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[Plib-users] Shadows?

[Simon <sim...@ho...>]

Hi all, I'm trying to implement shadows.  I've used pui quite a lot in
the past and was wondering if any of the other parts of the plib library
might help?  I thought the scene graph might do shadows automatically
but I haven't looked at the source yet.

 

Thanks in advance

-simon

Re: [Plib-users] Shadows?

[Steve B. <sjb...@ai...>]

Simon wrote:
> Hi all, I=92m trying to implement shadows.  I=92ve used pui quite a lot=
 in=20
> the past and was wondering if any of the other parts of the plib librar=
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> might help?  I thought the scene graph might do shadows automatically=20
> but I haven=92t looked at the source yet.

There is no direct support for shadows in SSG.

The problem for a general API is that completely general shadows are
not possible in realtime in arbitary scenes.

All present shadow tricks assume some variety of special cases.

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RE: [Plib-users] Shadows?

[Simon <sim...@ho...>]

Thanks Steve, saved me some time there :=AC)