Re: Texture mapping

[Erik <br0ke@math.smsu.edu>]

On 05-Nov-99 Steve Baker wrote:
> Erik wrote:

(a bunch of BS...)
(snip)

> 
> I started work on a 3D modeller (it's called "Pretty Poly Editor" - PPE for
> short - it's Logo is Tux painted to look like a parrot).  I spent maybe
> a couple of months of evenings on it and could see that I probably had
> another 3 months to get to something that could remotely be called usable,
> 6 months to get it releasable and a year to get done...I didn't want to
> commit to that amount of time because a 3D modeller is a means to an end
> (writing a 3D game) - and there is no way that it could save me a year
> of modelling time...compared to (say) paying up the $40 to get AC3D.
> 
> AC3D really isn't all that good - but it would be a wonderful starting
> point for making something really good.  Unfortunately, it's author doesn't
> want to 'free' the sources because the gradual trickle of $40 cheques is
> actually earning him some serious amounts of money.
> 

mmm, promoting substandard software? I can only think of two catagories where
substandard software is tolerated on linux. 3d modellers and web browsers. And
there's a lot of noise on the web browser issue (I'd say it's more critical.
Games&gfx are nice, but the web is a necessity.)

(snip)

> 
> I have access to a LOT of experienced (UNIX) modeller guru's at work.
> I once lead a team to write a UNIX-based modeller from scratch about 10
> years ago (It was not freeware unfortunately)...and I think my math and
> 3D skills are up to the task.
> 
> I'd certainly contribute to a project that had enough serious people on it
> to solve the problem for real.
> 

the problem isn't a lack of skilled people willing to contribute, it's a lack
of people qualified, capable, and eager to LEAD :)

>> Getting away without modeller gurus directly active in such a project MAY be
>> possable by having some modeller enthusiests, evaluating current mainstream
>> modellers, and interviewing the gurus of the feild, which may alleviate the
>> concurrent windows port... *shrug* but now I'm on wild speculation :)
> 
> Pretty Poly Editor was portable.  If you write it in OpenGL (what else would
> you use?!) and use some kind of portable GUI/widget library (like my PUI or
> GLUI or something) - then portability should be trivial to do.  Much easier
> than writing a portable game or something like that.
>  

this would probably be an excellent application of plib

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        -Erik <br0ke@math.smsu.edu> [http://math.smsu.edu/~br0ke]

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