"Survives" still does not mean "A lot of people use it". I restate what I've said - you're the only person ever I've heard use it, American, British or otherwise.

Again with the irrelevancies! I can find over a million pages for a number of archaic words; that doesn't mean they're commonly used. And whether or not I've physically been to the Isles is completely irrelevant. Are you quite done with your stupidity yet?

You get flamed because you insulted people for not knowing a particular very arcane and very area-specific word and then refusing to apologize even when it's pointed out how hideously rare this word is. You ruined your own thread.

Getting back to topic:

I accomplished this effect by creating a Vanishing point in the center of the screen. I have world to screen function that make lower objects appear closer to the center. It looks some thing like this:

Point * WorldToScreen(Point * tgt){
  double Scailer = MAX_ALT/(tgt->z+1 );
  out->x = (tgt->x -center->x)*Scailer  + SCREEN_W/2;
  out->y = (tgt->y -center->y)*Scailer  + SCREEN_H/2;

  return out;
}

Please don't point out this code will not work, my scalier function is actually much more complex, and the entire thing is wrapped in a c++ class which handels the memory management.

Anyway the building class contains 8 points; Four are at the corners on the ground and four are at the roof's corners. Once they have all been processed by this function I Draw the walls between the ground points and the roof point. I use Draw primitive filled triangle for this. Trying to bind a texture to it is going to be more processing than you really want to do without a 3d card. Once the walls are drawn, scale the roof bitmap to fit the roof corners and draw it on top.

William, IMHO you have only a little to apologize. You gave a compliment, people got upset for a rare word (!) and your thread got very off topic very fast.

I've got some other thoughts about the argument, but I think it's better for the OP not to state them here. If anyone wants to go on about it, I suggest a new thread in the appropriate forum.

True, but I found the whole argument so absurd I had to say something. I'd also find it rather odd if I was the only one.

Why are people arguing over a compliment!?

** EDIT **

Step 1: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=graft

Step 2: Edit > Find on this page > "work" > Find Next

It took 10 seconds... I'd say the least you guys can do is apologize.

** END EDIT **

Some of you might not like what I say so I want to be clear at the top that I'm not trying to beef with anybody over this: I'm just standing up for William because from the looks of it he was the victim.

The Allegro community shouldn't be bashing people who speak differently; rather we should put the differences aside and stick to the community part and why we're here. Specifically, don't bash me because I said you were wrong. The thread wasn't about "graft" it was about (as I understand it) a 3D appearance from 2D graphics.

#include <context.h>
#include <sensibility.h>
#include <understanding.h>

/*
 *    Looks like all he did was imply that it might be confusing for
 *    somebody whose first language isn't English to understand; but
 *    those that speak it should be able to pick up on context.
 */

/*
 *    This is the first time I've heard of it and I understood it just
 *    fine - *context*.
 */

/*
 *    HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! (To those targetted, I'm not laughing at you;
 *    I'm laughing with you... Or without you, but you did ask for
 *    it)
 */

/*
 *    He never said Canada, America, or Britain was ignorant. He
 *    implied that the negative posters - those targetting him for
 *    no apparent reason - are ignorant. I'd have to agree.
 */

/*
 *    Again, CONTEXT! He was either bashing the art (which judging by
 *    the art that's highly unlikely) or he was complimenting it (much
 *    more likely).
 */

// Yeah, wtf guys?!

From what I see people starting taking shots at William so why should he apologize?

I gotta say from what I've read it seems like you were the major aggressor in this thread, X-G. He even tried to explain the meaning of what he said and you and others accused him of making it up.

Why are you trying to pick fights over a compliment!?

Next time you get stressed buy a Glock and "hit the pillow". Don't take it out on people coming to Allegro for help.

P.S. Apparently the forums do not like such large replies?

Yeah, let the trolling thread lie ;-p