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From: Jim <jim@codeworks.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Clipping problem
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 01:05:58 +0000
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Hi Manny,

How many sides/polys are there to this cylinder?
Is it textured?

If there are a lot it may be a legitimate slow down.

Jim.

Manny Najera wrote:
> 
> I want to display a 3D cylinder.  I also need the view to be completely
> inside it.  Whenever I move the cylinder closer to the screen, it starts
> to really slow down.  The slowdown causes the game to be unplayable in
> 640x480, the resolution at which it needs to run.  I've tried messing
> around with the cylinder's coordinates, the projection distance, and
> almost everything else.  What can I do to solve this problem?
> 
> Manny Najera