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Re:The DOOM 3 Network Architecture (2006) [pdf] by rasz_pl on Sunday July 10, 2016 @12:02AM (#12064527)
original Wolf3D wasnt all that optimal, later ports (apple2/snes) were modified to use BSP tree.
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Re:The DOOM 3 Network Architecture (2006) [pdf] by damptowel on Sunday July 10, 2016 @11:28AM (#12065902)
What does using a bsp tree gain you in this case? Wolf was all tiles so using a data format that reflects that makes intuitive sense to me. Bsp gives better occlusion culling maybe?
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