Displaying 3D Models

Displaying 3D Models
3D Mode
3D Mode Operation Description
3D-related Menus
Limitations

Displaying 3D Models

Currently, the following operations are possible through the combined use of Viewer and CreativeStudio.

Preview 3D models loaded to 3DEditor and Creative Studio

By communicating with 3DEditor and Creative Studio you can preview 3D models loaded into 3DEditor and Creative Studio.

If multiple 3D models have been loaded into 3DEditor or Creative Studio, they will be previewed at the same time.

Play animations

If animations have been attached to the 3D model, those animation can be played.

Camera, light, and fog animations can be played.

The playing, pausing, and frame stepping of animation is controlled using a controller for the unit or a debugging pad.

Load and preview binary files that were saved in 3DEditor and Creative Studio

Binary files (bcres, bcmdl) can be loaded using file reload operations.

Note: Older versions of binary files cannot be loaded.

To read how to save binary files, see the 3DEditor and Creative Studio manuals.

3D Mode

In 3D mode, you can review the contents of 3D models loaded in the Viewer and play back animations.

Screen Information

The 3D mode screen displays the following information:

Main Mode / Sub-Mode

Shows the currently selected main mode and sub-mode.
FPS (Frames Per Second)

Shows the number of frames that are refreshed in 1 second.
Digital Display of Processing Time

Digital display of the loads on the CPU and GPU for processing of 3D models.

The unit is percentage points. This is the equivalent of the value displayed in the Processing Meter.
Name of selected preview camera

The name of the camera that is the currently selected view target.
Name of selected operating camera/light

The name of the camera/light that is the currently selected target of operations.
Type, Name of Selected Model/Scene

The type and name of the model/scene that is the currently selected target of animation operations.
The model/scene type switches in the order of Model > Camera > Light > Fog when the switch model/scene operation is performed.
Name of Selected Model/Scene Animation

This is the animation that is bound to the currently selected model/scene. [S] is for scale animation, [M] is for material animation and [V] is for visibility animation.
Name of Selected Scene Environment

This name of the currently selected scene environment.
Current Animation Frame/All Animation Frames

The number on the right indicates the frames being looped. The number on the left indicates the current frame count.
If the looped playback feature is set for a one-time animation, the letter L is displayed on the left.
Animation playback speed

Shows the rate at which the playback of frames advances in one step.
Animation slider bar

Depiction on a bar of the current animation frame and all animation frames.
Direction of selected operating light

Indicates whether the currently selected operating light is a directional light, a spotlight or a hemispherical light.

3D Mode Operations

The following operations can be performed in 3D mode.

Unit controller

Camera Operations

Key Operations	Description
Slide pad	The camera rotates around the viewpoint.
+Control Pad Up/Down	Slides along the world y-axis.
+Control Pad Left/Right	Slides along the camera x-axis.
Lower screen (right side 4/5)(Touch panel)	Slides along the camera XY directions.
Lower screen (left side 1/5)(Touch panel)(up/down)	Slides along the world y-axis.
X Button or Y Button	Moves toward the look-at point (X Button). Moves away from the look-at point (Y Button).
L Button + Slide pad	Slides in a plane parallel to the world XZ plane.
L Button + Lower screen (right side 4/5)(Touch panel)	Tilts the camera.
L Button + Lower screen (left side 1/5)(Touch panel)(up/down)	Slides along the world y-axis.
L Button + X/Y Button	Moves toward the look-at point (the look-at point also moves at the same time) (X Button) Moves away from the look-at point (the look-at point also moves at the same time) (Y Button)
L Button + START/SELECT Button	Resets the camera position to its initial state.
R Button + A Button	Switches the View camera. When the View camera is switched, the operating cameras and lights also switch.
R Button + X Button	Switches the operating cameras and lights.

Animation Operations

Animation operations can be performed if a model/scene and animation are loaded.

Key Operations

Description

A Button

Starts/stops playback of all displayed model/scene animations.

B Button

Stops all model or scene animations being displayed and resets to frame 0.

R Button + Y Button

Switches the selected model/scene.

L Button + R Button + X Button

Switches the animation of the currently selected model/scene.

L Button + R Button + A Button

Starts/stops playback of the currently selected model/scene animation.

L Button + R Button + B Button

Stops the currently selected model/scene animation and resets the frame to 0.

R Button + +Control Pad (Up/Down)

Moves the operation cursor location.
Toggles in the order: resource name > animation name > animation frame > playback rate.

R Button + +Control Pad (Left/Right)

Increases or decreases the value of the item where the operation cursor is located.

The resource name	Switches the currently selected model/scene.
Animation name	Changes the displayed animation.
Animation frame	Steps the model/scene animation forward/backward by the playback-rate number of frames.
Playback rate	Increases/decreases the animation playback rate.

L Button + R Button + +Control Pad (Left/Right)

Increases/decreases the value of the cursor-selected item for just the currently selected model/scene.

Animation frame	Steps the currently selected model/scene animation forward/backward by the playback-rate number of frames.
Playback rate	Increases/decreases the animation playback rate for the currently selected model/scene.

R Button + START/SELECT Button

Toggles the looped playback feature on/off for one-time animations.

Lower Screen (Lower part)(Touch panel)

Operates the animation slider bar.

Other

This section describes operations other than camera animation operations.

Key Operations	Description
L Button + R Button + X Button	Switches the selected scene environment .
A Button (only for Log mode)	Outputs the log to log.txt in the Viewer folder.
B Button (only for Log mode)	Deletes the log.

Debugging Pad

Camera Operations

Key Operations	Description
Control Stick (Left)	The camera rotates around the viewpoint.
Control Stick (Right)	The camera slides along the world y-axis. (up/down) Slides the camera in the X direction. (left/right)
+Control Pad Up/Down	Slides along the world y-axis.
+Control Pad Left/Right	Slides along the camera x-axis.
X Button or Y Button	Moves toward the look-at point (X Button). Moves away from the look-at point (Y Button).
ZL Trigger Button + Control Stick (Left)	Slides in a plane parallel to the world XZ plane.
ZL Trigger Button + Control Stick (Right)	Tilts the camera.
ZL Trigger Button + X/Y Button	Moves toward the look-at point (the look-at point also moves at the same time) (X Button). Moves away from the look-at point (the look-at point also moves at the same time) (Y Button)
ZL Trigger Button + PLUS/MINUS Button	Resets the camera position to its initial state.
ZR Trigger Button + A Button	Switches the View camera. When the View camera is switched, the operating cameras and lights also switch.
ZR Trigger Button + X Button	Switches the operating cameras and lights.

Animation Operations

Animation operations can be performed if a model/scene and animation are loaded.

Key Operations

Description

A Button

Starts/stops playback of all displayed model/scene animations.

B Button

Stops all model or scene animations being displayed and resets to frame 0.

ZR Trigger Button + Y Button

Switches the selected model/scene.

ZL Trigger Button + ZR Trigger Button + Y Button

Switches the animation of the currently selected model/scene.

ZL Trigger Button + ZR Trigger Button + A Button

Starts/stops playback of the currently selected model/scene animation.

ZL Trigger Button + ZR Trigger Button + B Button

Stops the currently selected model/scene animation and resets the frame to 0.

ZL Trigger Button + ZR Trigger Button + +Control Pad

Advances/reverses frames in the currently selected model/scene animation (Left/Right keys).
Speeds/slows the playback rate of the currently selected model/scene animation (Up/Down).

ZR Button + +Control Pad Up/Down

Moves the operation cursor location.
Toggles in the order: resource name > animation name > animation frame > playback rate.

ZR Button + +Control Pad Left/Right

Increases or decreases the value of the item where the operation cursor is located.

The resource name	Switches the currently selected model/scene.
Animation name	Changes the displayed animation.
Animation frame	Steps the model/scene animation forward/backward by the playback-rate number of frames.
Playback rate	Increases/decreases the animation playback rate.

ZL Button + ZR Button + +Control Pad (Left/Right)

Increases/decreases the value of the cursor-selected item for just the currently selected model/scene.

Animation frame	Steps the currently selected model/scene animation forward/backward by the playback-rate number of frames.
Playback rate	Increases/decreases the animation playback rate for the currently selected model/scene.

ZR Button + PLUS/MINUS Button

Toggles the looped playback feature on/off for one-time animations.

Other

This section describes operations other than camera animation operations.

Key Operations	Description
ZL Trigger Button + ZR Trigger Button + X Button	Switches the selected scene environment .
A Button (only for Log mode)	Outputs the log to log.txt in the Viewer folder.
B Button (only for Log mode)	Deletes the log.

3D-Related Menus

Description of Setting	Description
SortMode	Switch the render sorting order between AllMeshBaseSort and OpaqueMeshBaseAndTranslucentModelBaseSort.
FrameRate	Configures the animation frame rate.
DepthLevel	Sets either the distance from the camera to the base plane for the application-priority camera, or the distance in virtual space from the player's two eyes to the base plane for the realism priority camera. Specifying 0.0 sets the value to "(the View camera's Near) + 5.0."
Factor	Sets the depth adjustment factor.
RealSwitch	Sets whether to enable realism priority camera matrix calculations.
GridScale	Sets the size of the grid scale when displaying coordinate axes/grids.
GridDivision	Sets the number of divisions in the grid scale when displaying coordinate axes/grids.
LowerScreenPreview	Switches the upper/lower screens.
TargetCameraAxis	Toggles between show/hide the camera's look-at point.

Limitations

The gray bar depicts the system load, and processing will slow down and frames will be skipped if the bar reaches all the way to the right.
If you want to preview at the given frame rate even though frames will be skipped, enable frame skipping in the General System part of the Initial Settings file
When frame skipping is enabled, processing slowdowns are avoided by skipping some rendering.
The Load Indicator shows only the load for rendering of the transferred model.
It does not include the loads of the lower screen and grid rendering.
The default light icon will display even when light is not transferred.
This feature for showing the position of the light with an icon also shows the position of the default light.
The default light will disappear when light is transferred and the icon will also disappear.
Lighting calculations are performed using optimized results.
To reduce the CPU processing load, when Viewer makes the lighting calculations for the left/right cameras it calculates the light position from a camera that is situated in the middle of the left/right cameras.
For this reason, the result of the lighting calculation will be slightly different from the result of calculating the light position from the separate left/right cameras. This will have some impact on the diffuse component and the non-NV specular components for point lights and spot lights. The impact will be particularly large on the diffuse component and the LN specular component when the light and the model are close together and the camera comes near.
The FPS display will be slightly different from 60.
Because the VSync interval is 59.831Hz for both the upper and lower LCD screens on the CTR, the display on the Viewer will not be exactly 60 either.
Refer to the hardware documentation for details.
A maximum of 128 animations can be configured in a single animation set.
Since the animation set can only take up to 128 animations, even if more animations are set there they will not show up in the Viewer.
Additions may be made to the Initial Settings File in the future.

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