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From: george_bain@playstation.sony.com (George Bain)
Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.programming.3d_graphics
Subject: Re: more 3d problems..
Date: 26 Apr 1999 12:48:01 GMT
Organization: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
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Hi Will,

I strongly suggest in the future to just have your
program zipped up in your ftp area so we can have a 
look at it.  It's not a pain for me to download this 
message but it might be for others.  Something to think 
about...

Regards,

George@SCEE




In article <3721F00A.D31147E8@bournemouth.ac.uk>, u9722039@bournemouth.ac.uk 
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>Yep.. it seems every step of the way there are major problems.. here's
>the newest:
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>Well to combat texture coordinate problems my pipeline has now
>incorporated an additional step of taking a softimage file and exporting
>it as a rsd.  Then I take the exported tim texture and place it in the
>correct video coordinates and combine the new texture(named the same)
>and the rsd structure files and convert it to tmd using Rsdlink.
>
>It is in fact with RSDlink itself.  I don't understand why, but now it
>seems that when I convert my rsd models to tmd usin rsd link there is a
>massive loss of quality.  They come out severely shrunken and the
>polygons seem to be some sort of close approximation of the original.
>There is some resemblence but the rsd model is nowhere near usable.  It
>has gotten to a point that we are thinking of throwing out textures all
>together.. which would drastically decrease the character of our game.
>
>I have posted one of my animation frames.. rsd, tim, and tmd.  If anyone
>can help me on this you will definately get a listing on our game
>credits!!!!!
>
>PLEASE help!!
>
>Will Atkin
>
>PS and in related news.. anyone know how to put a 2d background in a 3D
>world?
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