Marcus Barnes (marcus++at++multigen.com)
Fri, 7 Jun 1996 10:40:10 -0700
pfdCombineLayers does a couple of good things.
With regard to decal problems, it changes pfLayerMode from
PFDECAL_BASE_DISPLACE or PFDECAL_BASE_FAST to PFDECAL_BASE_DISPLACE ... but
only if PFQFTR_DISPLACE_POLYGON reports PFQFTR_FAST.
You can tell the OpenFlight loader to use that same mode by calling:
pfdConverterMode ( "flt", PFFLT_LAYER, PFDECAL_BASE_DISPLACE );
Obviously the 2.x loader's current default choice of PFDECAL_BASE_FAST isn't
the best choice in all conditions, hence the loader mode ... curtesy of John
Rohlf.
I've changed the loader's default several times ... from the old _DISPLACE to
_STENCIL to _HIGH_QUALITY (my favorite until I learned that it's just _STENCIL)
to the defunct [_DISPLACE + _OFFSET] (new _DISPLACE I believe) and finally to
_FAST because Performer's first priority is performance. If the consensus
opinion is to go with another default, I'd be happy to make the change.
Regards.
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