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Definition of a point sprite?

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Started by billybob October 20, 2002 10:12 PM

2 comments, last by billybob 21 years, 5 months ago

billybob

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October 20, 2002 10:12 PM

what exactly is a point sprite, at first i thought it was a simple color dot blended outwards, but then i saw a screenshot that calimed to use point sprites where there was a texture on them. so is a point sprite really just an accelerated billboarding effect?

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zealouselixir

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October 20, 2002 10:19 PM

Effectively, yeah.

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billybob

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October 20, 2002 10:52 PM

so you can replace billboarded quads with point sprites?

zealouselixir

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October 20, 2002 11:01 PM

You can.

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