Re: [Algorithms] Transform interpolation.

[Javier A. <ja...@py...>]

phi...@pl... wrote:

> I have a trail system that  drops a hoop of vertices every frame, and
> tristrips them to the previous fames hoop. The problem I have is that
> some of the animations move so fast that the trail no longer looks
> smooth, but bends back sharply on itself.
>
> I thought about maintaining a spline for each hoop vertex, but all the
> usefull splines need a point one timeslice in the future, which I
> don't have.

If the trail vertices come from actual geometry vertices, chances are you
can retrieve a normal vector for each vertex. With that normal, you don't
need a point in the future in order to generate the spline for the current
interval.

  Javier Arevalo
  Pyro Studios