bob136's articles:

Items(308) /31 Next >> Last >|

OpenGL Shading Language #2 3 76 (12/16/2011 1:42:03 AM) comp.graphics.api.opengl It seems like the new kid on the block is OpenGL Shading Language. Nobody talked about this 5 years ago when I was heavy into 3d programming. Now it is coming up in interviews. Can someone explain to me in la... bob

binding the bound 2 69 (12/6/2011 6:36:01 AM) comp.graphics.api.opengl Let's say you have a glBindTexture call that tells opengl to bind texture #2. However, texture #2 is already bound. Is Opengl guaranteed to know it's already bound and return right away? Or could it waste it... bob

texture atlases 8 80 (12/1/2011 5:51:20 PM) comp.graphics.api.opengl Why do people use texture atlases? Why not just use separate textures? ... bob

"source-additive compositing" 6 78 (11/18/2011 1:29:31 PM) comp.graphics.api.opengl What do I have to pass to glBlendFunc to get "source-additive compositing"? ... bob

iteration blues 19 58 (11/3/2011 3:37:39 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer So, I wrote this code for some particle effects: package com.coolfone.particles; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.Vector; import javax.microedition.khronos.opengles.GL10; public class FireManager... bob

print_r 3 58 (11/3/2011 3:24:01 PM) comp.lang.php Can I count on the print_r function to output info in the same format always? I did a print_r on an array and got something like this: Array ( [status] => 0 [email] => bob@coolgroups.com [firstnam... bob

particle container in Java 14 51 (11/3/2011 8:05:59 AM) comp.lang.java.programmer What is the best data structure to use for a particle container in Java? It needs the following ops to be fast: insert delete iteration It will be used for fx like explosions, smoke, and fire. ... bob

particle fx 1 83 (11/3/2011 6:20:29 AM) comp.graphics.api.opengl Are there any good particle fx libraries for OpenGL? I'm looking for something that can do the following: smoke fire clouds water blood Thanks. ... bob

nested class madness 4 49 (10/28/2011 5:40:14 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer Can someone explain why I get this error? ProgressThread cannot be resolved to a type Here's the code: package com.coolfone.notetest; import android.app.Activity; import android.app.Dialog; import android.a... bob

what font this is 6 69 (10/28/2011 3:30:28 PM) comp.fonts Anyone know what font this is? http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z449/m75214/Certification3.png ... bob

bob136's replies:

Items(49) /5 Next >> Last >|

texture atlases 8 80 (12/1/2011 5:51:20 PM) comp.graphics.api.opengl Why do people use texture atlases? Why not just use separate textures? ... bob136 (381)

"source-additive compositing" 6 78 (11/18/2011 1:29:31 PM) comp.graphics.api.opengl What do I have to pass to glBlendFunc to get "source-additive compositing"? ... bob136 (381)

iteration blues 19 58 (11/3/2011 3:37:39 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer So, I wrote this code for some particle effects: package com.coolfone.particles; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.Vector; import javax.microedition.khronos.opengles.GL10; public class FireManager... bob136 (381)

nested class madness 4 49 (10/28/2011 5:40:14 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer Can someone explain why I get this error? ProgressThread cannot be resolved to a type Here's the code: package com.coolfone.notetest; import android.app.Activity; import android.app.Dialog; import android.a... bob136 (381)

what font this is 6 69 (10/28/2011 3:30:28 PM) comp.fonts Anyone know what font this is? http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z449/m75214/Certification3.png ... bob136 (381)

lighting #3 6 68 (10/18/2011 4:51:13 PM) comp.graphics.api.opengl Any ideas why adding this code to my scene causes nothing to show up? gl.glEnable(GL10.GL_LIGHTING); float[] LightAmbient= { .9f,.9f, .9f, 1.0f }; float[] LightDiffuse= { .8f, .8f, .8f, 1.0f }; float[] LightP... bob136 (381)

optional operation 6 60 (10/5/2011 4:49:53 PM) comp.lang.java.programmer I'm looking at the docs for FloatBuffer, and in many places it says "(optional operation)". What's the deal with this? Can we use the operation or not? Thanks. ... bob136 (381)

DataInputStream 16 57 (10/5/2011 5:34:56 AM) comp.lang.java.programmer I want to use DataInputStream to read into a float[]. Anyone know how to do this? ... bob136 (381)

slow as molasses 5 48 (10/4/2011 9:16:58 AM) comp.lang.java.programmer So, I wrote some code, but it is slow as molasses. Any easy ways to speed this up? float[] getVertices(String filename) { try { AssetManager am = this.getResources().getAssets(); InputStream is = am... bob136 (381)

date parsing 2 58 (9/13/2011 8:53:40 PM) comp.lang.php I need to convert this Java code to php ASAP: static String processDate(String s){ Format formatter = new SimpleDateFormat( "E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z"); Date date = null; try { date = (Date) for... bob136 (381)