Dark spaces cast by the presence of a solid object blocking the flow of light. Often helpful for telling where your character is going to land.
3
votes
1answer
631 views
Deferred rendering with VSM - Scaling light depth loses moments
I'm calculating my shadow term using a VSM method. This works correctly when using forward rendered lights but fails with deferred lights.
// Shadow term (1 = no shadow)
float shadow = 1;
// [Light ...
3
votes
1answer
2k views
Rendering shadow sprites in cocos2d-x
I am writing a 2D game with cocos2d-x. I want to put a "shadow" sprite on a background sprite using the equation:
MAX(0, Cd * 1 - Cs * S)
where Cd is the destination color (that is, a background ...
1
vote
1answer
87 views
Can't run Nvidia PracticalPSM sample in debug mode
I want to add PSM (Prespective shadow map) to my engine but I have problems with that.
I think the problem is somewhere in my math code so I want debug Nvidia PracticalPSM sample and compare the math ...
1
vote
0answers
212 views
Dynamic 2D soft shadows with concave polygons?
I've implemented dynamic 2D soft shadows from this article on gamedev.net. It uses an image for the penubmra and is fast, physically accurate and looks good in most situations, so I really like the ...
1
vote
0answers
207 views
JOGL Hardware Shadow Mapping Transparent Shadow Texture
I'm using hardware shadow mapping on JOGL based on the demo(HardwareShadowMapping) supplied by the distribution. After generating the shadow texture from lights point of view, I apply it to my scene ...
0
votes
0answers
96 views
directx 10 shadowing weirdness
I'm getting some really weird shadowing on this directx 10 sdkmesh model.
http://jacobsgriffith.com/directx10/weirdshadows.png
Where do I look in my code to fix this issue, is it an issue with the ...
