Maybe it's a good idea to collect all JME issues related to Java6. So I'll make a start:
Z-Pass Shadow Volumes Demo (webstart): pq-torus has no shadow, but there is a strange black and white flicker in the whole demo. I remember it was running some time before when I was using Java 5
sorry, i can't confirm that. the demo looks fine here with 6.0 (it was fine with 5.0 too)
but i remember once having problems with the sadow pass test: there were strange flickering bright/dark stripes on the terrain. but it turned out that it was because i fiddled with the graphics card settings(nvidia). it was a bad settings combination (don't remember exactly which - i think it was triple buffering and anisotropic settings) which caused the flickering.
Thanks for the hint, I'll check my driver settings. You describe exactly the same behaviour as I have.
As I'm over 30, my brain starts to degenerate, so I could be that it was another computer where I saw the running demo (I remember I was quite impressed), and it was never running on the current one.
i found a screenshot form back then:
http://moenia.sourceforge.net/images/screenshots/shadow.jpg
edit:
i digged a bit trough my chat logs and it seems the bug was caused by some "texture optimizations". but i can't find that setting anymore (i have a newer driver now). sorry
Landei said:
Thanks for the hint, I'll check my driver settings. You describe exactly the same behaviour as I have.
As I'm over 30, my brain starts to degenerate, so I could be that it was another computer where I saw the running demo (I remember I was quite impressed), and it was never running on the current one.
Well the solution should be simple.. install Java 5 side by side, register it with your IDE of choice, and see if it works then..
OK, Java6 is rehabilitated. On a newer computer I run the demo, upgraded to Java6, and it was still running fine (I had the feeling, even a little bit faster).
So I have a problem with the driver settings on my older PC, and it's not related to Java6…