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BlindSide at 06:49, 30 May 2009

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‎BlindSide's Star Sonata Development Journal

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 == May 29th  ==
-LOG HAS MOVED: [http://www.starsonata.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=32706]
+LOG HAS MOVED: http://www.starsonata.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=32706
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		+	== May 29th ==
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		+	LOG HAS MOVED: [http://www.starsonata.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=32706]

	== May 23rd ==		== May 23rd ==

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 Believe it or not, there's still no bump mapping in that shot. Then again, I reckon that bumpmapping will have a more noticeable effect on things like planets and bigger ships. I'll hack that in and report back.
-** Time Passes **
+<nowiki>** Some Time Passes **</nowiki>
 OK! Bump maps are in!

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	Believe it or not, there's still no bump mapping in that shot. Then again, I reckon that bumpmapping will have a more noticeable effect on things like planets and bigger ships. I'll hack that in and report back.		Believe it or not, there's still no bump mapping in that shot. Then again, I reckon that bumpmapping will have a more noticeable effect on things like planets and bigger ships. I'll hack that in and report back.
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		+	Time Passes
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		+	OK! Bump maps are in!
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		+	Here is a comparison using a shrimp (Top shows bumpmapping, bottom no bumpmapping):
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		+	[[Image:ShipBump.jpg]]
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		+	And a planet (Top shows bumpmapping again):
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		+	[[Image:PlanetBump.jpg]]
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		+	These are just preliminary results of course, I plan to add specular reflections to oceans on planets and lots of other goodies. See you next time on BSDL! (Yes I think an acronym sounds cooler...)

	== May 21st ==		== May 21st ==

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 More work on per-pixel lighting today. For those who know a thing or two about lighting mathematics, I scrapped the traditional attenuation formula for a simple (1.0 - distance / radius), works much better now. I also had a play around with a rim light (Originally intended for planet atmospheres but I think it tends to look nice on ships too.). A rim light is the fading white outline you see in the following image:
-<nowiki><img src="http://heaps4cheap.com/screenshots/SS/2sides.png" /></nowiki>
+[[Image:RimLight.png]]
 Believe it or not, there's still no bump mapping in that shot. Then again, I reckon that bumpmapping will have a more noticeable effect on things like planets and bigger ships. I'll hack that in and report back.

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		+	== May 23rd ==
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		+	More work on per-pixel lighting today. For those who know a thing or two about lighting mathematics, I scrapped the traditional attenuation formula for a simple (1.0 - distance / radius), works much better now. I also had a play around with a rim light (Originally intended for planet atmospheres but I think it tends to look nice on ships too.). A rim light is the fading white outline you see in the following image:
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		+	[[Image:RimLight.png]]
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		+	Believe it or not, there's still no bump mapping in that shot. Then again, I reckon that bumpmapping will have a more noticeable effect on things like planets and bigger ships. I'll hack that in and report back.

	== May 21st ==		== May 21st ==

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 Please note that the per-pixel version is using slightly different material settings and therefore it is slightly darker.
-Also, earlier in the forums I posted up a screenshot of the pax frigate. I think this is one of the ships that benefit in particular from perpixel lighting. With the same viewing angle and position, this is the old shot:
+Also, earlier in the forums I posted up a screenshot of the pax frigate. I think this is one of the ships that benefit the most in particular from per-pixel lighting. With the same viewing angle and position, this is the old shot:
 [[Image:OldPaxFrigate.jpg]]
-And this is the new:
+And this is the new (Note this was taken on Very High so it has anti-aliasing applied too unlike the old shot):
 [[Image:NewPaxFrigate.jpg]]

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	Please note that the per-pixel version is using slightly different material settings and therefore it is slightly darker.		Please note that the per-pixel version is using slightly different material settings and therefore it is slightly darker.
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		+	Also, earlier in the forums I posted up a screenshot of the pax frigate. I think this is one of the ships that benefit in particular from perpixel lighting. With the same viewing angle and position, this is the old shot:
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		+	[[Image:OldPaxFrigate.jpg]]
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		+	And this is the new:
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		+	[[Image:NewPaxFrigate.jpg]]
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		+	That's all for today, folks.

	== May 19th ==		== May 19th ==