Re: [Plib-users] Loaded ssgEntity, speed, Arrays??

[Wolfram K. <w_...@rz...>]

"Jari Jokivuori" <jar...@mo...> wrote:

>Hi,=20
>
>I'm fresh user of the PLIB and I have some questions..
>
>I loaded one 3d object as a ssgEntity and used that for 100 separate =
ssgTransform.=20
>(so I could get 100 3d object to the screen to test object culling)=20

Ok.

> I tried using makeDList() but no speed improvements here.=20

Have you tried to call

void ssgStripify ( ssgEntity *ent ) ;

This takes a bit of time, but only once. One thing game authors can do
is model in an external file format like *.obj or *.ac, load it into
PLIB (for example, using PPE, prettypoly.sf.net ), stripify it and
maybe clean it up and then save out as an *.ssg file. This will then
be loaded fast by the game and will render fast since stripified.
To stripify means to make strips and fans.

Keep us informed.

>Thanks,
>
>JJ

Bye bye,
Wolfram.