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From: dretch@IslandNet.com (Christopher Stewart)
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Subject: Re: Metaform?
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In a message dated Sun, 17 Mar 1996 09: ace@got.net writes:
A> Actually metaform can create an entire object of non-planar polys.
A> But they are perfectly aligned with each other and will not create
A> rendering errors unless you tweak the points orplan to use bones (in which
A> case you should triple them anyway).
I get rendering errors on REALLY tight corners that are made to take
severe photo-realistic close-ups. I just triple the immediate area to fix it.
Just an extreme case where it breaks. See the lighter on my homepage for
an example...
Christopher
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