The goal: (the sphere's radius was changed to 4 for ease of view on my resolution). Keep in mind that the colors are randomlly generated, so it will not look exactly the same on your computer.
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// most applications will want to extend the SimpleGame class import com.jme.app.SimpleGame; // a vector containing three float numbers; // used to store positions and translations import com.jme.math.Vector3f; // geometric shapes used in program import com.jme.scene.shape.Box; import com.jme.scene.shape.Sphere; // use predefined colors and create custom colors import com.jme.renderer.ColorRGBA; // work with basic materials import com.jme.scene.state.MaterialState; // process user input import com.jme.input.InputHandler; import com.jme.input.KeyInput; import com.jme.input.KeyBindingManager; import com.jme.input.FirstPersonHandler; // display text import com.jme.scene.Text; import com.jmex.font2d.Text2D; import com.jmex.font2d.Font2D; // an internal vertex of the scenegraph tree; // use to group together objects, // apply render settings, which affects all child vertices import com.jme.scene.Node; import com.jme.scene.Spatial; import com.jme.scene.Geometry; // methods to change render settings import com.jme.renderer.Renderer; // methods for mouse input & selection import com.jme.input.AbsoluteMouse; import com.jme.input.MouseInput; import com.jme.intersection.PickResults; import com.jme.intersection.BoundingPickResults; import com.jme.math.Ray; import com.jme.math.Vector2f; import com.jme.bounding.BoundingSphere; /** * Click the sphere for psychedelic results. */ public class MouseSelectDemo extends SimpleGame { // a geometric shape that will be rendered Sphere mySphere; AbsoluteMouse am; PickResults pr; public static void main(String[] args) { // create an instance of this program MouseSelectDemo app = new MouseSelectDemo(); // before the main program starts, display the graphics configuration window // where the user can choose among screen resolution, color depth, and full screen options app.setConfigShowMode(ConfigShowMode.AlwaysShow); // The start() method runs simpleInitGame(), // then starts the game loop: simpleUpdate(), then simpleRender() // To terminate game loop, call finish() app.start(); } protected void simpleInitGame() { // make the standard cursor visible. org.lwjgl.input.Mouse.setGrabbed(false); // SimpleGame class defaults mouse behavior to rotate view; here we disable this. ((FirstPersonHandler)input).getMouseLookHandler().setEnabled(false); // Create a new mouse. am = new AbsoluteMouse("mouse", display.getWidth(), display.getHeight()); // assign the mouse to an input handler, so we can process input it creates am.registerWithInputHandler(input); rootNode.attachChild(am); pr = new BoundingPickResults(); // create a material to apply to geometric objects, use objects' default color, // apply to front and back, and assign rendering to root node MaterialState customMaterial = display.getRenderer().createMaterialState(); customMaterial.setColorMaterial(MaterialState.ColorMaterial.AmbientAndDiffuse); customMaterial.setMaterialFace(MaterialState.MaterialFace.FrontAndBack); rootNode.setRenderState(customMaterial); // Parameters for the Sphere constructor: // Sphere( String name, Vector3f center, int zSamples, int radialSamples, float radius ) mySphere = new Sphere("s", new Vector3f(0,0,0), 30, 30, 4 ); mySphere.setDefaultColor( ColorRGBA.gray ); // in order for this object to be selected by mouse, // we must enable collision detection and assign a bounding surface. mySphere.setModelBound(new BoundingSphere()); mySphere.updateModelBound(); rootNode.attachChild( mySphere ); } protected void simpleUpdate() { // is button 0 down? (button 0 is left click) if (MouseInput.get().isButtonDown(0)) { Vector2f screenPos = new Vector2f(); // Get the position that the mouse is pointing to screenPos.set(am.getHotSpotPosition().x, am.getHotSpotPosition().y); // Get the world location of that X,Y value Vector3f worldCoords = display.getWorldCoordinates(screenPos, 0); Vector3f worldCoords2 = display.getWorldCoordinates(screenPos, 1); // Create a ray starting from the camera, and going in the direction // of the mouse's location Ray mouseRay = new Ray(worldCoords, worldCoords2.subtractLocal(worldCoords).normalizeLocal()); // Does the mouse's ray intersect the box's world bounds? pr.clear(); rootNode.findPick(mouseRay, pr); for (int i = 0; i < pr.getNumber(); i++) { pr.getPickData(i).getTargetMesh().setRandomColors(); } } } protected void simpleRender() { // nothing to add } }