Pheonix L2S: Lighting and Shadows

Posted by Adventus on June 17, 2006, 4:33 a.m.

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(check out the star…. XD, i love polygon shadows)

I've finally manage to overcome my laziness and nearly complete my shadow engine version 2 which will be known as <b>'Pheonix L2S'</b>, all i need to do is write some documentation because it is very complex. Its changed a hole lot so im gonna resubmit it to the site, to differentiate it from its comparbly neanderthal 1st version.

<b>I currently have these features 100% working :</b>

- <b><i>Full z-axis support</i></b>, casts shadows realistically based off the relative z positions of the light and shadow casters.

- <b><i>True lighting</i></b>; you can now see on top of your shadow casters if their z position is less than the light.

- <b><i>Simple bump-mapping (kinda)</i></b>, Allows you to create differing surfaces ontop of your shadow casters. AKA you can create dark areas and light area's to give the appearance of bumps or changes in z on the surface.

- <b><i>Polygon shadows</i></b>, create your own shapes. You can also have a different z for each vertex, so you could create a pyramid if you liked (or a star…XD).

- Fast optimised inbuilt shape shadow casters

Im really happy with it so far and i think the community will be to, as i have hardly lost any speed implementing all the stuff, mainly because i created a custom fast deactivation method and used my obviously superior brains to get me out of a few tight spaces….. Although i still havent thought of a way of making fast soft shadows…..

In other and most shocking news, i've got my exams in a weeks time so your unlikely to see much of me and i may not be able to polish off my L2S engine for another 2 weeks ….. :(

<b>EDIT:</b> Is it just me or do i have some kinda super/unnatural power over the mods…. I was saying only a few days ago that there should be 8 games on the front page….hmmm….. maybe i should get them to become my slaves…. *commands melee-master to get my shoes*….

Comments

ludamad 18 years, 5 months ago

Pheonix: Many people came up with that idea. I mean, I think melee master was the first to tell Fsx about it, like way back.

Adventus 18 years, 5 months ago

haha well aware, i just thought it funny, since i said it like 2 days ago….and why did you say 'pheonix:' its not like there was any confusion as to who you comment was directed at….XD

Kenon 18 years, 5 months ago

1. That will make you more famous than geargod.(Ligthting engine)

2. ouch.. exams…

3. No. You do not control teh mods. I DO, jk. Nah. So many people were complaining about there not being enough games on the front page. Now it seems we need a new game mod or something, as melee's busy working on something, ludamad's too hard at work on the RPG, and Twisterghost probably won't check 8 games a day. If I took a guess at who would be the next game mod… hmmm… I wouldn't have a clue.

Adventus 18 years, 5 months ago

Well obviously i would be next in line for a game mod….haha maybe not….hmmmm i cant really think of anybody who's on enough and doesnt have their own website to run…. And yes exams do suck.

ludamad 18 years, 5 months ago

Do not worry about who's next, we have it planned out.

Adventus 18 years, 5 months ago

ohhhh that means there is gonna be more mods, i was just speculating…. cool.

Juju 18 years, 5 months ago

I said 8 on the front page as well…

Power to the People!

Quote:
i cant really think of anybody who's on enough and doesnt have their own website to run….
*Cough*

ludamad 18 years, 5 months ago

How about we put you all into a pit and whoever is left alive gets to be a mod ? [:P]