VN Boards Archive

[VN Boards Archive]

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Topic: Decal + Anti-Aliasing

FallenStar1982 Posts: ???? Registered: ???? Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 0 User ID: 0	Subject: Decal + Anti-Aliasing
	I read on the Decal website that it doesn't work well with Anti-Aliasing. Is that still true? If so, why? Just wondering. -N. -----signature-----
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Virindi-Inquisitor Posts: 6,908 Registered: Nov 18, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 6,646 User ID: 511,923	Subject: Decal + Anti-Aliasing
	Decal uses a type of drawing in DX that is old and inefficient. This is also why Decal Views cause such a huge framerate hit. If you really want FSAA you can disable Decal View drawing: http://www.virindi.net/wiki/index.php/Virindi_Views#Advanced_tweaking Doing that will cause you to lose access to normal Decal plugin UIs. Decal HUDs (and VVS views) will be unaffected. -----signature----- Virindi --- **Virindi Plugins FAQ** http://www.virindi.net/wiki/index.php/Virindi_Plugins_FAQ http://www.virindi.net - Virindi Tank, Follower, Integrator, Reporter, VCS5, XPHelper, Item Tool, HUDs, etc... Decal Core Dev - http://www.decaldev.com
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FallenStar1982 Posts: ???? Registered: ???? Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 0 User ID: 0	Subject: Decal + Anti-Aliasing
	Thanks for the info VI. As to the DX mode utilized, other than digging through the code, do you have any information regarding it? I'm interested from a programming perspective. Thanks, -N. -----signature-----
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Virindi-Inquisitor Posts: 6,908 Registered: Nov 18, '01 Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 6,646 User ID: 511,923	Subject: Decal + Anti-Aliasing
	Decal sets D3DPRESENTFLAG_LOCKABLE_BACKBUFFER and then locks the buffer to draw to it. Decal HUDs (DecalRender Service) and VVS both use D3DXSprite. -----signature----- Virindi --- **Virindi Plugins FAQ** http://www.virindi.net/wiki/index.php/Virindi_Plugins_FAQ http://www.virindi.net - Virindi Tank, Follower, Integrator, Reporter, VCS5, XPHelper, Item Tool, HUDs, etc... Decal Core Dev - http://www.decaldev.com
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FallenStar1982 Posts: ???? Registered: ???? Extended Info (if available) Real Post Cnt: 0 User ID: 0	Subject: Decal + Anti-Aliasing
	Thanks again for the info VI. -N. -----signature-----
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