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Re: [pygame] Texture for raycasting engine

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From: "Dave LeCompte (really)" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 10:08:03 -0800 (PST)
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"Ian Mallett" <geometrian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ray-tracing or ray-casting is really only useful if you want to make
> complex effect like shadows and multiple reflections

Don't confuse ray tracing with ray casting. Doom and Wolfenstein 3d made
good use of ray casting without any reflections.

I certainly wouldn't try to write a software rasterizer in Python if I
were trying to attain interactive speeds, but I don't presume to know what
application the original poster has in mind.

-Dave LeCompte

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