On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 8:19 AM, Erik Hofman wrote: > This reminds me that vegetation uses a texture strip with 8 different > trees at a size of 256x64 pixels whereas clouds use one texture for > every cloud (puff) using 256x256 pixels. Maybe that makes a difference?
It varies by cloud definition, but most of the global clouds use a single texture containing 16 different cloud types, so we're pretty efficient. > By the way, both use transparency. In slightly different ways. The trees use two passes - one with alpha-testing to draw the opaque parts, and another with alpha-blending to handle the edges. The clouds just use alpha-blending. I've tried using two passes with the clouds, but the performance and visual impact was not good. -Stuart ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cloud Computing - Latest Buzzword or a Glimpse of the Future? This paper surveys cloud computing today: What are the benefits? Why are businesses embracing it? What are its payoffs and pitfalls? http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sdnl/114/51425149/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
