Re: [Mesa3d-dev] Bug in z-depth

[Brian P. <br...@va...>]

Klaus Niederkrueger wrote:
> 
> >
> > This looks like pretty typical Z buffer precision
> > issues.
> >
> > Read this:
> >
> >   http://web2.airmail.net/sjbaker1/love_your_z_buffer.html
> >
> > ...then tell us if you still think it's a Mesa bug.
> >
> 
> Well, I send in another email saying that the Depthbuffer has only 8 bits, but this email does not seem to appear on the list (stupid elm).
> 
> The thing I think is strange is that the same binaries of CS use 8 bits when they are running with Mesa-3.3 or 3.5 and 16 bits with Mesa 3.2, but maybe it is a bug of Crystal-space...
> 
> No idea.

I forgot to mention in my previous message that the support for N-bit
depth buffers was new in Mesa 3.3.  In 3.2 and earlier you always got
a 16-bit depth buffer, unless you specially compiled Mesa otherwise.

-Brian