Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/06/23/06:30:42
On Mon, 22 Jun 1998 13:47:36 -0400, stdenis <stdenis AT compmore DOT net>
wrote:
>> You won't find one. Unfortunately, Allegro's 3D isn't up to much compared to
>> other 3D libs (for example, one that you write yourself). Scan the mailing
>> list archives for the debates on what to use. Allegro's routines are a
>> little unwieldy to use, and fairly slow in comparison. For this reason,
>> there are loads of 3D libs written for DJGPP floating around the net - try
>> doing a web search for "3D + engine + DJGPP"
>
>VPE (doom engine) uses allegro and works just fine. So does a bunch of others I
>know. See the thing is not to rely on allegro all that much. Allegro provides
>the grapics functions (high level), math functions (which are optimized) and the
>sort, but the low level stuff should be done by yourself in asm (allegro
>provides them but they ain't that great). But the good thing is all the other
>stuff allegro provides
>
VPE is not really a 3d engine though. It's a polished raycaster.
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