Gordon Tomlinson (gordon++at++apollo13.demon.co.uk)
Wed, 29 Jul 1998 16:00:00 GMT
Have a look at Angus Dorbies words of
enlightenment ;-) on the subject and other
topics at http://www.dorbie.com/
Well worth a visit and his musing may help you in your quest :-)
Regards
Gordon.
On Wed, 29 Jul 1998 10:44:31 -0500, you wrote:
>I have a database full of trees. In fact, the trees are taking up more than
>50% of the time to render the scene. The trees are not modeled as
>billboards. Can I get significant performance increases by changing my
>database to model the trees as billboards?
>
>-or- Are there any good suggestions on improving performance when
>you have to render a ton of trees?
Gordon Tomlinson
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