Re: [Plib-users] ssg and other things

[Steve B. <sjb...@ai...>]

Will Newton wrote:
 
> I apologise for not replying directly, but my wonderful hosting company
> deleted my mail spool. :)

Oh joy!  :-(
 
> Firstly, cell shading (probably the wrong term really, but the one most
> people seem to use)

OH!  "CEL SHADING" - one 'L' - as in Cel Animation.

> is 3D shading that looks like a comic book 2D image.
> Like Jet Set Radio (a fantastic Japanese Dreamcast game)... it may be used
> in a few other titles but that's probably the best example.

Yep - I know what you mean. Solid colours, hard shading transitions
and everything has a black outline...well, something like that.

Cool!
 
> I've had a look at the ssg code and I've decided it's easier just to rip
> the code out of the ssgLoad routines and the drawing stuff and hack it
> into something half approximatinbg a working program.

The joys of OpenSource!   :-)

> I'm not sure if any
> of the code I'm writing would be any use in plib (it's pretty
> specialized), but when I have something working I'll post a link.

It would be interesting - but you're right - it's a minority interest
kind of a thing.

Good luck!

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