[Flightgear-devel] Re: night slowdown with nvidia GeForce 6200 on linux

[Alex R. <ro...@sy...>]

enables GL_POINT_SMOOTH and runs just fine on my nvidia card without
the need to enable GL_POINT_SPRITE. so it's something else we do
along the way that gets the driver in a very confused state.

btw, if i understand correctly GL_POINT_SMOOTH is supposed to give you
round points instead of square ones (GL_FASTEST/GL_NICEST hints refer
to the most efficient/correct option, while GL_DONT_CARE means the
client has no preference). GL_POINT_SPRITE will also let you map a
texture across a point sprite if GL_COORD_REPLACE is enabled.

still trying to figure out the real reason why the nvidia driver is
slow when we enable GL_POINT_SMOOTH in fgfs (and learning a lot more
about openGL then i ever wanted to know).

--alex--

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