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Re: Stencil Shadows Disappear At Certain Camera An [Re: Machinery_Frank] #54746
09/14/05 16:40
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torque´s light system is very outdated. to produce coloured light, you need to buy a special lighting pack. and: the soft torque shadows don´t work well indoors. it just looks as if there´s no lighting and shadow at all.

furthermore, the huge (unlimited) terrain thingy in the demo is a trick. the terrain consists of regular patterns that are repeated in a certain distance. so you do not see one big terrain, but seamless repeating parts. you cannot create a game with this. imagine a base in a certain area that has 4 replicas in all directions ^^


definitely, there are better lighting systems than a6, but torque or even unreal do NOT belong to it.

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Re: Stencil Shadows Disappear At Certain Camera An [Re: broozar] #54747
09/15/05 11:53
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so you do not see one big terrain, but seamless repeating parts. you cannot create a game with this. imagine a base in a certain area that has 4 replicas in all directions ^^




It does not repeat the orc village and it does not repeat the racing track. I don't know what you mean with that sentence.


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Re: Stencil Shadows Disappear At Certain Camera An [Re: Machinery_Frank] #54748
09/16/05 07:45
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i refer to the torque_base tutorial (the "real demo") which is downloadable at the forum - the level with the "F"s everywhere and the small lake with the box buildings - if you cannot find it, i´ll upload. i did not check the race track so thoroughly, so i cannot say if it is or not. but the "F"-level is definitely.

Re: Stencil Shadows Disappear At Certain Camera An [Re: broozar] #54749
09/16/05 20:17
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I have the same thing too. However, I get a crash when I add shadows to my buildings. Not one of those script error crashes (like "crash in some_function"), but one of those illegal operation notices (invalid page fault, I think). For the smaller objects, the platforms, the effect can be clearly seen and the disappearing act seems to be with me as well. Get the camera in a certain position even and they disappear. It's not just the camera angle, it's the position that matters as part of it. All I have is the sun angle set, but the Sun isn't turned on (as it destroys the textures).


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Re: Stencil Shadows Disappear At Certain Camera An [Re: ulillillia] #54750
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for better shadows check out the Sphere Engine


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Re: Stencil Shadows Disappear At Certain Camera An [Re: Matt_Aufderheide] #54751
09/22/05 04:53
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that was shameless matt :P

but still cant deny how sick looking your engine is

Re: Stencil Shadows Disappear At Certain Camera An [Re: Matt_Aufderheide] #54752
09/23/05 11:43
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for better shadows check out the Sphere Engine



Hehe, True, but I have a GeForce though


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Re: Stencil Shadows Disappear At Certain Camera An [Re: Grafton] #54753
09/23/05 22:48
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and check XeXeS's sylex plugin (with source and for free)

Re: Stencil Shadows Disappear At Certain Camera An [Re: Lion_Ts] #54754
09/24/05 06:46
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I also remembered something weird. If you moved the camera to a position right under the object (or in the shadow?), the view darkens to about half as bright. When you turn the camera from within here, the darkening and lightening is odd and unnatural. If you're in a shadow, the whole area doesn't darken. A shadow is where less light is received compared to the surroundings. It makes little sense.


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