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A hint of a shadow?
Zeenith Paulse
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Join date: 18 Feb 2008
Posts: 97
07-03-2008 12:23
Hey guys.

I waas standing in a world when I noticed a SLIGHT hint of what seems to be a shadow off of my avitar. I don't see it all the time, just sometimes like when the sun is setting....

Does any one else see it. It's like I can see a SMALL bit of a shadow of his legs while standing, but nothing else. Could this be part of their tests.... any knews with the physics engine or anything on that. What can I do or play with to test it out a bit more?
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Ceera Murakami
Texture Artist / Builder
Join date: 9 Sep 2005
Posts: 7,750
07-03-2008 12:56
All avatars have a very crude "foot shadow". It's not particularly representative of the avatar's shape or height, and only barely responsive to sun direction. It's there primarily as a visual cue for where your feet are in relation to the ground's surface.
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Zeenith Paulse
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Join date: 18 Feb 2008
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07-03-2008 13:02
Oh.. I see....

Man I hope they're coming along with dyname shadows.

Active World has shadows..... sorta.... I just can't wait to see SL with dynamic shadows.... You know I'll be one of the first to have that viewer when it's released.
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Ceera Murakami
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07-03-2008 13:10
There's a prototype for real-time realistic shadows in the works already. You have to be on the Windows version of the Release Candidate, and you can only make it work with a limited set of very high-end video cards. Torley did a video recently that showed off the new capability. But so far it won't work on most of the operating systems and video cards that SL residents have.
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Imnotgoing Sideways
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Join date: 17 Nov 2007
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07-03-2008 13:17
I've run the shadows client. It was definitely a load for my little 8600GT cards, but it was just tolerable enough to get some screenshots. If I remember, I'll post them later. (^_^)y
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Kitty Barnett
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Join date: 10 May 2006
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07-03-2008 14:38
From: Imnotgoing Sideways
It was definitely a load for my little 8600GT cards
Maybe I'm still too used to the FPS I used to get :p. I get about 10-20fps on the shadow draft viewer with my 8600GT which should be more than just tolerable really :confused:.
Imnotgoing Sideways
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07-03-2008 15:33
From: Kitty Barnett
Maybe I'm still too used to the FPS I used to get :p. I get about 10-20fps on the shadow draft viewer with my 8600GT which should be more than just tolerable really :confused:.
I got MSI cheapos. (=_=)

NEWay.... On to the screenshots. (^_^)

This is the shadow of the NCI builder's grid skybox over the freebie wall. (^_^)


I rezzed a torus and coiled it to see how that kind of shadow would work out. (^_^)
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Imnotgoing Sideways
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07-03-2008 15:34

My shaded table build was fun to have out because all the poles. (^_^)


And, here's a tree shadow with some sign pole too. (^_^)y
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