Re: Multigen and Color probl

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Marcus (Marcus++at++multigenuunet.UU.NET)
Wed, 26 Oct 1994 10:28:39 PST


        Reply to: RE>Multigen and Color problem
Hi Thomas,

I've looked at the archbridge.flt file that I believe you're
referring to and it's grey for me.

Whenever colors or light seems different from MultiGen,
the first things to check/disable are the loader modes:
PFFLT_AMBIENT_IS_DIFFUSE and PFFLT_COMPUTENORMALS.
Please see the description for these modes in the README.SS
(currently README.SS.R14_1) file for the OpenFlight loader.
In the section "KNOWN BUGS AND WORKAROUNDS" it also
states:

"If colors or materials are incorrect, try disabling
PFFLT_AMBIENT_IS_DIFFUSE. This will render the
scene the way that MultiGen does and may cure the
discrepencies"

Basically the loader uses the faster LMC_AD material
mode by default, resulting in possibly different shades
from what you see in MultiGen. In perfly, use the command
line argument to turn this mode off: "perfly -o 5 test.flt"

If this doesn't help you out, please call or email me directly.

Regards,
Marcus Barnes, Member Technical Staff
MultiGen Inc., 1884 The Alameda, San Jose CA, 95126
PH: (408) 261 4118 FX: (408) 247 4329
EMAIL: multigen!marcus++at++uunet.UU.NET

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From: "Thomas Feil" <thomasf++at++thomasf.munich.sgi.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 15:57:15 +0100
To: info-performer++at++sgihub.corp.sgi.com
Subject: Multigen and Color problem

Hello,

we have seen some problems with colors from a Multigen Version 14
database that has been loaded into Performer 1.2.
With the file defadmods/263archflt a bridge that should be gray shows up
in a kind of violet.

Any ideas,

Thomas


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