Complicated primitives
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Wednesday Grimm
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10-24-2003 13:28
Given what's in the latest developer's journal, would it be possible to add some new complicated prims, with the condition that they enter the world phantom, and their phantomness can't be turned off?
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Cubey Terra
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10-24-2003 14:08
What's the difference between simple and complicated primitives? I'm thinking Flintstones would be simple primitives, so would the cast of Quest for Fire be complicated primitives? Just asking.  |
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Wednesday Grimm
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10-24-2003 14:17
In the latest developer journal, Andrew talks about the late lamented spiral primitive that was just too complicated phyically to be allowed.
Our good friends Mr. Tube and Mrs. Torus might go in to this catagory too.
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Garoad Kuroda
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10-24-2003 14:29
Doh! Wednesday, Cubey makes a good joke and you wasted it! lol! |
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Gwydeon Nomad
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10-24-2003 14:33
Can we have our other friends? Mrs Dodecahedron, Dr. Isohedron, uh.... Oh ill update this post later with more insane shaples Oooh oh , and give us more cuts! (can anyone verify that the fact the editor SHOWS a 3rd decimimal place if we can acualy EDIT to that level and it keep?) |
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Mikey Spade
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10-24-2003 14:48
How about your friendly neighborhood bezier patch?
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Gwydeon Nomad
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10-24-2003 17:47
Oh just give us direct vector control and be done with it |
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Darwin Appleby
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10-24-2003 18:49
How about tax based on how complicated the primitive is? That was a hijack, I know...
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Charlie Omega
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10-24-2003 21:08
I would go for being able to position the hollow/cut/topsize/etc..... you get the point. Building is quite open for ideas, but still is quite limited. Imagine if we were able to do the above mentioned how many primes we could cut from complicated builds...and yes complicated prims would be nice 
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Gwydeon Nomad
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10-24-2003 23:57
uh, guys... "Complicated Prims" ? LOL
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Chip Midnight
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10-25-2003 07:26
Sounds like a band name.... introducing Wednesday Grimm and the Complicated Prims!
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Garoad Kuroda
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10-25-2003 17:48
Okay, if certain complex objects are too complicated physically...would it be a major sin (and reasonably possible) to simplify those physics by using a simpler object for purposes of those types of calculations? For example a spiral would act like a cylinder of approximately the same size/shape, or whatever. Don't know how this might effect things like collisions (which might also be a problem anyway). Not a perfect solution or a simple one but I guess it's better to have the things than not...oh bleh I'm being asked to go do some work...geez!  (Actually, OOP might make doing that very easy...) |
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Gwydeon Nomad
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10-25-2003 20:08
Oh i can MAKE A spiral for anyone who wants, but I think he means one that is shaped like a bent wire / cable and is correctly coded for physics (And one object instead of the 3-5+ it would take now).
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