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From: "Pete" <cybersmurf@btinternet.com>
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Subject: Re: Prob with texture mapped triangular gouraud shaded polys.
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 23:23:51 -0000
Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE)
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I wrote a paper on Dynamic TMD creation/manipulation when I was at Uni. I'll
try to hunt it down later but I can't promise anything because I didn't
manage to save that much when my old drive died =( Sorry I can't do it now
but I've got three interviews lined up for 2morrow and I haven't even
started planning them yet.

...Oops! =)

Much hugz, Peter

"Max" <mad.max@which.net> wrote in message
news:3A7F1252.442353C7@which.net...
> Excuse my ignorance, but I think I can remember somewhere in Yaroze
> documentation that textured, gourauds are a no-no. I say "I think" because
I'm
> not exactly sure but...
>
> Max
>
> "Jon Prestidge (Moose)" wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > has anyone used:
> >  gouraud shaded triangular polygons with texture mapping? (G_3T  0x34)
> >
> > I'm getting a problem and I just want to make sure that it is one of the
tmd
> > modes that works properly before spending more hours tyring to find the
bug
> > in my program.  The texture seems to map onto the polygon fine but I get
a
> > strange shadow effect over the surrounding area when the polygon is
being
> > displayed.  When the polygon is not in view the shadowing accross the
other
> > objects disappears.  Really odd.
> >
> > Also I'd be interested to know of other tmd modes that people have used
and
> > that they know work fine.  Perhaps we could build a list of all the
proven
> > ones.  I've heard that the straight line TMD modes don't work for
example.
> >
> > I've used the following with no problems...
> >
> >   F_3      0x20  --- Triangle  No-texture
> >
> >   F_3_NL   0x21  --- triangle no texture no light
> >
> >   G_3      0x30  --- triangle gouraud shaded
> >
> >   G_3 with ABE    0x32  --- triangle gouraud shaded with semi
transparency.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jon Prestidge.
>