Re: advice on using Performer
Angus Dorbie (dorbie++at++multipass.engr.sgi.com)
Fri, 12 Sep 1997 14:15:05 -0700
On Sep 12, 10:31am, David Weller wrote:
> Subject: Re: advice on using Performer
> > How about taking a look at Dave Luebke's portal culling
> > instead of the BSP.
> >
> > http://www.cs.unc.edu/~luebke/visibility.html
> >
> > I have used it for a ship walkthru and it works great.
> > I have a version that uses OpenGL instead of IRIS gl
> > which you may wnat to use on an Octane.
> > Andy
> >
>
> Oh, great. Now we muddy up the Performer vs. OpenGL Optimizer issue
> even more :-)
>
> Honestly, I wish both the Performer and OpenGL Optimizer FAQs would
> have a discussion about which is more appropriate for a given app.
> I'm much more inclined to use OpenGL Optimizer for walkthrus, but
> since OGLO is so new, I don't see as much model support as I do for
> Performer (I can only determine there's a loader for Wavefront/Alias
> .obj format and the .iv format, any others?).
>
> There doesn't seem to be much "Cross-feed" between the Performer and
> OGLO camps other than "Yeah, we know about that other group".
What your complaining about again is a lack if info about which
API is best for various circumstances. Don't confuse this with
inaccurate statements about "Cross-feed".
Cheers,Angus.
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