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Started by edwinnie August 03, 2004 08:17 PM

2 comments, last by Pipo DeClown 19 years, 8 months ago

edwinnie

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August 03, 2004 08:17 PM

hihi! i am wondering why doesnt D3D support 3 color component 32bit floating texture formats, jus like GL_RGB with NV_FLOAT stuffz??? thx! Edwinz

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superpig

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August 04, 2004 10:19 AM

Interesting... there's a 2 color component 32bit format, and a 4 color component 64bit format, but no 3 color component floating formats. I guess if you want RGB floating, you have to use ARGB instead.

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August 04, 2004 10:58 AM

there kind of is isnt there? in the Xtentions, D3DXRGB?

i know thats a kinda play on ARGB but...

Pipo DeClown

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August 04, 2004 11:08 AM

Quote:Original post by ace_lovegrove
there kind of is isnt there? in the Xtentions, D3DXRGB?

i know thats a kinda play on ARGB but...

He means 32bit components. Like R: 12.6578 G: 134.34234 B: 231.23125. I guess..

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