Re: Multipipe clipTextures?
Don Hatch (hatch++at++hell.engr.sgi.com)
Wed, 18 Nov 1998 23:53:30 -0800
On Nov 19, 4:11pm, Matthew Whitaker wrote:
> Subject: Multipipe clipTextures?
>
> Hi.
>
> I am investigating the use of clip textures in a multipipe helicopter
> filght sim. application and have been looking at the Hunter-Liggett and
> Moffett clipTexture examples delivered with Performer.
>
> In /usr/share/Performer/data/clipdata/README I read:
>
> " (Note that clip textures only work in single-pipe applications,
> so if you are on a multipipe system you must tell perfly
> to run single-pipe by giving it the "-M0" command-line flag.)"
>
> Is this really correct?? I have not encountered any other reference to
> this limitation in my research and would like to assume that it is
> either an error or a misunderstanding on my part. However I don't like
> assumptions and would appreciate a more definative answer..!
>
> I have attached the README for reference.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Matthew Whitaker
As you suspect, that comment is wrong and you should ignore it;
it's left over from a long time ago
when clip textures were younger and more immature.
Also not mentioned in that README,
there is now a scene file loader that understands the
".ct" clip texture configuration file format directly,
so you should be able to just say:
perfly hl.ct
or:
clipfly hl.ct
Probably the best place to start currently (if you haven't already found it),
is "man clipfly" and follow references from there
(specifically the clipfly README, which contains lots of up-to-date examples
and more references at the end).
Don
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