On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 10:24 AM, B W <[email protected]> wrote:
> > http://groups.google.com/group/pyglet-users/browse_thread/thread/3e9b5d96f98fd66b/1b82c05c22096e96?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=batch+group#1b82c05c22096e96 > > After a day of reading through previous pyglet-users posts I just found > this topic about zero-length vertex lists from 11/2008. Any estimate on when > Pyglet 1.2, Alex? =) I will try the trunk version. But developing against > pre-release builds is, in my humble opinion, not always a good choice. > > Gumm I was fairly sure that this fix had made it into versions 1.1.4 (the current stable version) - if it was committed to trunk in all the way back in Nov 2008, then it definitely should have been. Have you actually tried to use a zero-length vertex list? On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 6:51 AM, B W <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Does anyone even have a personal opinion on, or have good/bad experiences >> with using graphics.Group to wrap vertex lists in a batch for turning GL >> states on/off, or insert nested rotations, translations, etc.? What works >> well, what doesn't? >> >> I'm wondering what the Pyglet designer(s) envisioned; because these are >> fundamentally necessary actions, even for something as simple as a moon >> orbiting a planet. >> > This kind of "hierarchical management" was very popular in graphics engines, a long time ago. Since then, most people have reallised that many things are better managed outside of the graphics engine. To go with your example, a moon orbiting a planet is better dealt with as a physics problem than a graphics problem. > And what is the intent of the generic vertex list attributes? Can I use >> them like I did in the block demo? >> > Generic vertex list attributes are designed to support shaders. If you aren't using shaders, you can safely ignore them (but you probably should be using shaders...) -- Tristam MacDonald http://swiftcoder.wordpress.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pyglet-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pyglet-users?hl=en.
