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[Glossary]

TCB

Tension, continuity and bias are spline controls on function curves. Typically used for ease-ins/outs, abrupt motion changes, and to control how the animation is distributed around the key.

Texel

A pixel is one cell of a picture. Similarly a texel is one cell of an RwTexture.

See also:

Lumel

Texture Coordinates

The coordinates that determine which texel in each texture is assigned to each vertex in an object. Also referred to as UV coordinates.

See also:

UVs

Texture dictionary

A platform-specific collection of rasters. Texture dictionaries can be written to disk.

See also:

RwTexDictionary Overview

TIFF Format

Tagged Image File Format, a common graphic file format, used by RenderWare Graphics. The RtTIFF toolkit will read a subset of TIFF format files on certain platforms.

See also:

Alpha Channel , BMP Format , PNG Format , RAS Format , RtTIFF Toolkit Overview

TOC

Table of Contents (TOC) data describing the contents of a stream. These methods can be used to generate a TOC:

• The RenderWare Graphics exporters, export models to the the recommended export file format .rws files setting the Embed TOC option to TRUE.
• The RtTOC toolkit.

See also:

RWS Format , Exporter , RtTOC toolkit overview

Toolkit

An extension to RenderWare Graphics. Toolkits are collections of useful functions that are not typically specific to RenderWare Graphics.

Tools

RenderWare Graphics has a variety of tools:

• 2d Converter Tool - converts Flash .swf to RenderWare Graphics .anm files.
• Instance Tool - optimize files
• MakeFont Tool - create METRIC1 BMP fonts
• PVS Converter Tool - PVS generator/modifier
• PVS Editor - PVS Editor
• RF3 File Command Line Compiler - RF3 Converter
• RWBuilder Tool - RenderWare Builder
• Toon Editor - RpToon Editor

Toon

Toon is a plugin in RenderWare Graphics called RpToon. It's a chargeable optional extra in the FX Pack. Toon provides rendering of outlines and "cel shaded" texture based lighting for RenderWare Graphics objects to achieve cartoon-like 3D graphics.

See also:

RpToon Plugin Overview , Toon Editor

Toon Editor

Toon Editor loads and interprets .dff files, containing characters or worlds with toon data, from an exporter. It does not alter or save them.

See also:

Toon , Tools , DFF Format

Transparent

Those objects, functions and data types that are documented are described as "transparent" and their functionality is not hidden from the developer. Those that are not are called "opaque". A lot of the functionality provided by RenderWare Graphics is hidden, even in documented objects, and developers should use the API provided only as it is documented, except where the user documentation declares otherwise.

Tri-fan

Triangles arranged in a fan-like structure from a common vertex.

Tri-list

An arrangement of triangles in which any triangle has no restrictions on its placement or orientation with respect to any other triangle in the list.

Tri-strip

A sequential arrangement of triangles defined by a sequence of vertices, so that the addition of a single vertex to the end of the list defines a new triangle. Tri-strips are efficient to transmit to the graphics processor.

TXD Format

RenderWare Graphics file format to contain a texture dictionary.

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