mpdeveloper_B: It's coming along nicely, i might actually be able to keep the end of august "deadline"

Samb: Thanks for the info! I didn't know about this. Could you try opening s_dofVBlur.fx and changing the technique from ps_2_0 to ps_2_a or ps_2_b and see if it works ?

Shadow969: No if haven't thought about implementing soft shadows. I once implemented a variance shadow mapping shader (only spotlight/parallel light, no omni) in A6 and am still traumatised from it I will definately get to shadowmapping when i have enough knowledge about optimizing it so it runs at a decent framerate. I'm currently working on an other method of adding dyanmic shadows to the scene however. If this works out it would support 32 lights all casting shadows at a very high framerate. I'm still trying things out, however, and i don't know if it's possible at all.
Also Chris is working on his Reality Render Plugin which should do a great job once finished


Thanks for your commets

hah! found the error
the technique was on 3.0
Pixelshader = compile ps_3_0 main_PS();

changing it to Pixelshader = compile ps_2_0 main_PS(); and it works like a charme and looks like the nvidia screenshot! :]

oh, and I got an request for a shader

lava shader!


non-realtime maya lava shader:
http://www.9jcg.com/comm_pages/blog_content-art-94.htm

i'm pretty sure that can be duplicated with a lava texture and hdr running, and if the texture is seamless you could even move it and/or animate it...

I think a nice combination of parallax mapping, perlin noise and bloom could do the job, although a simple lavatexture would work, too
I'll add it to my list of shaders.
And thanks for "fixing" the dof shader

wow boh this is awesomw (taliking about hdr video, just saw it.)

Quadraxas: Thanks, glad you like it

I just realized i haven't even started on creating a demo level for the new version. Does anybody have some spare models for me? Basically i want to create a little scene on an island which is surrounded by the ocean (=> oceanshader) and has a small cave or building with some metallic sci-fi stuff and organic things (=> *secret* ... heh, you guys will like that i think. Especially those of you who want to create their own shaders without knowledge of hlsl ). The cave/building should be rather dark and the outside should be bright to show of the new dynamic exposure control when leaving the cave/building. I don't need fancy stuff, just some models to show of the new features. Any help is appreciated!

I also have to update the manual and add a little tutorial for the complete newbies...meh that will take some time.

Release at the end of august...this will be hard, but i'll try to keep my deadline

good luck, you still have 4 days

Hey BoH_Havoc,

I got your email, And well there is something rather sad you should know........

I just had to reformat and install my OS on my main computer! It was getting blue screens every 5 mins. So I toattly forgot to back up all my Art work!!! :GASP:

So I see you want some textures for an island and you want some sci-fi stuff? That sounds cool! I'll do my best to make some textures or models for you in the next four days. If I can't make them myself that fast i'll find some freeware ones you can use for sure. But can you bee more descriptive of what you need exactly? I need a little more to go on...Thanks and looking forward to helping you out!

See ya!!!

@angelus1818:

try recuva. if you used the fast format option while formatting it may recover some files. It saves me alot of time after formatting cuz i generally forget to backup someting that is needed.

http://www.recuva.com/

use deep scan option.

sorry for being off topic.

p.s: it's free.

sorry I can't help with the models or anything. I have one question though, how are the two toon shaders going?