Re: [M-dev] Questions about Polygons and EPNT

[Gregory S. <wo...@tr...>]

On Sun, 11 May 2014, Joshua Orr wrote:

> I am in the middle of writing a Marathon map editor for the Mac App 
> store. You may remember me from 2005'ish.  I've always wanted to 
> completely rewrite the previous one I did.  I want to make this new one 
> very solid and easily usable.

I look forward to this. OS X is the platform Weland is weakest on.

> There are a number of redundant pre-caculated things in polygons.  Like 
> the exclusion lists (line/points), sound source indexes, first neighbor 
> index, area, etc.  Same goes for EPNT and it's highest floor and lowest 
> ceiling, etc.
>
> It looks like Aleph One will calculate all this for me if I use PNTS for 
> the points.  Or is there an advantage for me doing all this work ahead 
> of time and putting it into the data for the level?

No noticeable advantage. Let Aleph One do it.

Gregory