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Splitting Graph into distinct polygons in O(E) complexity

If you have seen my last question: trapped inside a Graph : Find paths along edges that do not cross any edges How do you split an entire graph into distinct shapes 'trapped' inside the graph(like ...
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Moving CW or CCW?

Lets say we have a jagged shape: And two creatures moving along it's outline. Then we smooth the shape completely by pulling the corners out. We get this: It is easy to see now that Orange is ...
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Adding tolerance to a point in polygon test

I've been using this method which was taken from Game Coding Complete to detect whether a point is inside of a polygon. It works in almost every case, but is failing on a few edge cases, and I can't ...
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How do I determine if one polygon completely contains another?

I have 2 polygons. I know the vertex coordinates of both polygons. What's the best way to check if one is completely inside the other? For example, the algorithm should only recognize the black ...
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ray polygon intersection

Hi, I am looking for an elegant way to do ray and polygon intersections in 2d. I don't care about languages. Now what I'm doing is taking a line that lies on the ray (with a screen length) and ...
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What is a good way to determine if a vector is between two other vectors?

I could operate with the angles, but I do not have the angles calculated yet (and would like to avoid having to do that). It would be possible to calculate and cache the local-coordinate-frame angles, ...
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How do I align the matrix used in SpriteBatch and the matrix used in BasicEffect?

I'm writing a Windows tool that uses XNA and allows the user to place textures on the screen. I'm using a 'camera' for the SpriteBatch used to draw the textures, e.g: Matrix matrixForSpriteBatch = ...
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What is the purpose of glEdgeFlagv?

I know that what both glEdgeFlagv and glEdgeFlag do is toggle boundary edge status, but my question is why does the v version exist when the documentation specifies that the only difference is that ...