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From: "Rad" <rad@cyberdude.com>
Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.programming.2d_graphics
Subject: Re: Filling the screen with boxes
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 19:30:04 -0000
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Rad wrote in message <76gh2g$qsh13@chuka.playstation.co.uk>...
>
>As it happens the only problem was that I didn't allocate enough packet
>space.


I usually allocate gpu packet space like this:

#define STARS_MAX (100)

PACKET GpuPacketArea[2][STARS_MAX * sizeof(GsLINE)];

Now this works fine for GsSPRITE but doesn't seem to work for primitives
like GsLINE and GsBOXF. The strangest thing is that it used to work!
This is how I did it on my starfield program and it worked but then I had
problems with GsBOXF's on my new program and when I recomplied my starsfield
it crashed, unless I allocated more space!

Can anyone tell me why this is? I guess it's a tight fit defining it that
way but it worked before and I haven't changed anything since!

Rad.
rad@cyberdude.com
http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/~radpsx