RE: Modifying $FG_ROOT/materials (was Re: [Flightgear-devel] Grand Canyon Demo)

[Norman V. <nh...@ca...>]

David Megginson writes:
>
>What are the characteristics of FlightGear's fans and strips (other
>than the fact that they share vertices and speed up rendering)?
>
>1. Do all triangles in a fan or strip share the same material?

Yes -- by 'definition'
THIS IS WHERE THE RENDERING SPEED COMES FROM

>2. Do all triangles in a fan or strip share the same slope?

Maybe but generally No

Cheers

Norman