Allegro/NVDiA bug

Allegro/NVDiA bug

type568

Member #8,381

March 2007

I ain't sure if it's a bug, since I blamed some feature before, and it appeared that I'm wrong. In certain cases function triangle(), doesn't do anything.. One of the cases, is while all three coordinates, are on 1 line, which is collateral to the X axis. I have a cube, made of polygon triangles, and on it's start of twisting, I don't see the top and upper lines..

Is this a bug?
How can i make rid of it? Also the problem is that it doesn't ave to be EXACTLY collateral, it might be just pretty close, to disappear. If I add a line, from coord to coord, it somehow mismatches the polygon, and while both are drawn, it is visible, that there is more than 1 line, and it is ugly..

Thanks a lot..

EDiT:

http://allegro.cc/files/attachment/592319

Albin Engström

Member #8,110

December 2006

I'm quite sure it has nothing to do with Nvidia.. Isn't allegro software rendered?
also are you using perspective? that might be the mismatch problem with line from cord to cord.. but i'm no expert.. but i'm quite sure the guys who will answer your question would want some code . good luck

type568

Member #8,381

March 2007

The code is big and complex, thanks.(not really big and complex, but I believe u will have to be real expert to understand it fast) Allegro, in my case has nothing to do with rendering.. the only allegro function for output used, in this case is triangle. Also as I know, allegro gets info of supported functions, and if some aren't supported, they are replaced by software with the use of what is supported. I believe that Ge-Force 6600, has some kind of triangle, or polygon hardware accelerated.

Also, if I add a line, (actually two lines, from coord[0] to coord[1], and from coord[0] to coord[2]. It fixes the disappearance but adds the effect of more than one line.. Which is visible, and ugly.

gillius

Member #119

April 2000

Standard Allegro has no acceleration for 3D rendering, so if you are using the 3D functions in Allegro, you're doing everything in software and your video card doesn't have anything to do in this process (beyond just displaying images sent to it as normal). You need to use something like AllegroGL if you want 3D hardware acceleration in Allegro.

Gillius
Gillius's Programming -- https://gillius.org/

type568

Member #8,381

March 2007

I really don't.. but function polygon (which draws a 3d polygon) is hardware accelerated..

Thomas Fjellstrom

Member #476

June 2000

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I really don't.. but function polygon (which draws a 3d polygon) is hardware accelerated..

Allegro's 3d API does not use hardware acceleration. Its pure software.

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type568

Member #8,381

March 2007

Quote:

Allegro's 3d API does not use hardware acceleration. Its pure software.

NOT 3d, it's 2d! Simple 2d triangle.

triangle(BITMAP*,int x,int y,int x1,int y1,int x2,int y2,int color);

Really 3d right? well this triangle IS made by hardware.. (2d fill.. hardware accelerated)

Matt Smith

Member #783

November 2000

I think you'll have better results with triangle3d() or triangle3d_f() which take fixed or floats.

Even if you pass them ints, the subpixel precision internally will help them to render a very thin triangle. IIRC, Allegro makes no effort to render colinear points as a line.

type568

Member #8,381

March 2007

Can i handle without triangle3d? I want to do all the calculations myself.. And just get a triangle. Or a line, whatever my triangle happens to be..