Re: [Plib-users] transparent cube

[Marc E. <ma...@fa...>]

At 10:01 PM 6/26/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Marc Escher wrote:
>
> > I still have some problems with transparencies :-( . From the doc and your
> > previews answers PLIB renders translucent polygon in no particular order.
>
>That's true.
>
> > Unfortunately I have to display some objects that globally act like
> > transparent cubes,  with a correct rendering of the faces in the back. Is
> > there a way to force the drawing order of leaves in ssg ? Or any way around
> > to get the right result ?
>
>We have had a contribution of an alpha-polygon sorter (well - I think it's
>actually a transparent *OBJECT* sorter)...I just havn't gotten around to
>checking it into the CVS yet.
>
>It won't be in a 1.4.x release - we're putting it into 1.5.xx - so it'll
>be *formally* released in the 1.6.0 release in a few months time.

Well, I suppose I'll have to wait, and go on with the simple "DepthMask" hack.

Thanks, anyway.


Marc.


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