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From: Majik <majik@127.0.0.1>
Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english
Subject: Re: projects coming soon...
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 17:44:13 +0100
Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE)
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pal wrote:
> 
> Majik <majik@127.0.0.1> wrote in article <3BB30642.7A88734A@127.0.0.1>...
> <snip>
> > screen wrap.
> <snip>
> > I'd be interested in hearing your ideas about it.
> 
> What about making the ground a sphere, like a planet. It has the additional
> benefit of suppressing the fogging/pop-up of far objects.

Hmmm, interesting.. I can see how that might work. But how big would it
be? if the sphere is too small, then the player can only just see past
the front of there nose (horizon too close), where as if it's too big
then the game arena becomes too 'scarce'... perhaps a mix between the
sphere idea, and a screen wrap, so that if your opponent goes too far
over the horizon, then they are wrapped - so the maximum they can get
away from you is smaller than the circumference of the sphere??

M.