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From: Alex Herbert <aherbert@ndirect.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: GsGetLw - Anyone?
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 14:54:07 +0000
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James Russell wrote:

> If you use the Local->Screen matrix as the Light Matrix, the lights will be relative to the view, as
> if you've got some lights attached to the camera. With the Dino demo, this doesn't really matter
> much. In most games the lights are fixed in relation to the world, not the camera, which is why the
> intermediate LW matrix is required.
>

Ok, so my prvious statement was correct.  I though I'd understood - just wanted to clarify.

Thanks for all the help.


Herbs