cockpits, as last

etheral walker · Post by **etheral walker** » Thu May 29, 2003 1:08 pm

ok now I got nice proportions, no strange vertices, but normals seems inversed and textures don't draw ~>_<~.
i posted it on my ftp, should a devellopper have a look and explain me what 's wrong?

pontiac · Post by **pontiac** » Thu May 29, 2003 1:31 pm

As i explained before:
If you export a normal geometry to xmesh and use this in vegastrike it will look creepy (wrong faces drawn, etc).

The faces of a cockpit bust be sorted with a binary space sorting algorithm (BSP).
This is needed because the cockpit is drawn very often and slows down the engine if it isn't presorted. (hellcatv knows more about this).

I am currently programming an algorithm for the plugin, but it will last some time.

Maybe ask some people how they did make their cockpits.

Pontiac

etheral walker · Post by **etheral walker** » Thu May 29, 2003 1:34 pm

ok then I will wait to export cockpits

pontiac · Post by **pontiac** » Thu May 29, 2003 1:43 pm

etheral walker wrote:ok then I will wait to export cockpits

Unfortunately that's the only way(=wait to export) i know, but please don't stop making/texturing the cockpits, they are just awesome.

Maybe there is a way to turn the ingame calculation of BSP on.
Anybody knows this?

Pontiac

etheral walker · Post by **etheral walker** » Thu May 29, 2003 2:26 pm

no problem, I have a huge amount (1 cdrom) of textures, interiors, planes, weapons made on linux, while I was waiting to be able to use wings' full capacities on linux

. Plus I broken a leg yesterday (rugby

), then be sure I won't let my computer alone !
To finish, might prupose your worm hole before the end of the day (gmt)