Problem with the multi-views and shadows that disappears

[Dad72]

I would like to understand why the window of the mini-card passes behind the ground. When I turned the camera toward the sky, there is no problem, but when I go down, the window disappears.

 

I also have a problem with the shadows that disappears when i moved.

Thanks

[GameMonetize]

It is a depth buffer issue. Just set the renderGroupId of your minimap plane to 1 instead of 0

[Dad72]

This is not a plane that I used, but the viewport which passes behind the ground.

camera2.viewport = new BABYLON.Viewport(0.85, 0.75, 0.145, 0.24);rotateCamera.viewport = new BABYLON.Viewport(0, 0, 1.0, 1.0);    camera2.viewport.renderGroupId = 1; // not work

And the shadow why disappears it?

 

[GameMonetize]

the shadow problem may be related to a light too close (to compute shadows maps I use the point of view of the light, so if the light is too close it may not be able to see your object)

 

The second point is a bug I've just push an updated version of 1.8.5 without the bug

[gwenael]

This fix is the one you needed dad72 for this post too: http://www.html5gamedevs.com/topic/3230-create-a-mini-map/

[Dad72]

Thank You Deltakosh.

For the shadows is ok. work.

but the viewport does not work anymore, I no longer mini-map display. The viewport appears and disappears immediately when I refresh the browser. And I do not have more control on the camera.

 

[Nico]

Hi,

Could you try to remove your mouseup and mousedown event, it could cause the problem but not sure.

 

Edit:

I've found a weird thing :

scene.activeCameras.push(camera2);scene.activeCameras.push(rotateCamera); 	scene.activeCameras[0].attachControl(canvas); // == camera2.attachControl(canvas);

Are you sure you want to attachControl with camera2 and not with rotateCamera ?

 

You should use this instead of your method, because if you change your camera push order, your code still work  :

rotateCamera.attachControl(canvas)

[Dad72]

oops, Yes i had reverse the camera. It works like this.
 

scene.activeCameras.push(rotateCamera);scene.activeCameras.push(camera2);scene.activeCameras[0].attachControl(canvas);

What solves all the problem. Thank You Nico

[gwenael]

I think Nico was suggesting you to write:

rotateCamera.attachControl(canvas);

 instead of referencing it with scene.activeCameras[0]

[Dad72]

is the same, this also works. You seem always to want to me resume.

[gwenael]

You're right, rotateCamera and scene.activeCameras[0] refer to the same camera but if I'm not wrong using rotateCamera will be faster than using scene.activeCameras[0] since by using scene.activeCameras[0] you ask javascript to access to a property (activeCameras) of an object (scene) and then to an element of an array ([0]). I can be wrong, I'm not a javascript expert, but it would be the case in C++.

 

It was only an advice dad72. I'm trying to help here as I tried to help in other topics.

[Dad72]

I think that you have reasons, it may be faster, since more direct. I know that you made your best to help and I thank you. I think that this forum really do lack of assistance. There are a lot of question, but the answers are very low or very vague, see ignore.