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Subject: Re: 3D interface

Author: John Merlino

Date: 19:20:56 04/04/02

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On April 04, 2002 at 21:32:18, Russell Reagan wrote:

>In Chessmaster 6000 there were "3d" boards and pieces, but they were just bitmap
>images that were scaled when as they were moved down the board. Is this new 3d
>interface going to be something more than that?
>
>Russell

Absolutely. Even in Chessmaster 8000, the "3D" boards/pieces were just bitmap
sprites that were "animated". This is going to be true 3D using Direct3D v8.1,
resizeable and rotateable (sp?) on-the-fly.

However, this only refers to the boards and pieces. CM9000 is not going to be
similar to other games in that it takes over the entire screen; it is still
going to be a Windows application.

Also, for those who prefer the older 2D method (or do not have powerful enough
video cards), CM9000 will still have it as well.

jm



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