Posted by runiter on May 12, 2017; 2:39pm
URL: https://forum.jogamp.org/Java3D-1-6-0-Released-tp4037525p4037982.html

gouessej wrote

Moreover, what do you mean by "Microsoft drivers"? Its GDI renderer only supports OpenGL 1.1.

Yes, that's the issue that causes problem. They get this kind of exception:

javax.media.j3d.IllegalRenderingStateException: Java 3D ERROR : OpenGL 1.2 or better is required (GL_VERSION=1.1)
        at javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline.setupCanvasProperties(JoglPipeline.java:8082)
        at javax.media.j3d.JoglPipeline.createNewContext(JoglPipeline.java:6428)
        at javax.media.j3d.Canvas3D.createNewContext(Canvas3D.java:4611)
        at javax.media.j3d.Canvas3D.createNewContext(Canvas3D.java:2381)
        at javax.media.j3d.Renderer.doWork(Renderer.java:881)
        at javax.media.j3d.J3dThread.run(J3dThread.java:271)

For many, they can probably fix the problem by updating their drivers. But this solution is not ideal because most either don't know how to update drivers or don't want to.