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From: cjp@vax135.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: ... Starglider
Message-ID: <1793@vax135.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 9-Jun-87 22:19:53 EDT
Article-I.D.: vax135.1793
Posted: Tue Jun  9 22:19:53 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jun-87 04:08:24 EDT
References: <350@rocky.STANFORD.EDU>
Reply-To: cjp@vax135.UUCP (Charles Poirier)
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Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
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Summary: Hidden lines

In article <350@rocky.STANFORD.EDU> ali@rocky.stanford.edu (Ali Ozer) writes:
>The objects are all wire-frame and see-through,  ...It also lets
>you see through objects so that you can spot enemy tanks behind 
>buildings and such.
Objects are indeed "see-through", however, note that an object's
*own* hidden lines are removed.  It makes for a cleaner display
than otherwise.  It also eliminates front-back ambiguity.
It's a very nice, flashy game.  Though it has some things in common
with Arctic Fox, long periods of no action is *not* one of them.
-- 
	Charles Poirier   (decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4,attmail)!vax135!cjp

	"The road to Hell is paved with good opinions."