now, if conitec won't buy this then I don't know...
great work!

hope there will be also self-shadowmapping :]
so awesome..

It's more or less impossible to NOT have selfshadowing when using projective shadowmapping
So yeah, selfshadowing is already "implemented".

The screens look great! Will this work for dynamic lights too?

killer! hopefully there will be a way to control the amount and color of the shadows.

awesome work! cant wait to try this

Thanks



Yes, that's the whole idea. If you move the light or objects around, the shadow will move/react accordingly. It's the same as with stencil shadows, except that its faster in most cases if done correctly, you can do real softshadows, meshes don't have to be closed and you can use alpha maps (grass casts shadows, etc) and sprites which will also cast correct shadows. I think even particles could cast shadows this way, but i havn't tested this so i might be wrong here.


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Already implemented


The hard part is to make this whole thing fast enough to use it in a real game along with other shaders and scripts. I try to get this done by christmas so you guys get a nice present on Dec 24th/25th. But don't count on it eh?

Even more amazing then, the main reason I didn't use stencil was due to the mesh closed issues, and some other they seemed to have. Right now I'm using decal shadows, and there working quite nice, but it never hurts to have a greater option for those who have comps to render it. Looking forward to your progress.

Implemented variance shadowmapping

this will make life sooo much easier, no more baking of lighting!

Fantastic Boh_Havoc! You did a great job so far. This is one of the best projects around this community.

awesome, cant wait to get my hands on this <well, yeah, some word of perfection and awesomeness goes here.>