Feature #1145
ATI TRUFORM for models
100%
Description
Support for MD2 models. I remember an Unreal patch
(or it was Quake 2?) that added Truform support even
without a Radeon 8500 card.
Labels: Graphics
History
#1
Updated by skyjake about 21 years ago
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I thought Truform was something that Radeons did in
hardware? I'm using a GeForce2 myself. It'd be great if
someone with a Radeon could look into this. It'll at least
require passing on the model vertex normals to the GL.
#2
Updated by skyjake about 21 years ago
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Even Ati Rage cards supported Truform via dirvers, but since
radeons 8500 came out, Ati removed this support.
There is an Unreal truform patch which works with radeons (or
later cards).
Also I read somewhere that some games that support truform
do it even in geforce 3 cards, but a lot slower becouse there
isn't hardware support.
It would be nice truform support for everyone, in hardware for
those with cards supporting it or in software for the rest.
#3
Updated by danij almost 21 years ago
Updated by Closing as out of date. There are better ways to do this now.
#4
Updated by skyjake over 20 years ago
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Even Ati Rage cards supported Truform via dirvers, but since
radeons 8500 came out, Ati removed this support.
There is an Unreal truform patch which works with radeons (or
later cards).
Also I read somewhere that some games that support truform
do it even in geforce 3 cards, but a lot slower becouse there
isn't hardware support.
It would be nice truform support for everyone, in hardware for
those with cards supporting it or in software for the rest.
#5
Updated by skyjake over 20 years ago
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I made a couple of screenshots of what truform might be able
to do for the JDoom models.
(screenshots of JDoom's Demon.md2 put into NitroGL's truform
test app from www.area3d.net/story.php?id=24)
#6
Updated by jaquboss about 20 years ago
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No! Dont use TRUFORM globaly. It is slow and ugly !!!
#7
Updated by skyjake over 15 years ago
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This is a great idea! I have a Radeon 9800 Pro, and truform
is in hardware. not when you take it to tesselation level 7
though, only to about 2. Unsuported models with no specific
truform code are in software, however. Looks great when used
though!