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From: Jon Arkley <113131.206@Compuserve.com>
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Subject: 3d "chessboard"
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 1997 22:08:27 +0100
Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE)
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I'm trying to create a 3d "chessboard" effect using cubes of varying
height in a grid pattern.

I downloaded the "3dprogs" demo programs, and substituted CUBE.TMP for
the object displayed by tuto0. This worked fine, giving me a cube on the
screen which I could rotate and zoom in and out using the joypad.

My next step was to display more than one cube. I modified the program
to create a two-element array for the object handler and to do all the
3d calls etc twise, once for each element.

I changed the initial xyz coordinates for the second object to offset it
on the screen from the first.

All I got was a single cube at the new position.

Am I on the right lines? If so, what am I doing wrong? Perhaps I need to
do something more complicated?

Any help would be most welcome. This is my first attempt at 3d, so
forgive me if I'm doing something really stupid! I would also be
grateful for any really basic examples of displaying two identical
objects at different coordinates.

Thanks.