Author Topic: Smooth Shadows - IS IT POSSIBLE?!? (Read 2884 times)

Altiris · April 30, 2013, 04:51:34 PM

I was bored and decided to read through the Bugs section for S&S in the Development thread and I noticed this little bit of info Badspot wrote in the topic (see above). I understand why Badspot didn't look into this in the first place considering Shadows themselves are already very demanding. However, there is (are?) always the 1% of people with very powerful computers in any gaming community, Blockland too (not saying I am one of them). Could you add some type of option in the "Advanced" Tab for something that would make shadows smoother (it could also force the "High" setting, otherwise having the option on Low and the smoothing option wouldn't make shadows look well) I think it would be very useful again for the people with powerful computers or with people with somewhat powerful computers and want to do some Blockland machinimas in small maps.

(I have no idea how much performance the smoothing of shadows would cost since you didn't give us an estimate really but unless its something really crazy then I really think you should work on it)

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Linkusofepica · April 30, 2013, 04:56:08 PM

Errr... they're gonna be pixelated no matter what. They're made out of pixels.

Acerblock · April 30, 2013, 05:04:46 PM

Just use the console command.

Electrk · April 30, 2013, 05:05:40 PM

Quote from: Acerblock on April 30, 2013, 05:04:46 PM

Just use the console command.

The console command is Ultra

Zeblote · April 30, 2013, 05:05:54 PM

Quote from: Acerblock on April 30, 2013, 05:04:46 PM

Just use the console command.

Does only set shaders to max.
Max is still ugly.
I want more

Altiris · April 30, 2013, 05:08:50 PM

Quote from: Linkusofepica on April 30, 2013, 04:56:08 PM

Errr... they're gonna be pixelated no matter what. They're made out of pixels.

There are some blur approximations that can be used to soften the edges...

Quote from: Zeblote on April 30, 2013, 05:05:54 PM

Does only set shaders to max.
Max is still ugly.
I want more

otto-san · April 30, 2013, 05:22:18 PM

The answer to this thread is in the quote.

Yes, it's possible; no, it won't happen. If the devs didn't find it worth working on, that's probably the final say in the matter.

Subpixel · April 30, 2013, 07:15:47 PM

Why can't triangles be used to fill in the ugly gaps?

Igloos · April 30, 2013, 07:18:21 PM

It is, but I can only imagine how badly it'd affect FPS in-game.

Operator� · April 30, 2013, 07:44:12 PM

You should be surprised there are even shadows at all

otto-san · April 30, 2013, 08:14:43 PM

Quote from: Subpixel on April 30, 2013, 07:15:47 PM

Why can't triangles be used to fill in the ugly gaps?

lol i'm sure if it were that easy it'd be done; i don't think that's how it works

Chrono · April 30, 2013, 08:17:19 PM

Quote from: Subpixel on April 30, 2013, 07:15:47 PM

Why can't triangles be used to fill in the ugly gaps?

Because in order to do that, you'd have to increase the shadowmap size by a stuffload.

And then you have to wonder, what if there's a spot where a triangle isn't supposed to be there?

Gytyyhgfffff · May 02, 2013, 09:37:45 PM

Quote from: Chrono on April 30, 2013, 08:17:19 PM

And then you have to wonder, what if there's a spot where a triangle isn't supposed to be there?

That does suspiciously sound like a bug ingame. Random triangles dotting the walls.

[Na Pulse] · May 02, 2013, 11:04:27 PM

I have this problem, but i still like shadows neitherless.

ShadowZero · May 02, 2013, 11:07:22 PM

I keep wondering why a lower view distance increases shadow quality, yet further makes it look worse.