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OpenGL wrapper update

arno

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Hi all,

The next development release of MCX will include an update of the OpenGL wrapper for .NET that I use. You should not notice any difference, but if you see any issues with the preview after this update let me know.

The reason I changed the wrapper is that I will be upgrading the shader to a more recent OpenGL version soon, so that I can use some new features. The old wrapper did not support this, so that's why I changed. Those changes to the shader I will be making are part of the performance improvements I'm working on at the moment.
 
arno

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Hi all,

Not that you will see much difference as a user, but I still like to show off what I am working on now. I am not using a geometry shader to draw the normals in the preview, instead of precalculating them on the CPU. This leads to memory optimizations and also makes more use of the GPU power.

In the process I have found some other inefficiencies in the render code as well, so in the future MCX will be much quicker for rendering the preview.

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Md Alavi

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Will it possible to add xyz transform to attach effects, models other than using coordinate system?

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arno

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You mean to drag them interactively instead of entering values in the attached object editor?
 
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That's on the wishlist, but I'm not sure how easy to implement it will be. Using a different OpenGL version doesn't suddenly make this easier to add.
 
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