Re: [Algorithms] ROAM

[Conor S. <cs...@tp...>]

Don't forget brute force + bulk culling (maybe with a "get rid of stupid
triangles" pre process). If your view distance isn't that long, then it is
very much an option.

Not only that, it looks great, never pops and you never have to worry about
the differences in display in multiplayer (which is a concern which has been
voiced on this list in the past, iirc).

Conor Stokes

> True, but for a real apples-to-apples comparison it probably needs to be
in
> the same framework/application. Also, Thatcher's chunk-lod is yet
_another_
> separate case because he's doing vertex morphing as well, which again
pushes
> CPU time up but also increases quality-per-triangle.
>
> So that's three methods Josh missed - any more want to pile in while we're
> ripping him a new one :-)
>
>
> Tom Forsyth - Muckyfoot bloke and Microsoft MVP.
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Charles Bloom [mailto:cb...@cb...]
> > Sent: 28 November 2002 16:40
> > To: gda...@li...
> > Subject: RE: [Algorithms] ROAM
> >
> >
> >
> > You can compare to Thatcher's chunk-lod-demo :
> >
> > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=31763&re
> > lease_id=103643
> >
> > At 12:44 PM 11/28/2002 -0000, you wrote:
> > >I'd still like to see it compared with CPU-light schemes
> > like VIPM and even
> > >the really simple one of geomipmapping. Both of these put
> > the load almost
> > >entirely on the video card, which is essential if you want
> > to actually have
> > >an application, rather than just fly around a terrain.
> > >
> > -------------------------------------------------------
> > Charles Bloom    cb...@cb...    http://www.cbloom.com
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