Re: SPLINE_FOG in perfly !!!!

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Sharon Clay (src++at++rose.asd.sgi.com)
Thu, 26 Sep 1996 10:11:56 -0700


+>---- On Sep 26, 12:10pm, ram munjulur wrote:
> Subject: SPLINE_FOG in perfly !!!!
->
->Hi Performers !!!
->
->We upgraded our RE2 to an iR and also Perf 2.0 to 2.1, recently.
->We have OpenGL libs only, on the iR.
->
->I recompiled the perfly demo code and tried setting fog type to
->SPLINE fog (Pixel). I see the option in perfly. And when I was playing with
->the near/Far planes, for a fixed pair of Nr/Far planes of the fog,
->
->BOTH LINEAR fog and SPLINE fog appear to be the same. I don't know if this
->should be the case.
->
->Next I tried searching for the "pfFogRamp" function which loads the
->Range and Density arrays for SPLINE_FOG, but couldn't find any such
->function in the perfly code.
->
->I understand that, the SPLINE fog option shows up becasue, it is set
->when the "pfQueryFeature" function is set to true, because its an iR with
->OpenGL. But then I expected it to initialize the Ramp from the arrays.
->
-> doesn't SPLINE_FOG load any arrays into the FogRamp ?
-> How do I know the what appears to be SPLINE_FOG is different from LINEAR_FOG ?
-> has anybody used SPLINE_FOG with OpenGL on an iR and could makeout the
-> difference ?
->
->Thanks in advance

>From the pfFog man page:
  The default fog ramp table
  defines a linear interpolation between the onset and opaque ranges.

Perfly is just using the default ramp.

src.

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