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Subject: Re: FLASH: coin op city [OT]
From: Wayne Pennell \( Web Master \)
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 17:24:30 +0100

By the use of better vector formatting you can get the same lighting effects
and textures as math professionals get deeper into the scheme of things.
The main use of vectorization is the availability of scaling with smaller
more precise sin and cos calls without judgment of light source or position
of the nearest triangle.
If I could write a function knowing not to have to deal with lighting that's
20% off the overhead allowing less latency which is the prb since day one..
also causing better synchronization.

Just my two cents.

Wayne Pennell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Dunn" <mdunnatthemericaagency [dot] com>
To: <flasheratchinwag [dot] com>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: FLASH: coin op city [OT]


> on 7/13/00 6.36a, Till Steinmetz wrote:
>
> > Technically this thing is great. What i dont understand is why people
> > torture themselves to this kind of stuff with a tool like Flash.
>
> because it hasn't been done before. Now, the next notch to raise the pole
> will be to implement this kind of technology with solid game play.
>
> And now for something slightly more OT
>
> I don't think vector will replace raster for gameplay. Imagine Quarke done
> in vectors. Blah! And by the time really good games are developed in
vector
> format, a lot of people who are looking to play games online, will have
the
> bandwidth to play raster-based games (in my opinion) which afford a
realism
> that cannot be duplicated by vectors. The future of games lies in virtual
> reality, 3-d and all that, not vectors which is truly a step back
(remember
> asteroids and tempest?)
>
> Michael
>
>
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