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From: Philip Gooch <philg@easynet.co.uk>
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Subject: Prerendered backdrop style 3D engine
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 11:35:24 +0100
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Hi

I was wondering what might be involved in creating a 3D engine that used
prerendered backdrops, as in Resident Evil etc.

Seems to me that this is harder than a realtime 3D engine (Tomb Raider
etc), because you would need to take your prerendered backdrop and slice
it up so that characters could walk around the scene realistically (i.e
move behind and in front of wall, cars, pillars and so on). Also, you
would need 'invisible' 3D objects to act as bounding areas for each
'slice' of the backdrop.

Has anyone tried this or got tips on how to start, sample code etc

Thanks in advance

Phil