Steve Baker (sbaker++at++link.com)
Tue, 16 Dec 1997 14:18:47 -0600 (CST)
> I am a new performer user,would you tell me I should use which
> component (N32/O32,irisGL/openGL,Performer2.0/2.1)in Onyx
> (RE2/iris6.2) platform for a flight sim. I know N64 only support
> R10000.
Well, you have a bit of a dilemma: The RE2 works best with IrisGL,
but IrisGL is obsolete - and I certainly wouldn't recommend writing
anything new using it. You *can* run OpenGL on RE2 - but I think
there are some performance hits if you do so.
However, if your application can stay away from using GL at all
(ie use 100% pure Performer) then you need to link to the IrisGL
version - and the eventual port to OpenGL will be a fairly
painless recompile and relink.
If you have R4000/R4400 CPU's in your RE2 then you need O32
binaries - if you have R10000 then there is a choice between
N32 and N64 - although N64 was a little flakey the last time
I tried to use it.
I believe that Performer 2.0 is the correct one for RE2 - but
Perf 2.2 should be out in the near future.
Make sure your RE2 has all the right patches installed - IIRC,
some of them are important.
Steve Baker 817-619-8776 (Vox/Vox-Mail)
Hughes Training Inc. 817-619-4028 (Fax)
2200 Arlington Downs Road SBaker++at++link.com (eMail)
Arlington, Texas. TX 76005-6171 SJBaker1++at++airmail.net (Personal eMail)
http://www.hti.com http://web2.airmail.net/sjbaker1 (personal)
** Beware of Geeks bearing GIF's. **
=======================================================================
List Archives, FAQ, FTP: http://www.sgi.com/Technology/Performer/
Submissions: info-performer++at++sgi.com
Admin. requests: info-performer-request++at++sgi.com
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.0b2 on Mon Aug 10 1998 - 17:56:25 PDT