Andrew Ng (nga++at++division.co.uk)
Fri, 14 Feb 1997 16:03:19 -0000
> You scale < 1 the world gets smaller around the eye and so the
> near clip appears more distant but it isn't.
> This will also affect Z values and fog.
> It doesn't surprise me that the performer cull doesn't look for
> scale in the channel matrix, but this is just a performer
> implementation issue rather than a fundamental discovery.
> Cheers,
> Angus.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but if I set a pfChannel's view matrix to a
matrix that has a scale < 1, then won't this effectively give a scale that
is > 1 in the model view matrix. Therefore, if the clip stays the same and
the model is scaled by > 1, the near clip should appear closer.
Cheers.
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