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From: Robert_Swan@scee.net (Robert)
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Subject: what the above is
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 20:27:52 GMT
Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE)
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thought Id explain what the above is. I want to do something
interesting for the Yaroze again. Its not so much that I like doing
racing games, but I do think that there are quite a lot of interesting
problems to be solved, and the game itself is quite narrow and so I
think Im more likely to stick with it (rather than doing adventure
game 2 -  maybe next).

At the moment Im thinking about how to approach it - I want to be able
to do at least a few flash things and as Im debating/ implementing it
I thought Id put it up here. Maybe it will help people - maybe not :)

The things I hope to cover (although I almost definately wont stick
with this)

step 1: basic LOD morphing
step 2: more detail in LOD and repercusssions
step 3: removing T junctions (+ positive side effects)
step 4: clipping/ subdividing the road 1
step 5: clipping/ subdividing the road 2
step 6: bezier curves for the definition of the road
step 7: texturing the road
step 6: a basic craft
step 7: adding physics to the craft
step 8: the sky/ horizon
step 9: trackside obstacles
step 10: weather effects + fogging


there will be others to involve AI but not sure how far I will be
going with it all. Hopefully I will do one a week - and as soon as I
can find all the damn disks for the yaroze Ill actually supply some
source. Although most of it will be just pure maths, etc, etc.

Rob



Disclaimer:
Anything I say has no direct relation 
to where I work (Sony), is not an official 
voice of where I work (Sony) and Sony 
doesn't even exist as far as I'm concerned.