sceneEditor crashes (Debian)

jhb · July 31, 2007, 8:35am

Hi *,

I am new to panda3d (and game dev as well). I just installed the .deb package, the samples etc. work all fine, but when I try to run the sceneEditory.py, I get the following error:

joerg@dars:/usr/share/panda3d/SceneEditor$ python sceneEditor.py
DirectStart: Starting the game.
Warning: DirectNotify: category 'Interval' already exists
Known pipe types:
  glxGraphicsPipe
(all display modules loaded.)
libGL warning: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x4b
:util(warning): Adjusting global clock's real time by 0.842957 seconds.
Warning: DirectNotify: category 'ForceGroup' already exists
Warning: DirectNotify: category 'Particles' already exists
Warning: DirectNotify: category 'ParticleEffect' already exists
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "sceneEditor.py", line 1707, in ?
    editor = myLevelEditor(parent = tkroot)
  File "sceneEditor.py", line 124, in __init__
    AppShell.__init__(self, parent)
  File "linuxroot/usr/share/panda3d/direct/src/tkwidgets/AppShell.py", line 95, in __init__
  File "sceneEditor.py", line 266, in appInit
    self.seSession = SeSession()
  File "/usr/share/panda3d/SceneEditor/seSession.py", line 37, in __init__
    self.drList = DisplayRegionList()
  File "/usr/share/panda3d/SceneEditor/seSession.py", line 901, in __init__
    drc = DisplayRegionContext(cam)
  File "/usr/share/panda3d/SceneEditor/seSession.py", line 762, in __init__
    self.iRay = SelectionRay(self.cam)
  File "/usr/share/panda3d/SceneEditor/seSelection.py", line 539, in __init__
    SelectionQueue.__init__(self, parentNP)
  File "/usr/share/panda3d/SceneEditor/seSelection.py", line 402, in __init__
    self.collideWithGeom()
  File "/usr/share/panda3d/SceneEditor/seSelection.py", line 449, in collideWithGeom
    self.collisionNode.setCollideGeom(1)
AttributeError: 'libpanda.CollisionNode' object has no attribute 'setCollideGeom'

Any hints?

Cheers,

Joerg

bigfoot29 · July 31, 2007, 1:33pm

What Version of Panda3D do you use? 1.3.x or 1.4?

What distribution are you running? What deb file did you download? (note that Ubuntu and Debian both use .deb-files since they are both “debian related”)

Regards, Bigfoot29

jhb · July 31, 2007, 3:02pm

I use panda3d_1.4.0-debianetch_i386.deb, using it for debian testing.

Cheers,

Joerg

Josh_Yelon · August 1, 2007, 12:58am

Not at all surprising… I completely forgot about the scene editor. Never tested it.

God, I hate the scene editor. It’s never done anything useful, to my knowledge, but it takes endless hours of maintenance.

treeform · August 1, 2007, 3:38am

jhb: dont use the sceneEditory.py its just a crappy left over from i don’t know what. It is not needed any where and we get alog with out it.

ynjh_jo · August 1, 2007, 8:16am

add me to the list.

drwr:

You should understand that the product is not, actually, “backed by Disney”, nor does it claim that anywhere on the website or in these forums. Panda3D was originally developed by Disney, and we do still maintain it actively and continue to develop on it every day. I am myself employed by Disney.

However, the ongoing support for Panda3D is provided by the CMU ETC. These great fellows (Josh Yelon in particular) have designed this website, produce the binary releases, build the installers, and maintain the documentation.

Incidentally, Disney doesn’t pay me to browse the forums here. I do this on my own time.

The Scene Editor, as it stands, was originally written at the ETC by a student who has since moved on. So it doesn’t get a lot of maintainance these days, especially since, by the nature of academia, the ETC team tends to get crushed by other needs for long periods of time before they can come back to dealing with Panda’s needs.

However, Panda3D is open source/free software. This means you have the power to fix the Scene Editor yourself! If it is really holding you up, why not take a look at it? I’ll bet you whatever problems you find will be just stupid problems like changes to the import statements and such. It’ll probably take you half an hour to fix it. And then you’ll have done a service to everyone!

discourse.panda3d.org/viewtopic.php?t=1512

Josh_Yelon · August 1, 2007, 7:42pm

The big problem, I think, is that the Scene Editor is in the top-level directory, essentially advertising itself: “run me! run me,” when in fact it should be tucked away in a corner.

bigfoot29 · August 2, 2007, 12:54pm

Hmmm… I wonder if there isn’t a chance to put the files into a “deprecated” folder?
Or if that sounds too hard maybe one saying “needs work”?

Regards, Bigfoot29