adobe donates AS3 virtual player sourcecode to mozilla foundation.

--- taumel wrote:
> Not that i don't agree that we probably won't see the
most optimized  
> and sophisticated solutions from both of them but may i
ask why this  
> can't be optimized if someone had the intention to do
so?

Because if you use sprites in a 3D engine or 3D models in a
2D engine you'll get a horrible
framerate.
Besides that, the world already have Adobe Flash and
Director Shockwave.
There is no place for the 3rd one ...

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>
> Because if you use sprites in a 3D engine or 3D models
in a 2D  
> engine you'll get a horrible
> framerate.

Aha, is this the case? And i always thought that sprites in
a  
meaningful 2d/3d engine just would be implemented like
simple texture  
planes.

> Besides that, the world already have Adobe Flash and
Director  
> Shockwave.
> There is no place for the 3rd one ...

Well, depending on your needs... :O)


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> --- taumel wrote:
> And i always thought that sprites in a meaningful 2d/3d
engine
> just would be implemented like simple texture planes.

Of course.
Now try to animate those "texture planes" and
you'll get the picture.
Using copyPixels ???
ha ha ha

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>
> Of course.
> Now try to animate those "texture planes" and
you'll get the picture.
> Using copyPixels ???
> ha ha ha

Hahaha...better now?

About what kind of animation are you talking about?

A simple single step frame animation where the different  
animationphases are held inside a texture and addressed
thorugh a  
parameter which tells which frame to choose?

Or are you talking about some RenderToTexture or shader
animations?


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