alice-teacher Problems with billboards in the Mac

[Don Slater]

Alice 2 for the Mac uses openGL instead of Direct X, and it is my understanding that openGL does not handle .gif files the same way that DirectX does… I would recommend trying the .jpg or the .png format.

Happy Thanksgiving,
Don Slater

On Nov 24, 2010, at 9:26 AM, Susan Rodger wrote:

> 
> A lot of my students are having problems dropping in images in 
> the Mac for billboards or to use for texture mapping. The images appear
> as just black. Sometimes they can convert the image to another format
> and that works. Is there a format that works better than others for the
> Mac? Is this a known bug on your list? 
> 
> Susan
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