Hi Tye,
Hey I have noticed something about the line problem we
have been having, I don't know if this will help you or not
but it seems that the more complex the level the more the
lines start showing and they get bigger as you increase the
details in your level. Might be something to check out.

Look at this one and how big it is now.



Always~
Vickie

Ok.. After ripping through the code I discovered that this issue is NOT caused by my clipping calculation. Clipping could cause this problem and did contain a minor issue, but I believe I have solved the problem.

Thanks to the beauty of the designers of Open GL, this problem was solved by a simple texture setting. (i think, the attached file will require your verification.)

When eMotions renders textures I was only using the GL_LINEAR setting; but after a little google-reading, I found out about the GL_NEAREST setting for vertex points. (Funny thing, I implented the feature in the engine, but never used it for drawing.)

GL_NEAREST appears to snap my new vertexes to the nearest existing vertex which will force OpenGl to create a seamless texture.. (pretty sweet, huh?)

So simply changing a 0 to a 1, in the engine for rendering PLANES solved this mysterious bug.. (nearly had a stroke analyzing my calculations.)


Vickie, (and anyone experiencing this problem)

Please replace the Playback.EXE on your system with this test version and let me know if the lines disappear. (The file should be placed in "Program Files\Explorations\Writerv9\LIVE\")

Explorations Forever!