RE: Performer 2.5 query

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From: PEPPER Craig (craig.pepper++at++tenix.com)
Date: 01/21/2002 11:34:20


A quick and dirty solution to this, and one that I've used, is to use xgamma
to brighten up the whole display. Try something like 'xgamma -gamma 1.5'.
It also saves you adjusting all your textures.

Craig Pepper
Technical Manager, Visual Simulation
Electronic Systems Division, Tenix Defence, Australia

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Body [mailto:rdb++at++hrwallingford.co.uk]
> Sent: Monday, 21 January 2002 20:25
> To: info-performer++at++sgi.com
> Subject: Performer 2.5 query
>
>
> Hi Performer Friends,
>
> I have now successfully installed and have running Performer
> 2.5 running on
> a 1.9GHz Pentium 4 using RedHat Linux 7.2 and a GeForce 2
> Ultra graphics
> card. Performer town will run at 85Hz !! I think that this is non
> anti-aliased as I haven't configured it for A/A yet. I've only had it
> running today so haven't had a chance to fully get to grips with it.
>
> One thing that I have noticed is that two of the Openflight
> databases that I
> have used on either an O2 running Performer 2.2.0 with
> Openflight Loader
> 15.4fi or an ONYX RE2 using Performer 2.1.0 with Openflight
> Loader 15.4b
> don't look the same as the PC using Performer 2.5 with
> Openflight Loader
> 15.4i. Both of the databases appear darker using 2.5, one of
> the databases
> doesn't display some of the textures properly or if it does
> they are very
> dark and the other database which on the O2/ONYX displayed
> fine when I have
> floodlighting being done at night, does not have the
> floodlighting appear at
> all using Performer 2.5
>
> GameGen II or Creator was used to produce the Openflight
> models in both
> cases.
>
> Does anyone know why I have these differences in how the databases are
> displayed. I think it is to do with the version that the
> files are being
> saved as but I would like some one to confirm this before I
> go too far down
> the wrong track.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Rob
>
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