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From: swarren@eugene.uucp (Steve Warren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: 3D-graphics
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Date: 27 Nov 89 16:09:17 GMT
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In article <18344@watdragon.waterloo.edu> bmacintyre@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Blair MacIntyre) writes:
>PKONTKANEN@cc.helsinki.fi writes:
>>	I haven't yet decided what kind of graphics routine to use.
>>It should make possible to move anywhere in arbitrary 3D-world in
>>real time. Does anybody have good ideas how to do this?
>
>On an Amiga, I feel quite confident in saying this is _not_ possible in
>general  (see above ).

What did the Rainbird guys do to get the 3D graphics for Starglider II?

I realise the landscape was pretty sparce compared to a city, but maybe
a trade-off using similar techniques would work?

Starglider is really smooth.  Maybe if the frame-rate was reduced by a
factor of four a proportionate increase in complexity would be possible.

I am not knowledgeable as far as the requirements for the calculations.
I just play the game ;^).

--Steve
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