Revisiting Klimt, Possible better 3D performance Options

[Ikkakujyu]

So, I'm looking into the prospect of 3D programming for the Zaurus. Mesa3D looks nice, but slow... on the other hand, there's a fairly old 3D library called Klimt out there.

Klimt Website

Klimt is meant to be similar to OpenGL|ES. The whole thing is coded with fixed-point arithmetic. It can display high-poly (around 1000) models at over 100fps on a 206Mhz StrongARM.

There are a couple of threads that point to this library running on the Zaurus... with the Sharp ROM. The Klimt code supplies interfaces for both QT and X11, however, so there's hope for pdaXrom.

Unfortunately, the code fails horribly when you try to compile it now. Probably because it's over two years old. I don't have GCC2.95 lying around anywhere to see if it'll compile under that, or the requisite libraries Klimt needs aside.

I've sent a letter to the maintainer... no idea if I'll get a reply. Is anyone interested in Klimt for pdaXrom? I'd definitely use it to make games if I could just get it to build.

[gnarlog]

So, I'm looking into the prospect of 3D programming for the Zaurus. Mesa3D looks nice, but slow... on the other hand, there's a fairly old 3D library called Klimt out there.

Klimt Website

Klimt is meant to be similar to OpenGL|ES. The whole thing is coded with fixed-point arithmetic. It can display high-poly (around 1000) models at over 100fps on a 206Mhz StrongARM.

There are a couple of threads that point to this library running on the Zaurus... with the Sharp ROM. The Klimt code supplies interfaces for both QT and X11, however, so there's hope for pdaXrom.

Unfortunately, the code fails horribly when you try to compile it now. Probably because it's over two years old. I don't have GCC2.95 lying around anywhere to see if it'll compile under that, or the requisite libraries Klimt needs aside.

I've sent a letter to the maintainer... no idea if I'll get a reply. Is anyone interested in Klimt for pdaXrom? I'd definitely use it to make games if I could just get it to build.

Hi there,

I know you posted this a while ago, but I just got a C-1000, and I'm very interested in trying to get some 3d stuff to work on it. Let me know if theres anything I can do to help. I'm not really a programmer, but I have been doing visual effects for films and video games for years.