3D Pixels

[Shard]

Is it possible to draw 3D pixels in Leadwerks or using OpenGL?

 

Below is a screenshot from Universe Sandbox; an example of something that I want to do, but trying to draw that many spheres would be murder on the GPU.

[Canardia]

Yeah, see in the tutorials Masterxilo's 3D drawing tutorial.

[Masterxilo]

I'd rather use billboard sprites.

[Shard]

Yeah, see in the tutorials Masterxilo's 3D drawing tutorial.

 

 

I'd rather use billboard sprites.

 

 

What if I wanted the objects to have physics and collision?

[Rick]

Then you need bodies, if you want LE to take care of all that for you. Pixels wouldn't have bodies unless you parented a body to them.

[Shard]

Then you need bodies, if you want LE to take care of all that for you. Pixels wouldn't have bodies unless you parented a body to them.

 

 

Thanks.

 

One more question: Where is the physics done? On the GPU or the CPU?

[Masterxilo]

CPU.

I think a CUDA accelerated version of Newton is in dev., but I don't think this is used in LE.