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From: jamin1@psu.edu (Jamin Frederick)
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Subject: Re: Getting texture maps onto the Yaroze
Date: Sat, 02 Aug 1997 16:25:48 GMT
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>Please check the 3D section where essentially the same questions were
>asked 2 weeks ago (unanswered).  And I call you attention to even older
>requests by other people who have seem to be frustated by the lack of
>even one well documented example of a texturized 3D model displayed on
>the Yaroze.  (If you mention DINO, I will say something bitingly
>sarcastic about programming style and documentation.)

	I can relate to the feeling of frustration regarding demos.
While there are plenty of them available, I have yet to see one that
properly explains how the function calls work, and what exactly they
are doing in the program.  I think it is exaggerated to be calling
some of these demos "tutorials", since they do not intend to teach
what is going on, only to demonstrate.  I've had luck with 2D
programming, but only through reading many many demos and working out
all the nuances over weeks that could have been resolved in a few
hours with a properly guided tutorial.  I've tried to make one of
these and distribute it on my web site, but I think as a yaroze
community we all need to be sharing information readily since that
will be the only real way to understand the api's.  We're not going to
get the support that professional developers do, so all the learning
is up to us.  I'm attempting to become very verbal about any
information and tips I can find regarding yaroze programming and I
challenge others to do so, so that we can learn things as quick as
possible without floundering in ambiguity.  One way I'm trying to do
this is display on my yaroze web site any pertinent information that I
have collected through experience, as time allows.  It'd be nice to
see others doing the same, since I haven't seen a lot of web sites so
far that were directly helpful with yaroze programming.


Jamin