Re: More thoughts on transparent depth sorting

[James W. W. <ja...@wr...>]

Frank C <li...@si...> wrote:

>Meshes with intersecting bounds would have to have their triangles
>lumped into the same list, but the fact that intersecting triangles
>aren't split means this scenario will rarely work no matter what
>sorting method is used.

This isn't a big objection, but intersecting bounding boxes do not 
imply intersecting triangles.  For instance consider nested boxes.

>1. A "no sort" flag can be used on objects that require absolutely
>no self-sorting; e.g. billboards, or meshes that use additive
>blending.

Meshes that use additive blending?  Such a thing does not currently 
exist in Quesa, right?
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