 );
// create a simple default point light
Light light = scene.CreateLight( "MainLight" );
light.Position = new Vector3( 20, 80, 50 );
// create a plane for the plane mesh
Plane plane = new Plane();
plane.Normal = Vector3.UnitY;
plane.D = 200;
// create a plane mesh
MeshManager.Instance.CreatePlane( "FloorPlane", plane, 200000, 200000, 20, 20, true, 1, 50, 50, Vector3.UnitZ );
// create an entity to reference this mesh
Entity planeEntity = scene.CreateEntity( "Floor", "FloorPlane" );
planeEntity.MaterialName = "Examples/RustySteel";
scene.RootSceneNode.CreateChildSceneNode().AttachObject( planeEntity );
// create an entity to have follow the path
Entity ogreHead = scene.CreateEntity( "OgreHead", "ogrehead.mesh" );
// create a scene node for the entity and attach the entity
headNode = scene.RootSceneNode.CreateChildSceneNode( "OgreHeadNode", Vector3.Zero, Quaternion.Identity );
headNode.AttachObject( ogreHead );
// retreive and initialize the input system
input = PlatformManager.Instance.CreateInputReader();
input.Initialize( windowOne, true, true, false, false );
engine.StartRendering();
}
/// <summary>
/// Shows the debug overlay, which displays performance statistics.
/// </summary>
protected void ShowDebugOverlay( bool show )
{
// gets a reference to the default overlay
Overlay o = OverlayManager.Instance.GetByName( "Core/DebugOverlay" );
if ( o == null )
{
throw new Exception( string.Format( "Could not find overlay named '{0}'.", "Core/DebugOverlay" ) );
}
if ( show )
{
o.Show();
}
else
{
o.Hide();
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Loads default resource configuration if one exists.
/// </summary>
private void _setupResources()
{
string resourceConfigPath = Path.GetFullPath( "EngineConfig.xml" );
if ( File.Exists( resourceConfigPath ) )
{
EngineConfig config = new EngineConfig();
// load the config file
// relative from the location of debug and releases executables
config.ReadXml( "EngineConfig.xml" );
// interrogate the available resource paths
foreach ( EngineConfig.FilePathRow row in config.FilePath )
{
ResourceManager.AddCommonArchive( row.src, row.type );
}
}
}
private void Form1_FormClosing( object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e )
{
engine.Shutdown();
}
/// <summary>
/// Clean up any resources being used.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param>
protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
{
if ( disposing && ( components != null ) )
{
components.Dispose();
}
base.Dispose( disposing );
}
}
}
