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You are in the “Init Tab” change over to the “main” tab or any other tab in the Application Manager then look in the Systems puzzles and you will find it. Since you cant place the Print Performance puzzle in the “Init” tabl the puzzle is not displayed.

Hi there,
We have done a few team based V3D projects and have tried a number of approaches but it always seems to come down to the skill sets of the individual teams members and the project requirements.

We normally break our teams into Blender Artists, V3D dev, HTML/CSS dev, JS dev, lead creative and a producer. This seems to work out for most projects but when you have a heavy V3D project and tight timelines…then we need multiple V3D devs and multiple Blender artists…it can get complicated fast.

What we do is our 3D assets are created as linked assets to larger Blender project file. This master file, is then published at regular intervals so V3D devs can continue their work.

We have a V3d/JS developer who is responsible to merge V3D tabs, and JS into a master V3D project. This master V3D project is updated on a schedule…and the Creative Director and Producer review the project and provide feedback to the teams.

This requires lots of communication and is really a pain in the ass.

We try to segment parts of projects out so that one person is working on one object/sequence while another person is working on something unrelated. But sometimes the two shall cross.

For situations where there budget is lean and the time is still tight…we run three overlapping shifts where each team member has both Blender/V3D experience. At shift overlap time, the prior dev explains where the project is what is being worked on and the new shift person can take over from that point. NOTE: This only works if people on the team work well together and can communicate effectively otherwise this is not a great solution.

These solutions also rely on having a good backup repository that can be accessed across multiple platforms, devices and the globe.

Not an easy solution but look forward to hearing how others are doing it.

Ok so we are on the same page Verge3D does not support “particles” as defined by 3D software such as Blender. However if you have 100s of unique objects ( preferably duplicate linked objects that you have animated) in a collection… then you gave some options.

So let’s say you object animate from frame 0 to 100 and that is the into sequence, then they move about from 101 to 200 and the exit screen from 201 to 300.

You could use the play animation puzzle. Animate from frame 0 to 100 as your object select a collection. Then use the when done option to animate frames 101 to 200. You can set that to loop if need. Then on some event you use the same type of play animation puzzle to play frames 201 to 300 for your collection.

Just be sure to use an object selection of group vs object and your set

Ok… so there is some algebra and geometery involved.

Overview – we have to determine the angle we need to rotate the object to based on the new X-entry point.

Basically you have to determine the (x, y) of where the mouse left the screen, and where its re-enter. These two points will be the base of a triangle with the apex of the triangle being the origin/center point of the object be rotated.

Two key formulas….
distance between two points =√((x2-x1)^2 – (y2-y1)^2 this will give us the lenght of the two sides from where they exit the screen to the objects center as well as the distance between the two exist points. You will have to do this calculation for all three points.

Then you can use the law of cosines : cos(C) = (a^2+b^2+c^2)/2ac….solve for C and then you have the angle you have to animate the object to.

The problem— the time it takes for it to determine the new angle may be slower than the update X-values. So you would have to create some sort of delay on initial re-entry to prevent further rotation until the object is in the new orientation. This too might look like a stutter or at least sluggish…perhaps…have to try it out.

I also tested the standard drag move puzzle and it behaves the same way…so we are fighting that which is sort of a known condition of drag move…. My only thought is at this point is to put sort of a lag/delay on all the move…so on re-entry it just seems normal.

Ok…I have been trying to recreate the problem you are having and I just cant make it happen.
To test the theory out I created a scene with just a cube. I took the Camera and set it so that it does not have any controls. It can’t orbit, cant pan and cant zoom. This was important because often if you drag on the canvas the orbit Camera will take over and that will rotate while outside the canvas and that was a bit confusing.. when I was testing the drag over on a object.

When using this setup dragging over an object stops for me as soon as the mouse leaves the canvas… however…. i created something else to ensure it stops….give it a shot.

basically added the width of the canvas container to be the limiter of the drag.

Hi domjasper….i take it my last bit of information was not sufficient.
Here is a screen shot of the HTML for the slider and the puzzles needed to read it into a variable and make an object move…no apply button needed.

Try this: https://www.soft8soft.com/topic/blender-object-properties-control/#post-54523

Ok…well… like all things web there are many ways to do this. Adding in the mix of Verge3D then you have a few more.

My initial thoughts are you only need two plane objects and a single camera.
The planes will act as layers. The top most layer will be you spelled out name. This will be a created using a sprite sheet with an alpha channel so only the name appears. The bottom layer will be a large texture of all your content.

To navigate you have tbree options…you can move the camera or you can move the plane or you can move the UV map. Choose one that is easiest for you.

Next you will have navigation to control the movement. You can use simple plane objects, that match the curvature of the buttons you have. Give them a completely transaprent texture…place them between the two planes.

If this is the only thing you are doing…you could consider going up to 4K on the content but 2K with HiDPI compositing will probably be good enough.

And all is done.

Super simple, super performant.