[quake2] Quake2 stencil shadows..

Vincent S. Cojot coyote at step.polymtl.ca
Wed Sep 25 09:22:21 EDT 2002


Hello All,

> Thanks for the report that it works under Linux.. I thought so but I
> wasn't sure.. For the slowdowns, perhaps it's your drivers since
> stenciling does -not- impact performance if depth testing (dixit Mark
> Kilkgaard - sp?) I haven't done much really, the guys at QuakeForge did
> it.. :)

Forget what I just said.. stenciling has no performance impact on most
modern cards but casting a shadow might have one as some objects may be
drawn twice..
(I'll make sure to think longer before sending out e-mails the next time...)

Vincent






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