Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 20:04:50 -0800 (PST)
From: KaRNaGE <dlydiard AT linknet DOT kitsap DOT lib DOT wa DOT us>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: demostu3.zip->read3ds.pas
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i converted x3ds.pas to C wich loads all the 3d coords (x, y, z) and
faces (l1, l2, l3) from a .3ds file, but i'm having trouble converting
read3ds.pas to C, because of all the asm, i'm not good at asm, and was
wondering if someone could convert all the asm, to pascal or c doesn't
matter....or just tell me what in the world it's doing...i've tried to
e-mail the author, but the e-mail address doesn't exist anymore, if anyone
knows Bjarke Viskoe's current e-mail please tell me...and if no one can
tell me what's going on, here's the reason why i need to know...

my .3ds reader loads 270 (x, y, z) coordinates, and 516 (l1, l2, l3) faces
from (duck.3ds) wich is right...and when i plot all the x,y,z coords
(pixels) and do all my 3d rotation 3d->2d math etc...it
rotates,scales,etc, looks like a crappy 'pixel duck' ( but it's right),
but when i try to convert the pixels to polygons, it looks like junk, i
know that 3ds uses triangles, but it seems when i load the coords it's not 
in 'triangle order', so it looks like junk...so i'm wondering how can use
what i got to make it look right, how do i apply the faces and 3d coords,
to make a polygon duck that looks right...read3ds.pas does this, but i
don't know how cuz of the asm..this is really frusterating me =)..and any
help will make me happy!....i'm getting tired of a 'pixel duck' =)
BTW i've looked at zed3d, and it made more confused...