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paulie Femto

Into the dark

Join date: 13 Sep 2003

Posts: 1,098

05-01-2006 16:30

Here's a side by side comparison shot of my AV being lighted with shaders ON and OFF. You can see in the left pic (shaders OFF) that my AV is lit by red and green light sources. In the right pic (shaders ON) the lighting effects are not rendered.

http://www.triadalliance.com/shaders.bmp

Why does the lighting look better without shaders?

EDIT: I'm running a GEFORCE 6800 GT (PCI-Express x16) with 256 MB of GDDR3 SDRAM and Nvidia ForceWare 84.21.

Other graphics settings in SL at the time of the shot are:

Nearby Local Lights. This is the only lighting option I can enable with shaders disabled. Does enabling shaders kill Nearby Local Lights? The checkbox is still checked, so I assume NLL is still activated, but the rendering seems to say differently.

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REUTERS on SL: "Thirty-five thousand people wearing their psyches on the outside and all the attendant unfettered freakishness that brings."

Milo Linden

Quality Assurance

Join date: 22 Mar 2006

Posts: 140

05-01-2006 18:03

Hi ya paulie

Yea i've just been seeing the same, i've entered a bug on it.

Milo.

Eep Quirk

Absolutely Relative

Join date: 15 Dec 2004

Posts: 1,211

05-01-2006 20:39

I bug-reported this weeks ago yet it never got a reply (other than the automated one which assigned it an ID of 256847)...

Paulie, you need to stop linking to BMPs; at least compress them to JPGs.

Becky Tardis

Registered User

Join date: 15 Nov 2005

Posts: 98

05-01-2006 23:06

From: someone

Paulie, you need to stop linking to BMPs; at least compress them to JPGs.

I second that.

paulie Femto

Into the dark

Join date: 13 Sep 2003

Posts: 1,098

Thanks

05-03-2006 17:06

Thanks, Milo.

Ok. No more BMPS.

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REUTERS on SL: "Thirty-five thousand people wearing their psyches on the outside and all the attendant unfettered freakishness that brings."

lighting looks better without shaders
paulie Femto Into the dark Join date: 13 Sep 2003 Posts: 1,098	05-01-2006 16:30 Here's a side by side comparison shot of my AV being lighted with shaders ON and OFF. You can see in the left pic (shaders OFF) that my AV is lit by red and green light sources. In the right pic (shaders ON) the lighting effects are not rendered. http://www.triadalliance.com/shaders.bmp Why does the lighting look better without shaders? EDIT: I'm running a GEFORCE 6800 GT (PCI-Express x16) with 256 MB of GDDR3 SDRAM and Nvidia ForceWare 84.21. Other graphics settings in SL at the time of the shot are: Nearby Local Lights. This is the only lighting option I can enable with shaders disabled. Does enabling shaders kill Nearby Local Lights? The checkbox is still checked, so I assume NLL is still activated, but the rendering seems to say differently. _____________________ REUTERS on SL: "Thirty-five thousand people wearing their psyches on the outside and all the attendant unfettered freakishness that brings."
Milo Linden Quality Assurance Join date: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 140	05-01-2006 18:03 Hi ya paulie Yea i've just been seeing the same, i've entered a bug on it. Milo.
Eep Quirk Absolutely Relative Join date: 15 Dec 2004 Posts: 1,211	05-01-2006 20:39 I bug-reported this weeks ago yet it never got a reply (other than the automated one which assigned it an ID of 256847)... Paulie, you need to stop linking to BMPs; at least compress them to JPGs.
Becky Tardis Registered User Join date: 15 Nov 2005 Posts: 98	05-01-2006 23:06 From: someone Paulie, you need to stop linking to BMPs; at least compress them to JPGs. I second that.
paulie Femto Into the dark Join date: 13 Sep 2003 Posts: 1,098	Thanks 05-03-2006 17:06 Thanks, Milo. Ok. No more BMPS. _____________________ REUTERS on SL: "Thirty-five thousand people wearing their psyches on the outside and all the attendant unfettered freakishness that brings."

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