From: Max Waterman (maxw++at++sgi.com)
Date: 09/03/2000 09:50:54
Doesn't this effect has a special name?
Max.
Dick Rous wrote:
>
> If your framerate is less than the refresh rate of your dispay (e.g. 30 vs.
> 60 Hz.),
> the what you see are so calledmultiple images. These occur when objects have
> a substantial angular velocity with respect to the eye. It is a visual
> "deceiption", caused
> by the snowflakes being twice rendered in the same spot, then shift to the
> next position in
> time, where again they are rendered twice.
> You will notice the same effect when your simulation moves the eyepoint
> along a road.
> Thin vertical objects alongside the road seem to "double" when the angular
> velocity increases.
> The solution is to make your framerate equal to the refresh rate. (by
> optimising your
> database or/and adding gfx hardware) .:-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dick.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hui Li [mailto:huili++at++mail.sc.cninfo.net]
> Sent: 02 September 2000 15:02
> To: info-performer++at++sgi.com
> Subject: Is it because of Phase lock?
>
> I try to simulate snow flakes on a 2 cpu onyx2.
>
> what I do is draw the snow flakes at the draw call back. However, what i saw
> on the screen
> the flakes becomes doubled, each flakes seems be draw twice on it's drop
> pass, when i slow
> down the speed or freeze simulation, it looks
>
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