Re: Textures

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horne++at++vislab.su.edu.au
Thu, 13 Apr 1995 09:22:34 +1000 (EDT)

This is something that Choon H Lee wrote:
>
> We have currently a problem with our program which translates our
> own file format (svr) such that it can be read with Performer. The
> program works fine, but we encountered troubles with textures. It
> works fine when textures are not applied at all in the original file
> format, but when textures are used, and loaded into Performer they
> seem to color all other objects with the dominant color of its last
> uploaded texture.
>
> Did anyone encounter similar problems in the past?

funny - i had the same problem about 6 weeks ago - here's the solution:

>> Message 2/7 From Sharon Clay Mar 16, 95 01:00:27
>>
>> You can set the texture enable on the pfGeoState of any model:
>> pfGStateMode(gstate, PFSTATE_ENTEXTURE, PF_ON or PF_OFF);
>> By default, all pfGeoState settings inherit from the global state.
>> Perfly (and libpf) assumes that on machines with fast texture, you will
>> choose to have the majority of your database textured and so
>> texture is enabled by default. Objects with pfGeoState that
>> do not set the texture or the enable will inherit both from
>> the global state. This way, objects will be textured on fast machines,
>> but not on slow machines. Objects that have no texture should set
>> pfGStateMode(gstate, PFSTATE_ENTEXTURE, PF_OFF);

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