is the three.js OrbitControls from official repo examples
To install with npm do
npm install three
npm install three-orbitcontrols
All credit goes to OrbitControls.js contributors. See also official OrbitControls documentation.
I have just stolen the code and modified to export it as a module so you can do something like
const THREE = require('three')
const OrbitControls = require('three-orbitcontrols')
// ES6 also works, i.e.
// import OrbitControls from 'three-orbitcontrols'
// Init THREE scene (add your code)
const camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(75, width / height, 0.1, 1000)
camera.position.z = 5
const renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({ canvas })
const controls = new OrbitControls(camera, renderer.domElement)
controls.enableDamping = true
controls.dampingFactor = 0.25
controls.enableZoom = false
Please note that:
- You call
OrbitControls
directly instead ofTHREE.OrbitControls
. - This package does not depend directly on three.js, which is declared as a peer dependency.
See also examples/ folder.
There is another package similar to this one: three-orbit-controls. I decided to create another package with a different approach, see this issue for the rationale.
I am using this package for my 3d tic tac toe online game.
To update OrbitControls.js code follow instructions below.
First of all, target latest three.js release number, for instance do
THREEJS_RELEASE=96
which will set the download URL to something like
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mrdoob/three.js/r96/examples/js/controls/OrbitControls.js
Now you can launch
rm OrbitControls.js* # clean up previous files
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mrdoob/three.js/r${THREEJS_RELEASE}/examples/js/controls/OrbitControls.js -O OrbitControls.js.new
echo "/* three-orbitcontrols addendum */ var THREE = require('three');" > OrbitControls.js
cat OrbitControls.js.new >> OrbitControls.js
echo "/* three-orbitcontrols addendum */ module.exports = exports.default = THREE.OrbitControls;" >> OrbitControls.js
rm OrbitControls.js.new # clean up downloaded file
Note that minor version in this package is in sync with three.js minor version, i.e. release number.
Also update peerDependencies
attribute in package.json with latest three.js version.
There is a test that checks version numbers are in sync.
When you are done, launch
npm run deploy