Re: Running demo cliptex in MP mode

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Rambabu (ram++at++ivex3d.com)
Wed, 07 May 1997 14:29:07 -0400

Marcus Barnes wrote:
>
> On May 2, 2:55pm, Rambabu wrote:
> > Subject: Re: Running demo cliptex in MP mode
> >
> > I believe, the loader would create a clipcenter and attach a PreApp
> > callback to the Channel which will automatically adjust the clipcenter
> > for you following a generic centering algorithm.
> >
> > I assume we could simply attach our own centering algorithm to do this.
> > Marcus, is my inderstanding correct ?
>
> Not quite Ram,
>
> Later revisions of the OpenFlight loader (R15.2d and up) will arrange to
> automatically center the first pfClipTexture that it creates. It does this buy
> attached a prenode TRAV_APP callback to the appropriate pfNode for the subgraph
> currently being created.

Oops, sorry, a mixup. A callback attached to the Node and not the
Channel.

>
> The loader's centering functions requires that the cliptexture be projected so
> the loader mode PFFLT_USETEXMAP must be enabled and the modeler must have
> created a texture mapping entry in MultiGen for that texture.
>

So, does that mean that we don't have to do anything more to adjust the
clipcenter ? If, incase we wish to, we have to find the node and attach
the a new callback to the node. is it ?

Regards,

-- 
Ram
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