A little polygon problem...
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Hey guys, i have a problem. i''m trying to draw a texture mapped blended box, with a sqaure hole in the middle of each wall. so i used 4 quads for every wall, leaving a hole in the middle, but the polygons don''t connect smoothly... and u can notice it especially while rotating the scene. i''m sure there''s a simple solution for this.
you could map a texture onto the quads, where in the middle a box is cut out (alpha == 0), so one can see through...
What do you mean by "do not connect smoothly" ?
You mean the quares between them, or the holes ?
At best, could you give a screenshot ?
The texture solution might not work depending on the problem. Moreover, it would cost more memory, more gpu time, and would need multitexturing if the cube already have a texture mapped. So, I''d recommend using it as a last resort.
You mean the quares between them, or the holes ?
At best, could you give a screenshot ?
The texture solution might not work depending on the problem. Moreover, it would cost more memory, more gpu time, and would need multitexturing if the cube already have a texture mapped. So, I''d recommend using it as a last resort.
Using 4 quads by wall is your mistake. Doing that, some vertices are connected to the border of a quad, while maths used for drawing the poly on screen aren't perfect, the vertices don't stay on the border of the quad.
To avoid this, make your wall using 8 quads like this :
(the @ are textured quads, the # is the whole)
Edited by - Melgo on January 16, 2002 7:01:47 AM
To avoid this, make your wall using 8 quads like this :
|--|--|--||@@|@@|@@||--|--|--||@@|##|@@||--|--|--||@@|@@|@@||--|--|--| (the @ are textured quads, the # is the whole)
Edited by - Melgo on January 16, 2002 7:01:47 AM
Melgo, if you draw :
what''s worse than drawing your set of 8 quads, stp ?
The connection seems to be same (at least, geometrically).
+--------+|\@@@@@@/||@\@@@@/@||@@+--+@@||@@|##|@@||@@|##|@@||@@+--+@@||@/@@@@\@||/@@@@@@\|+--------+ what''s worse than drawing your set of 8 quads, stp ?
The connection seems to be same (at least, geometrically).
I think it works too.
The trick is just to avoid things like this :
cause the polys won''t stay connected when you''ll translate, rotate or scale the scene.
Sorry if you don''t understand all, i read english a lot better than i write (that''s why i draw littles pictures in ascii)...
The trick is just to avoid things like this :
|--------||@@@@@@@@||--|--|--||@@|##|@@||--|--|--||@@@@@@@@||--------|or this|-----|--||@@@@@|@@||--|--|@@||@@|##|@@||@@|--|--||@@|@@@@@||--|-----| cause the polys won''t stay connected when you''ll translate, rotate or scale the scene.
Sorry if you don''t understand all, i read english a lot better than i write (that''s why i draw littles pictures in ascii)...
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Thanks alot Melgo! that solved the problem, it''s good 2 know these things. this forum is the best resource around for openGL programmers!
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