Jonas Andersson (jonasa++at++cs.umu.se)
Thu, 19 Nov 1998 15:15:46 +0100 (MET)
> On Nov 12, 10:20am, Jonas Andersson wrote:
> >On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Sujay Kumar wrote:
> >>
> >> I think Performer does not support. I had faced the similar problems
> >> and as far as I could make out, Performer Loader dosen't support it.
> >
> >pfEngine and pfFlux _does_ make it possible to easily implement morphing,
> >but your quite right in that the flt-loader does not translate
> >flt-morph-nodes into pfEngine and pfFlux.
>
> I believe that a solution for the general case is fairly complex.
Probably, but it would have been nice if it had been possible to get hold
of the coordinates (as well as color, normal, tetxture coords) in the
flt-callback function.
>
> >My problem is how I can get the flt-morph-data from the flt-file without
> >writing my own loader (which I actually will start doing today anyway :(
>
> You can request loader source cdrom from MultiGen Technical Support. It's free,
> but you have to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
Great, I'll do that!
>
> Once you have to source you can develop a morph builder and integrate it with
> the loader. I can help you with some design issues. If you solve the general
> problem and would like to share your efforts, I can take your results and
> integrete them into the next official loader release.
We've already started on a two-staged approach were we name the created
geodes using flt-callbacks, then modify the created geodes so that they
contain fluxes. We have created our own .flt-loader for retrieving coords,
color, normals and texture coords, discarding all other data.
For now this approach is sufficient, though it would have been nice not
having to read the flt-file twice.
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Thank's for your answer,
Jonas
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