|
Beatfox Xevious
is THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
Join date: 1 Jun 2004
Posts: 879
|
05-07-2006 16:59
The specular lighting effect caused by the sun in the new shaders is... well, nice in some aspects, and not so nice in others. My main complaint is that it doesn't appear on alpha textures, meaning that any objects that use a combination of alpha and non-alpha textures will have an uneven appearance due to the inconsistent application of this effect. Case in point (left has shaders off, right has shaders on):  These pics are of two boxes side-by-side. The left box is opaque, while the right one has 2% transparency. Notice the mismatched brightness with shaders on, since the specular highlight is only seen on the non-alpha box.  Here, all the head textures are non-alpha except for the main "forehead" texture (since multiple layers are needed for the eye-coloring effect). The specular highlight shows up on all the prims except this one, causing it to appear darkened in comparison. Is this slated to be fixed before deployment on Wednesday? Or is it simply not feasible? Because I'm worried about the detrimental effect this will have on the appearance of many objects that are out there.
_____________________
My Beatworks: Zephyr Chimes wind chimes, the KanaMaster Japanese kana tutor, and the FREE Invisibility Prim Public. Look for them at the Luskwood General Store in Lusk (144, 165).
"You have been frozen. You cannot move or chat. A pony will contact you via instant message (IM)."
- mysterious system message I received after making off with Pony Linden
|
|
Eep Quirk
Absolutely Relative
Join date: 15 Dec 2004
Posts: 1,211
|
05-08-2006 06:05
I take it you filed a bug report?
|
|
Beatfox Xevious
is THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
Join date: 1 Jun 2004
Posts: 879
|
05-08-2006 11:05
From: Eep Quirk I take it you filed a bug report? Indeed. A week or two ago, as a matter of fact.
_____________________
My Beatworks: Zephyr Chimes wind chimes, the KanaMaster Japanese kana tutor, and the FREE Invisibility Prim Public. Look for them at the Luskwood General Store in Lusk (144, 165).
"You have been frozen. You cannot move or chat. A pony will contact you via instant message (IM)."
- mysterious system message I received after making off with Pony Linden
|
|
Michi Lumin
Sharp and Pointy
Join date: 14 Oct 2003
Posts: 1,793
|
05-08-2006 20:48
Doesn't matter now Beatfox, they're all gone.
Ladies and gentlemen, you may return to your GeForce2 MX200s.
|
|
Eep Quirk
Absolutely Relative
Join date: 15 Dec 2004
Posts: 1,211
|
05-08-2006 23:40
OK, good, but it was never brought up in the forums (I post my bug reports there for others to be aware of, comment on, debate, etc) so I never noticed. I think public bug exposure--especially in preview--helps in bringing more attention to a bug, getting others to test it, file more bug reports about it, expand on the info, etc. I just wish we had access to the bug database to comment on bugs DIRECTLY instead of having to use this forum, or the SL Wiki (which is damn annoying to edit--specifically tables) to do this...
|
|
Michi Lumin
Sharp and Pointy
Join date: 14 Oct 2003
Posts: 1,793
|
05-09-2006 09:40
Well, this isn't a problem anymore Beatfox, since they're gone!
|
|
paulie Femto
Into the dark
Join date: 13 Sep 2003
Posts: 1,098
|
erm
05-09-2006 14:19
I guess I'm nitpicking, since 1.9.1 seems to be shedding most of its new graphics functionality anyway, but isn't your example showing inerpolated per-vertex diffuse lighting, not specular lighting?
_____________________
REUTERS on SL: "Thirty-five thousand people wearing their psyches on the outside and all the attendant unfettered freakishness that brings."
|
|
Beatfox Xevious
is THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
Join date: 1 Jun 2004
Posts: 879
|
05-09-2006 16:08
From: paulie Femto I guess I'm nitpicking, since 1.9.1 seems to be shedding most of its new graphics functionality anyway, but isn't your example showing inerpolated per-vertex diffuse lighting, not specular lighting? It is vertex-shaded specular lighting. It changes depending on your camera angle.
_____________________
My Beatworks: Zephyr Chimes wind chimes, the KanaMaster Japanese kana tutor, and the FREE Invisibility Prim Public. Look for them at the Luskwood General Store in Lusk (144, 165).
"You have been frozen. You cannot move or chat. A pony will contact you via instant message (IM)."
- mysterious system message I received after making off with Pony Linden
|