From:	Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject:	Re: Speed-up Allegro polygon drawing
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On Tue, 20 Jun 2000 17:25:46 +0200, "Steffen Hein"
<steffen-hein AT gmx DOT de> wrote:

>I'm drawing many perspective correct texture-mapped polygons with Allegro

One divide per pixel.

>but it gets too slow in higher modes (640x480, 800x600, ...   everything in
>256-Colors).

If it's too slow, drop perspective correction for polygons that are
reasonably close to being parallel to the screen.  This "affine"
method will produce reasonably good looking textures (if the
PlayStation can get away with it...)

>Are there any optimisation flags for Allegro/DJGPP or
>is there any other way to speed up this?

More MHz.  More money.

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