From:	Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject:	Re: graphics library...
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On Tue, 30 May 2000 11:27:44 +0800, "Paul Cechner"
<paul AT ibc DOT com DOT au DOT NOSPAM> wrote:

>Hey...
>
>i wish to render a simple 3d landscape for a program im making... the
>landscape must be a mesh of triangles (or whatever) but must be simple...
>and i dont really want to have to use a 3d card to render it.
>
>THEN... i have a vector of small meshes and points that i want to distribute
>over this terrain...on the surface of it.
>
>i want to look at the terrain from above, and somehow integrate the terrain
>mesh and the vector meshes before rendering...
>
>what library would anyone recommend me use?? allegro? mesa?

If you're rendering a mesh of triangles representing a surface and
don't want to mess with *p*nGL, I'd suggest Allegro's polygon routines
(note: they don't currently use hardware accel).  Get the latest work
in progress; it's no less stable (and a bit more capable) than 3.12.

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