[Papervision3D] [NEW REVISION] Papervision3D AS3 RC1 (Revision 77)

[Paul Spitzer]

Curious if this has any impact on performance?

Carlos Ulloa wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've just committed a new AS3 RC1 revision that implements automatic 
> mip mapping for all textured materials.
>
> As you probably have read, mip mapping is already automatic in the new 
> beta release of the Flash Player, but it requires textures to be of a 
> certain size for mip maps to be generated.
>
> Auto mip mapping in Papervision3D supports textures of any size, just 
> recompile your existing code and it should work.
>
> This feature has been implemented in all the textured materials, to 
> adjust it you will find a couple of static variables in BitmapMaterial:
>
> AUTO_MIP_MAPPING :Boolean // Enables auto mip mapping. Defaults to true.
>
> MIP_MAP_DEPTH :Number // Minimum depth of mip mapping. The number of 
> levels produced is 2^n. Defaults to a depth of 4, creating at least 16 
> mip maps.
>
> It works by creating a bigger bitmap than requested, and then 
> adjusting the UV matrix accordingly. I haven't played much with this, 
> just recompiled the shark and carlosulloa.com 
> <http://carlosulloa.com>, so if anything breaks, please let me know asap.
>
> Cheers,
>
> C4RL05
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