Problem Starting Panda3d 1.3.2 on Windows XP Pro

Installation
1

My greeting card runs. But I don’t understand how to upen the editor? i.e the part of the program in which I build levels and import meshes and animations and what not…

Perhaps I am confused because I use Unreal Editor at work. Does this program somehow not use an editor in order to assemble media and such?

2

Panda3d doesn’t use an editor at all.
You assemble your world in your python code.
Like

mymodel=loader.loadModel("ball.egg")
mymodel.setPos(4,6,2)
mymodel.setScale(0.4)
mymodel.reparentTo(render)
3

I figured that out finally. That is really foreign to me. But I still think this will be a great program to use for my class project.

I’ll try the tutorials. But I’m worried I don’t have my workpaths set up properly. Where should I be saving my .py files and how do I run them?

4

you can put your .py files wherever you want.
You can run them by going to a command line (Start>Run>cmd.exe in WinXP) and then going to the folder where you have your .py file saved. for example:
[i]cd c:\My\Folder\Where\I\Got\My\PY\Files[/i]
now, enter ppython myfile.py and press return, replacing myfile.py with the name of your python file.

Warning: it takes a little while for the game to start up. the bigger the game, the slower it starts up.

5

Be sure you have read through this thread. It has lots of good advice for getting started.

David

6

Thanks!