Re: [Flightgear-devel] problems with z-buffer

2008-12-30 Thread Rob Shearman, Jr.
known as rm...@umd.edu From: James Turner zakal...@mac.com To: FlightGear developers discussions flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 6:46:47 PM Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] problems with z-buffer On 29 Dec 2008, at 08:40, Tim

Re: [Flightgear-devel] problems with z-buffer

2008-12-29 Thread Tim Moore
Alex Romosan wrote: the latest commit to src/Main/CameraGroup.cxx changed the value of zNear from .1 to .4 and this causes strange artifacts to show up when panning around (like holes in the cockpit, etc.). the following patch changes it back: --- src/Main/CameraGroup.cxx27 Dec 2008

Re: [Flightgear-devel] problems with z-buffer

2008-12-29 Thread James Turner
On 29 Dec 2008, at 08:40, Tim Moore wrote: .4 meters seemed sufficient to me, but others don't agree, so perhaps we can settle on some value larger than .1. The near plane value is settable, both in the camera configuration and as a live property in /sim/rendering/camera- group/znear.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] problems with z-buffer

2008-12-29 Thread Tatsuhiro Nishioka
Hi, I tried this change on my MacBook Pro with ATI Radeon X1600. Setting .1 to znear increases a chance of flickering 3D clouds as Tim mentioned. Changing it to .4 reduces the flicker but not enough on my Mac. .7 will be sufficient to eliminate flicker in most of views but you cannot see

Re: [Flightgear-devel] problems with z-buffer

2008-12-29 Thread George Patterson
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 10:46 AM, James Turner zakal...@mac.com wrote: On 29 Dec 2008, at 08:40, Tim Moore wrote: .4 meters seemed sufficient to me, but others don't agree, so perhaps we can settle on some value larger than .1. The near plane value is settable, both in the camera

[Flightgear-devel] problems with z-buffer

2008-12-28 Thread Alex Romosan
the latest commit to src/Main/CameraGroup.cxx changed the value of zNear from .1 to .4 and this causes strange artifacts to show up when panning around (like holes in the cockpit, etc.). the following patch changes it back: --- src/Main/CameraGroup.cxx27 Dec 2008 14:35:33 - 1.9 +++