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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Smoothing matrix / Matrix normals

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Pyro_guy
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2004 23:05 Edited at: 22nd Dec 2004 23:07
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A couple of questions about matrix normals and smoothing....

1) Do I use matrix normals to smooth a matrix? (just to confirm this...)

2) Can a 3d object traverse a smoothed matrix properly?

3) If my entire level is made up of a few matrices, would smoothing them cause too great a slowdown?

4) How do I actually smooth a matrix? lol

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Daris Xiao or Benjy Wright
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2004 23:14 Edited at: 22nd Dec 2004 23:16
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Huh?

I didn't even know that matrixes could be smoothed...

Where did you see somebody smooth a matrix anyway?
(If it's possible, I wanna know!)

EDIT: Is that one of the new features in the most recent patch? I'm just using the original DBPro from the disk...

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Posted: 22nd Dec 2004 23:26
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I think it should be possible with the unpatched version

take a look at this http://www.ive-3.com/demos/ive3shot1.jpg

taken from the following thread
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=44673&b=1

I thinks that's a smoothed matrix, or one thats had normals applied to it..?

Smoothed matrices are also used in some of the tutorials in the DBP help files I think, although I cannot figure out how to get them to work...

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Posted: 23rd Dec 2004 00:04 Edited at: 23rd Dec 2004 00:05
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Thats an advanced landscape. I think.

But matrices can be smoothed. And its got nothing to do with normals. Althought normals do make them look better as they control how the matrix is lit.

I have a function in the codebase for smoothing matrices.
#edit, and here is the link.
http://developer.thegamecreators.com/?m=codebase_view_code&i=f16dfee927df5a46f7ef9ed6ee799cc6


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Thanks ReD_eYe, that smoothing function is great

Could you explain advanced landscapes, normals and how to use them please?

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Posted: 23rd Dec 2004 01:26
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The advanced terrain plugin for DBPro allows you to have really nice, heightmap based landscapes without all the fuss of writing your own functions to do it.

There's a sticky at the top of this board I think.

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