15 Jan
2013
15 Jan
'13
3:41 a.m.
In article <1358156904.76010.YahooMailNeo at
web142501.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>,
? ? Tom Sparks <tom_a_sparks at yahoo.com.au>
writes:
OK, then you need to decide which "look" you want to reproduce.? Are
you specifically trying to reproduce the visual look from REND386, or
just using that as a reference point?
I think both
Are you
looking to just reproduce the look or are you also wanting to
reproduce the technology used back then?
I just want to reproduce the look for my model I am looking at doing
* Isometric projection
This is trivial.
* objectvr[4]
This is also trivial.? From looking at the URL you gave for [4], it's
just picture flipping a bunch of pictures taken at different
viewpoints relative to the object.? You don't even need a graphics
card for this, it's just picture flipping. * at a later date I may use webgl
Why webgl, are you trying to make something that is browser based? > If just the former, it's not hard at
all, since you're simply
using
existing
technology in a lower fidelity mode.
its not that easy as it seams a lot of the
styling needs to be done using a
Shading Language
witch is only support on some newer graphics cards The
last generation of fixed-function pipeline cards (i.e. 10+ year old
cards) were capable of a variety of effects if you were creative in
how you use the hardware.
I would agree that it's simpler to develop the effect now with a
shader than to try and figure out complex multitexture fixed-function
effects.? If you get something like ATI's RenderMonkey or NVidia's FX
Composer, you can evaluate the shaders interactively on a model
without having to do edit-compile-test cycles.
i'l have look into downloading
those programs (google here I come.....)
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