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[Loic B. <lo...@el...>]

Yeah I know, this is a classic...
Anyway, please share your opinion/experience on this.

I've read many papers and presentations; I was initially going for the
Shadow Buffer (I'm really not interested about the SSVs). So Perspective
Shadow Mapping seemed the best, but I remember Jonathan Blow saying "it's a
nightmare, don't do it", the presentation of Tom Forsyth made it clear that
it's not easy too.

But, my whole point is: is your opinion stills the same since the article of
Simon Kozlov in GPU Gems?
Looks like he solved some crucial issues (not easy to implement, I agree).

My primary concern is: will I be able to do PSM with Point Lights (at a
reasonable speed/quality)?

The second one would be: will I be able to implement the whole technique! :)
Because after reading the article from Kozlov and the one from Stamminger
and Drettakis, my head nearly exploded...

I also traced the sample from nVidia, following Kozlov article, and things
look good. Well, no point light, and we can't control the directional (or I
didn't find how to).

Btw, I forgot to mention the hardware I'm targeting is VS/PS 2.0 at least.

Loic