[CF-Devel] new directx client 1.16

[dnh]

Thanks again MichToen, I was getting really worried about all this =).

dnh

On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Michael Toennies wrote:

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      Direct Client 1.16 is out now.
     
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      I fixed a bug with the png transparency loading.
     
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      As i try some out in the last versions with png loading, i forget
     
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      a code line in the loader, so it don't handle a special palette
     
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      index situation right.
     
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      This is fixed now.
     
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      Notice, that the dx client reads in gray color (which uses alpha mask for
     
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      transparency)
     
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      and alpha masks with transparency, but the client don't show the
     
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      transparency right.
     
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      Thats because in future the png loader is changed, so it tranfers the alpha
     
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      mask in a
     
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      native format to directX or openGL.
     
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      For true color pngs the client handles all pixel with the RGB value 0 as
     
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      transparent,
     
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      so its IS possible to use true color pngs  with transparency- even without
     
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      alpha mask.
     
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      Perhaps the unix client can handle this too, then we have a easy transparent
     
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      format for
     
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      true color.
     
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      ** Notice that even the Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer have
     
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      problems to handle all
     
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      true color pngs with alpha mask and 8bit alpha masks too. Both are counted
     
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      from png host as not
     
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      100% compatible. **
     
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      T
     
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