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From: tjs@cs.monash.edu.au (Toby Sargeant)
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Subject: Re: trigonometric speed question
Date: 22 Jul 1998 01:11:06 GMT
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On 21 Jul 1998 23:42:10 GMT, Antony Arciuolo wrote:
>So how do I get a better angular resolution? without increasing the maximum
>speed?
>

Compute all the screen coordinates in fixed point, and then round them off
to the nearest integer when you're drawing. This also means that you can
have fractional speeds, which might prove useful.

toby.