Monthly Archives: August 2009

Create an Over-The-Shoulder Camera in Away3D

The Backstory This tutorial is an accident. No really, a total accident. I was putting together a totally different tutorial when I thought it would be cool to throw Boba Fett in it and explore stuff. So, that unfinished tutorial gave rise to this tutorial. The Description I’m not actually sure if it’s called an [...]
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Load and Animate an MD2 Model in Away3D

The Backstory Nearly every 3D Flash project I’ve recently developed has needed at least one 3D model for something. So my next logical Away3D adventure was exploring model loading. The Description Just looking over the list of loaders in the away3d.loaders package is impressive.  Seeing all those supported types right out of the box just [...]
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Create Terrain in Away3D

The Backstory After nerding out over skyboxes and continuing my exploration of Away3D I stumbled upon the Elevation class. After a little research I learned that it’s a super fast and easy way for making terrains! More nerding out and reminiscing over the old counterstrike days followed. The Description Terrain is just that, terrain. It’s [...]
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