Getting psychedelic with Sandy 3D

Sandy 3D on acid … Created with 3ds Max combined with Dreammania’s AS3 Geom Class Exporter. Sandy 3.0 will be released in a few weeks, so the wait is almost over!! I’ve included the main class so you can see what’s going on here …

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Here are all the classes that are used.

• SandyPsychedelic.as
• Ohm.as
• PeaceSymbol.as
• YingYang.as

package {
	import flash.display.Bitmap;
	import flash.display.BitmapData;
	import flash.display.Sprite;
	import flash.events.Event;
	import flash.filters.BlurFilter;
	import flash.geom.Point;
	import flash.geom.Rectangle;

	import sandy.core.World3D;
	import sandy.core.light.Light3D;
	import sandy.core.scenegraph.Camera3D;
	import sandy.core.scenegraph.Group;
	import sandy.materials.Appearance;
	import sandy.materials.ColorMaterial;

	[SWF(width="600", height="600", backgroundColor="#000000", frameRate="48")]

	/**
	 * SandyPsychedelic.as
	 * 13 September 2007
	 * @author Dennis Ippel - http://www.rozengain.com
	 *
	 */
	public class SandyPsychedelic extends Sprite
	{
		private var world:World3D;
		private var speed:Number,
					radius1:Number, radius2:Number,	radius3:Number,
					angle1:Number, angle2:Number, angle3:Number,
					startZPos:int,
					zIncrement:int,
					currentColorIndex:uint,
					colors:Array;
		private var yingyang:YingYang,
					peaceSymbol:PeaceSymbol,
					ohm:Ohm;
		private var screenBitmapData:BitmapData;
		private var screenBitmap:Bitmap;

		/**
		 * Initialize the 3D scene and create the symbols
		 *
		 */
		public function SandyPsychedelic()
		{
			// -- set all radii to 0
			radius1 = radius2 = radius3 = 0;

			// -- give each symbol a different start angle value
			angle1 = 0;
			angle2 = 45;
			angle3 = 90;

			// -- standard symbol depth. this value is used to
			//    reset a symbol's position once it has disappeared
			//    behind the camera
			startZPos = -6000;
			// -- the speed with which a symbol flies towards the camera
			zIncrement = 100;

			// -- create an array with some psychedelic colors
			createColorArray();

			// -- create a bitmapdata object. this is used to copy
			//    what's on the screen in a given frame. this creates
			//    the illusion that there's more than 3 objects in
			//    the scene.
			screenBitmapData = new BitmapData(
				800,
				800,
				false,
				0x000000
			);
			screenBitmap = new Bitmap();
			addChild( screenBitmap );

			// -- instantiate the 3D world
			world = World3D.getInstance();
			world.container = this;
			world.root = new Group( "rootGroup" );
			world.light.setPower( Light3D.MAX_POWER );

			// -- create the camera
			world.camera = new Camera3D( 600, 600 );
 			world.camera.x = 0;
			world.camera.y = 0;
			world.camera.z = 300;
			world.camera.lookAt( 0, 0, 0 );
			world.root.addChild( world.camera );

			// -- create the Ying Yang symbol
			yingyang = new YingYang( "yingyang" );
			yingyang.appearance = new Appearance(
				new ColorMaterial( nextColor )
			);
			yingyang.appearance.frontMaterial.lightingEnable = true;
			yingyang.z = startZPos;

			// -- create the Peace symbol
			peaceSymbol = new PeaceSymbol( "peace" );
			peaceSymbol.appearance = new Appearance(
				new ColorMaterial( nextColor )
			);
			peaceSymbol.appearance.frontMaterial.lightingEnable = true;
			peaceSymbol.z = startZPos;
			peaceSymbol.visible = false;

			// -- create the Ohm symbol
			ohm = new Ohm( "ohm" );
			ohm.appearance = new Appearance(
				new ColorMaterial( nextColor )
			);
			ohm.appearance.frontMaterial.lightingEnable = true;
			ohm.z = startZPos;
			ohm.visible = false;

			// -- add the symbols to the scene
			world.root.addChild( yingyang );
			world.root.addChild( peaceSymbol );
			world.root.addChild( ohm );

			// -- start the animation loop
			addEventListener( Event.ENTER_FRAME, animate );
		}

		/**
		 * The animation loop
		 * @param event
		 *
		 */
		private function animate( event:Event ):void
		{
			// -- animate the Ying Yang symbol
			yingyang.x = Math.sin( angle1 ) * radius1;
			yingyang.y = Math.cos( angle1 ) * radius1;
			yingyang.rotateY += 8;
			yingyang.z += zIncrement;

			// -- update for the next step
			angle1 += 0.5;
			radius1 += 1;

			if( peaceSymbol.visible )
			{
				// -- animate the Peace symbol
				peaceSymbol.x = Math.sin( angle2 ) * radius2;
				peaceSymbol.y = Math.cos( angle2 ) * radius2;
				peaceSymbol.rotateY += 8;
				peaceSymbol.z += zIncrement;

				// -- update for the next step
				angle2 += 0.5;
				radius2 += 1;
			}

			if( ohm.visible )
			{
				// -- animate the Ohm symbol
				ohm.x = Math.sin( angle3 ) * radius3;
				ohm.y = Math.cos( angle3 ) * radius3;
				ohm.rotateY += 8;
				ohm.z += zIncrement;

				// -- update for the next step
				angle3 += 0.5;
				radius3 += 1;
			}

			// -- copy the current screen into a bitmapdata
			//    object.
			captureScreen();

			// -- render the 3D scene
			world.render();

			if( yingyang.z > world.camera.z )
			{
				// -- reset the position and give it a new color
				yingyang.z = startZPos;
				yingyang.appearance.frontMaterial = new ColorMaterial( nextColor );
				yingyang.appearance.frontMaterial.lightingEnable = true;
				radius1 = 0;
			} else if( yingyang.z >= startZPos * 0.3 && !peaceSymbol.visible ) {
				// -- show the Peace symbol for the first time
				peaceSymbol.visible = true;
			} else if( yingyang.z >= startZPos * 0.6 && !ohm.visible ) {
				// -- show the Ying Yang symbol for the first time
				ohm.visible = true;
			}

			if( peaceSymbol.z > world.camera.z )
			{
				// -- reset the position and give it a new color
				peaceSymbol.z = startZPos;
				peaceSymbol.appearance.frontMaterial = new ColorMaterial( nextColor );
				peaceSymbol.appearance.frontMaterial.lightingEnable = true;
				radius2 = 0;
			}

			if( ohm.z > world.camera.z )
			{
				// -- reset the position and give it a new color
				ohm.z = startZPos;
				ohm.appearance.frontMaterial = new ColorMaterial( nextColor );
				ohm.appearance.frontMaterial.lightingEnable = true;
				radius3 = 0;
			}
		}

		/**
		 * Create the color array and fill it up with
		 * psychedelic colors.
		 *
		 */
		private function createColorArray():void
		{
			colors = [
				0xff0000,
				0x00ff00,
				0xffffff,
				0xffa500,
				0xffff00,
				0x0000ff
			];
		}

		/**
		 * Get the next color from the array
		 * @return the next color
		 *
		 */
		private function get nextColor():uint
		{

			if( currentColorIndex == colors.length )
				currentColorIndex = 0;
			return colors[ currentColorIndex++ ];
		}		

		/**
		 * Store the current frame in a BitmapData object
		 * and apply a BlurFilter
		 *
		 */
		private function captureScreen():void
		{
			screenBitmapData.draw(
				this
			);
			screenBitmapData.applyFilter(
				screenBitmapData,
				new Rectangle( 0, 0, 800, 800 ),
				new Point( 0, 0 ),
				new BlurFilter( 2, 2, 1 )
			);
			screenBitmap.bitmapData = screenBitmapData;
		}
	}
}