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C# Rendering Loop [closed]
I kind of need help understanding how rendering graphics works in C#. I have a java background and I've made a basic game engine with custom rendering that I use for all of my projects. After trying ...
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How do I improve terrain rendering batch counts using DirectX?
We have determined that our terrain rendering system needs some work to minimize the number of batches being transferred to the GPU in order to improve performance. I'm looking for suggestions on how ...
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Divide single SVG into separate files
I have an SVG file contatining deck of cards, each of them in g-container:
<g id="kingspades">...
How do I render individual cards or separate big SVG files into pieces?
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Interpolation of surface normals on the face of a triangle and Goroud shading
My question is detailed at this link.
I linked it instead of copy paste because here I can't seem to get the fancy math symbols to show properly here.
Thoughts?
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What name (if any) applies to this particular 3D rendering technique?
Is there a name for this technique where when instead of rendering certain polygons, you just calculate a few key points and do the drawings in 2d? For instance, instead of rendering a sphere, you ...
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Correct use of VAO's in OpenGL ES2 for iOS?
I'm migrating to OpenGL ES2 for one of my iOS projects, and I'm having trouble to get any geometry to render successfully. Here's where I'm setting up the VAO rendering:
void bindVAO(int ...
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2answers
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Can frequent state changes decrease rendering performance?
Can frequent texture and shader binding decrease rendering performance?
"Frequent" binding example:
for object
for material in object
render part of object using that material
"Low count" ...
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Can't remove JPanel from JFrame while adding new class into it
Basically, I have my Frame class, which instantiates all the properties for the JFrame, and draws a JLabel with an image (my title screen). Then I made a separate JPanel with a start button on it, and ...
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OpenGL : Suggestion on handling collision detection and vertex data?
I was thinking how to do collision detection in my OpenGL application and came to conclusion that I should keep two copies of my geometry data.
1)First copy : Only for OpenGL rendering purposes.This ...
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How come the 3d graphics and animations of MMORPGs are usually worse than non-online 3d games?
I have noticed that in general it seems like the 3d graphics and animations for MMOs and MMORPGs seem not as seductive and polished as the graphics for normal, non-online 3d games.
How come this is ...
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How to render realistic ice?
I am trying to write an ice shader in Unity that looks good and at least semi-realistic.
If the following shot (found on Google) was CG, what would its shader include? (the foreground cave). I might ...
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Ideas for extending tic-tac-toe game? [closed]
I'm building a 3D tic-tac-toe game and this is what I've implemented so far:
3D renderer with texture mapping
Playing against the computer
Playing online (multiplayer)
Now I'm a little lost what I ...
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2answers
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Are there any issues with not drawing to all render targets when using MRT?
Lets say I set 2 render targets:
device.SetRenderTargets(color, depth);
And then half my draw code only outputs color and not depth. This works fine on the PC and produces the expected results ...
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Why is antialiasing dependent on sampling?
I am thinking about the best ways to render two dimensional objects in the highest detail possible using modern graphics technology and it occurred to me that when I simplify a situation enough, I ...
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Is showing a collision in slow motion computationally relaxing?
In a lot of racing games (Burnout Paradise, for example) when a collision is about to happen, the game play automatically switches to slow motion and carries on in slow sequence until after the ...
