(c) AF&AR GROUP 3D Open System (3DOS) v3.01

Effects Overview

The 3DOS SDK contains a lot of visual effects.

More of 2D effects are in the scenes of the Buyan Island(castle,complex,gallery). Source texts of 2D effects are in the catalogue SDK/DEMOS. We took some of these effects from demos/intros. The name of authors are specified alongside the displaying of the effect. The installation of 2D effect to the 3D scene is not more difficult than the usual texture. Start the Visual Designer to assign an effect, and use the item 'The selection of an application'. Use the item 'The assignment of a covering for the light sources with textures' to assign the effect on a ray and on a projection of light .

You can see 3D effects in the 'galaxy kitchen' scene(kitchen.vrs) . You can find their source texts (and source texts for 2D) in the SDK section. 3D effect is a body of x-camera, i. e. the creating of the 3D effect is the creating of the controller of x-camera, and its installation is an installation of x-camera. Start Visual Builder to assign the 3D effect, and use the item 'The Installation of a X-camera'.

Cataloque of the 2D effects

Backview camera
	Description: Backview camera Source : back.cpp Command line: DEMOS{BACKVIEW} [i] [interval] interval - Sets the interval between the refreshment of the frame, default: 2. i - Enables the inter frame linear interpolation.

Composite Effect
	Description: Two medias are merged for forming a composite surface or surfaces with the textured alpha channel. Source : blend.cpp Command line: DEMOS.DLL{BLEND} /pMEDIA [/aMEDIA] [/sMEDIA] [/ipn] [/isn] /Pmedia - Sets the primary media (must be BGRA_SURFACE). /Amedia - Sets the media for textured alpha channel (must be gradient SURFACE). /Smedia - Sets the secondary media (must be PAL_SURFACE). /IPn - Sets refresh interval of the primary surface(0-static). /ISn - Sets refresh interval of the secondary or alpha surface. Examples : DEMOS.DLL{BLEND} /Pdemos.dll{smoke} /Sdemos.dll{flame} DEMOS.DLL{BLEND} /Pp_girl5 /Ademos.dll{smoke}

Emboss Effect (MMX)
	Description: Two medias are blended for forming a emboss surface. Source : emboss.cpp Command line: DEMOS.DLL{emboss} /pMEDIA /sMEDIA [/in /rn /gn /bn /m /a /e] /Pmedia - Sets the primary media. /Smedia - Sets the secondary media. /In - Sets refresh interval(0-static). /Rn - Sets a red component of RGB balance(default:128) /Gn - Sets a green component of RGB balance(default:128) /Bn - Sets a blue component of RGB balance(default:128) /m - Sets a type [*](default) /a - Sets a type [+] /e - Sets a type [=] Examples : demos.dll{emboss} /pdemos.dll{smoke} /sruss /e /r64 /g64 /b92 demos.dll{emboss} /pp_riv001 /sdemos.dll{chaos} /m /e /g255 demos.dll{emboss} /pp_riv001 /sruss /i0 demos.dll{emboss} /psky00 /sdemos{lighting} demos.dll{emboss} /pnat2_big /sdemos{tornado} demos.dll{emboss} /psky00 </sdemos{bump} p_girl5> demos.dll{emboss} /pp_girl4 /sdemos{smoke} demos.dll{emboss} /pdemos{tornado} /sdemos{tornado} demos.dll{emboss} /pdemos{lighting} /sdemos{lighting} /i2 demos{emboss} /sdemos{smoke} /pdemos{flame} /n /e /b200

Blobs
	Description: It's the base effect of the beautiful merging of the 2 balls Source : blobs.cpp blobasm.asm Command line: demos{blobs}

BOBSHADE
	Description: It's the effect 'fakedemo' by Carlos Hasan V. Source : bobshade.cpp Command line: demos{bobshade}

Bump Effect
	Description: It's the effect of the relief mapping of the specific surface Source : bump.cpp Command line: DEMOS.DLL{Bump} [/tTEXT] [/sFONTSIZE] MEDIA /tTEXT - Specifies the line of the text which will also be displayed in relief. /sFONTSIZE - Sets the size of font. MEDIA - Sets the media for mapping. Examples : DEMOS.DLL{BUMP} demos.dll{flame} DEMOS.DLL{BUMP} p_girl5 DEMOS.DLL{BUMP} /s48 /t3DOS demos{smoke}

Explosive Text
	Description: It's the effect of destroying an inscription: 3DOS DEMO. Source : chaos.cpp Command line: demos{chaos}

Comets
	Description: They are Blobs + Fire. Source : blobs.cpp blobasm.asm Command line: demos{chaos}

Desert
	Description: It's the effect from DDG. Source : desert.cpp Command line: demos{desert}

Fire
	Description: It's the Fire effect. Source : fire.cpp Command line: demos{fire}

FLAKES
	Description: Spots run around and they are smoothed by Motion Blur and Blur. Source : flakes.cpp Command line: demos{flakes}

FLAME
	Description: It's another fire. It is a variation of flakes... Source : flakes.cpp Command line: demos{flame}

FLYER
	Description: It's the Voxel landscape by Andrea "6502" Griffini + the interactive shell. Source : flyer.cpp Command line: demos{flyer}

FRACTAL PLASMA
	Description: The fractal plasma. Source : frplasma.cpp : frplasm.asm Command line: demos{frplasma}

LENS
	Description: It's the effect of distortion of a surface by lens. Source : lens.cpp lensdist.asm Command line: demos.dll{LENS} [/R /G /B /A] media /r,/g,/b,/a - BGRA surface components for distortion. media - A picture for distortion.

LIGHTNING
	Description: It's the lightning effect by Nelson Chu. Source : lighting.cpp Command line: demos{lighting}

LINES
	Description: Flying lines are smoothed by Motion Blur and Blur. Source : lines.cpp Command line: demos{lines}

PLASMA
	Description: The beautiful plasma is taken from 256byte intro by an unknown author. Source : plasma.cpp plasm.asm Command line: demos{plasma}

RAIN
	Description: It's the effect from DDG. Source : rain.cpp Command line: demos{rain}

TEXT SCROLLER
Description: It's the scrolling of the ASCII text with some options. Source : scroll.cpp Command line: demos.dll{scroll} text_resource text_resource - Specifies the text. If the line begins with the symbol '$', then the further symbols are assumed as options: rate=r r - Sets the rate of the scrolling in units of lines/sec(default 16). screen= r g b r g b- Sets the background colour (default 255 255 255 ). text = r g b r g b - Sets the colour of the font (default 0 0 0). size =s s - Sets the size of the font (default 10). pause =p p - Sets the pause in units of miliseconds. media =m size x0 y0 m - Specifies the name of the media which will be shown in the left side near the text. size- Recommends the size of the media (0- original). x0 - Sets the displacment along the X axis. y0 - Sets the displacment along the Y axis.

SHADEBOB
	Description: It's the effect from DDG. Source : shadebob.cpp Command line: demos{shadebob}

SIMPLESKY
	Description: It's a variation of the desert effect from DDG. Source : desert.cpp Command line: demos{simplesky}

SINE
	Description: It's the effect of sinusoidal distortion of a surface. Source : sine.cpp sinedist.asm Command line: demos.dll{SINE} [/R /G /B /A] MEDIA /r,/g,/b,/a - BGRA surface components for distortion. media - A picture for distortion

SINLINE
	Description: It's the effect from DDG. Source : sineline.cpp Command line: demos{sineline}

SMOKE
	Description: It's the smoke effect from Fantasy (Fay). Source : smoke.cpp dosmoke.asm Command line: demos{smoke}

SPIRAL EFFECTS
Command line: demos{spiral0}	Command line: demos{spiral1}	Command line: demos{spiral2}	Command line: demos{spiral3}
Command line: demos{spiral4}	Command line: demos{spiral5}	Command line: demos{spiral6}	Command line: demos{spiral7}
Command line: demos{spiral8}	Command line: demos{spiral9}	Command line: demos{spiral10}	Command line: demos{spiral11}
Command line: demos{spiral12}	Command line: demos{spiral13}	Command line: demos{spiral14}	Command line: demos{spiral15}
Command line: demos{spiral16}	Command line: demos{spiral17}	Description: It's the family of the beautiful colour effects from MoNsTeR. Source : spiral.cpp

STARS
	Description: It's the effect of the flying stars. Source : stars.cpp Command line: demos{stars}

SWATER
	Description: It's the effect of sinusoidal distortion of a surface. Source : swater.cpp swatera.asm Command line: demos.dll{swater} [/X /Y /W /H] MEDIA /x,/y,/w,/h - Sets the left upper coordinate and size of distorting region. MEDIA - Sets the picture for distortion

TORNADO
	Description: It's the tornado effect from MoNsTeR. Source : tornado.cpp Command line: demos{tornado}

Circles on the Water
	Description: It's circles on the water. Source : water.cpp dowater.asm Command line: demos.dll{water} MEDIA MEDIA - Sets the gradient picture for distortion.

The Twisted Joint of an Image to the Centre.
	Description: It's the twisted joint of an image to centre. Source : xcir.cpp xlat1.asm Command line: demos.dll{xcir} TEXTURE TEXTURE - Sets the static texture.

XNEWSPIR
	Description: It's the effect from DDG. Source : XNEWSPIR.cpp xlat0.asm Command line: demos{xnewspir}

XVORTEX
	Description: It's the effect from DDG by Mega G. Baitoff. Source : XVORTEX.cpp xlat2.asm Command line: demos{xvortex}

Cataloque of the 3D effects

Effects based on the Marching Cubes Algorithm

common options

/m{str} - Sets the covering
/l{n} - Sets the isolevel (default : 4096 , range: 1,65536 )
/d{n} - Sets the distance between nodes (default : 24, range: 8,1024 )
/rx|y|z{n}- Sets the resolution (default : 16, range: 4,64 )
/e - Sets the chrome mapping in world system(default: local system)
/p{n} - Sets the covering scale (default : 0, range: -5,5 )
/v - Visualizes the cube.

Metaballs
	Description: They are beautiful flying balls Source: metaballs.cpp Command line vrlai.dll{metaballs} [options] options: /m{str} - Sets the covering /l{n} - Sets the isolevel (default : 4096 , range: 1,65536 ) /d{n} - Sets the distance between nodes (default : 24, range: 8,1024 ) /r{n}- Sets the resolution (default : 16, range: 4,64 ) /e - Sets the chrome mapping in world system(default: local system) /c{n} - Sets the charge (default : 64, range: 1,4096 ) /n{n} - Sets the number of metaballs (default : 4, range: 1, 8) /r{n} - Sets the speed od rotation (default : 16, range: 0, 256) /v - Visualizes the cube. Example: vrlai.dll{metaballs} /n2

Visualisation of the 2D effect or picture
	Description: Any 2D effect or a simple picture will be converted to the voxel form and it will be poligonized with using the marching cubes algorithm. Source: image3d.cpp effect3d.cpp Command line vrlai.dll{image3d} [common options /t{str} /n1 /n2 /n3] /t{str} - Specifies the effect or the picture for visualization. /n1 - Inverts colours. /n2 - Doesn't update the image (for pictures). /n3 - Sets the options: /n1 + /n2 Example: vrlai.dll{image3d} /tdemos{flame}/mdemos{comets}

3D Morphing of Symbols
	Description: Each of the 2D symbol in the input string will be converted to the voxel form and they will be smoothly morphed to the next one. The result will be poligonized with using the marching cubes algorithm. Source: type3d.cpp effect3d.cpp Command line vrlai.dll{type3d} [common options /t{str}] /t{str} - Specifies the Example: vrlai.dll{type3d} </t3D OPEN SYSTEM>

Visualisation of 3D plasm
	Description: It's the attempt of 3D visualization of 3d fire and 3d plasm. Source: fire3d.cpp amorph3d.cpp effect3d.cpp command lines: 3d fire: vrlai.dll{fire3d} [common options] 3d plasm: vrlai.dll{amorph3d} [common options] Examples: vrlai.dll{fire3d} /mdemos{comets} vrlai.dll{amorph3d} /mlogo

Visualization of the Surface of the Type z=f(x,y,t)
	Description: It's visualization of the surface of the type z=f(x,y,t) Source: msurf.cpp isoterm.cpp expri.cpp Command line vrlai.dll{msurf} [options ] {expression} options: /mt[str] - Sets the upper covering. /mb[str] - Sets the lower covering. /ms[str] - Sets the side covering. /h{n} - Sets the thickness of a surface. /lx{n} - Sets the size of a surface on X axis. /ly{n} - Sets the size of a surface on Y axis. /lz{n} - Sets the size of a surface on Z axis. /nx{n} - Sets the number of the samples on x axis. /ny{n} - Sets the number of the samples on y axis. /t{n} - Sets the step of 't' variable in units of 1000 seconds. /d{n} - Sets the number of the default function in the range from 0 to 22. /c - Sets the environment covering. /e - Opens the terminal. /i[n] - Executes a slide show in interval determinated by n. [expression] - Sets the mathimatical expression if the /d option is not set.

Logotype
	Description: They're the recognition and convertion of the text string or the simple image to the 3D logotype. Source: logo.cpp Command line: vrlai{logo} [options] options: /m{str} - Sets the covering. /sx\|y\|z{n}- Sets the scaling (default : 1,1,4). /i{str} - Specifies the image for parsing. /t{str} - Specifies the text for parsing. /f{n} - Sets the font size. /m{n}-min Sets the colour level for recognition.

Snake
	Description: It's the snake/worm-like creation. Source: snake.cpp Command line: vrlai{csnake} [options] options: /nl{n} - Sets the number of coils (default: 8). /nv{n} - Sets the number of coil vertices (default: 8). /l{n} - Sets the length of the link (default: 64). /r{n} - Sets the radius of the coil (default: 32). /m{str} - Specifies the media (default: greymet). /s{n} - Sets the media scale (default: 0). /X{str} - Replays the program created in the Visual Recorder. /x{str} - Replays the program (loop). Example: vrlai{csnake} /nv4

Other Camera Controllers

The simple body loader

Source: SDK/AI/loader.cpp

Command line : vrlai{loader} {body}

body - Specifies the camera body in .vrs or .3ds file format.

walker

Source: SDK/AI/walker.cpp SDK/AI/walkwin.cpp

Command line : vrlai{walker} {body}

body - Specifies the camera body in .vrs or .3ds file format.

Remark: The walker has the control panel with the autopilot, map, etc. The key F12 is the default key of the activation of the panel.

Viewers and players

You can use any type of data as a 2D covering. If you create the viewer/player for this data type you must define it in the vrl.cfg file.

In the vrlgui.dll are defined such viewers/players:

AVI PLAYER - The player of AVI streams for the WINDOWS platform only.

Command line: vrlgui{VAVIPLAYER}[ /l /n /g] avi_file

/l /n /g - Rounds the size of a surface to power of 2.
avi_file - Specifies the .avi file.

SOUND PLAYER - The player of sounds.

Command line: vrlgui{VSNDPLAYER}snd_file

snd_file - Specifies the sound file (*.mid,*.mp3,*.wav,*.it, etc.).

HTML VIEWER - The Viewer of the HTML Documents.

Command line: html.dll{VHTMLVIEWER} html_file

html_file - Specifies the name of the HTML document.

SCENE VIEWER - The Viewer of the 3DOS scenes.

Command line: vrlgui{VSCENEVIEWER}[ /s{scene} /p{x,y,z} /o{x0,y0,x1,y1,s} /w{win_name} /f{callback function} ] scene_file

/s{scene} - Specifies the name of a scene.
/p{x,y,z} - Sets the position of a camera (press button on the default VSCENEVIEWER window to get the position of a camera ).
/o{x0,y0,x1,y1,s} - Sets the orientation of a camera (press button on the default VSCENEVIEWER window to get the orientation of a camera).
/w{win_name} - Specifies the window resource.
/f{callback function}- Calls the back function.

Examples:

vrlgui{VSCENEVIEWER} /scastle
vrlgui{VSCENEVIEWER} /sgallery /weditor /fvrlgui{EDITORCALLBACK}

EXCURSION VIEWER - The Viewer of the excursions.

Command line: vrlgui{VDEMONSTRATION} [options]

See the description in an An user interface

Example:

vrlgui{VDEMONSTRATION} /c /nxplayer /xoverview /h /m /t /l

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Effects Overview

Cataloque of the 2D effects

Backview camera

Composite Effect

Emboss Effect (MMX)

Blobs

BOBSHADE

Bump Effect

Explosive Text

Comets

Desert

Fire

FLAKES

FLAME

FLYER

FRACTAL PLASMA

LENS

LIGHTNING

LINES

PLASMA

RAIN

TEXT SCROLLER

SHADEBOB

SIMPLESKY

SINE

SINLINE

SMOKE

SPIRAL EFFECTS

STARS

SWATER

TORNADO

Circles on the Water

The Twisted Joint of an Image to the Centre.

XNEWSPIR

XVORTEX

Cataloque of the 3D effects

Effects based on the Marching Cubes Algorithm

common options

Metaballs

Visualisation of the 2D effect or picture

3D Morphing of Symbols

Visualisation of 3D plasm

Visualization of the Surface of the Type z=f(x,y,t)

Logotype

Snake

Other Camera Controllers

The simple body loader

walker

Viewers and players