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DarkBASIC Discussion / A better way?

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BenDstraw
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2004 04:39
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I was wondering if there is a BETTER WAY to have a backdrop textured
instead of the command texture backdrop. Because I have a project were a 100kb 800 by 600 star texture Its a .jpg and was made in adobe photoshop if that matters. It drops 40fps just by texturing the Backdrop is there anyway around this

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Dom
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2004 05:26
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Why texture the backdrop? Why not just use a sky sphere/box?

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Posted: 22nd Dec 2004 06:15
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your 800x600 texture still takes about 2mb (if its a 32bit image), so thats one thing to think a bout, as saberdude said, one solution is to texture a box or sphere with your bitmap, then turn off culling for that object (so that you can see it even when you are inside it) resize it realy big (but within camera range) and turn the objects sensitivity to light off, that should do it.

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BenDstraw
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2004 07:13
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Thanx guys, Ive seen the light <Halluah>(I know I spelt it wrong)

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Zotoaster
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Posted: 23rd Dec 2004 06:18
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hey, how do u turn the object sensitivity to light off?

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