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by shando
September 23rd, 2010, 7:01 pm
Forum: Sandbox General Support
Topic: PVS - what even are they...?
Replies: 12
Views: 5470

Re: PVS - what even are they...?

Hi again,

OK, I found the pdf, it's pretty complex but there's some good stuff in there ;)

You can get it from here:

http://www.tml.tkk.fi/Opinnot/Tik-111.5 ... Laakso.pdf

Regards

Shando
by shando
September 23rd, 2010, 4:06 pm
Forum: Sandbox General Support
Topic: PVS - what even are they...?
Replies: 12
Views: 5470

Re: PVS - what even are they...?

Hi Owen, Yeah, basically a high number of PVS means more memory being consumed, but also a larger pre-rendering time (depending on the algorithm, the size of the scene to be worked out, and the number of models etc. in the scene, this could take hours!). The upside is that scene rendering at runtime...
by shando
September 22nd, 2010, 4:57 pm
Forum: Sandbox General Support
Topic: PVS - what even are they...?
Replies: 12
Views: 5470

Re: PVS - what even are they...?

Hi all,

In the 3D world, PVS means Potentially Visible Set:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potentially_visible_set

Basically, it is a form of Occlusion Culling used to speed up the rendering time.

Regards

Shando
by shando
August 21st, 2010, 4:58 pm
Forum: Tutorials and Resources
Topic: Building Arches (Tutorial request)
Replies: 33
Views: 14556

Re: Tutorial request

Fraps is (from wikipedia): Fraps (derived from Frame rate per second) is a benchmarking, screen capture, and real-time video capture utility for DirectX and OpenGL applications. It is commonly used to determine a computer's performance with a game, as well as record gaming footage. The program is ve...
by shando
August 7th, 2010, 7:18 pm
Forum: Sandbox General Support
Topic: No vehicle simulator
Replies: 19
Views: 5261

Re: No vehicle simulator

Or you could just check out the wiki.......

http://sandboxgamemaker.com/wiki/index. ... ource_code

Worked for me on Ubuntu :)

Shando

Sorry, forgot the other bit about svn :oops:

http://sandboxgamemaker.com/wiki/index. ... evelopment
by shando
July 31st, 2010, 5:57 pm
Forum: Forum Introductions
Topic: G'day from Oz
Replies: 2
Views: 1256

G'day from Oz

Hi All, Just a quick hello 8-) As you may have guessed, I'm based in Australia ( Sunshine Coast of Queensland to be precise :) ). I have been following SandBox for some time now, and thought it was probably about time that I actually joined the Forums! I have experience in several other 3D engines (...