Post by moo on May 25, 2019 16:44:28 GMT
Hi
At the end of chapter 11 (Reflection and Refractions) I've gone of piste a bit and tried to implement partial shadows. I've given objects a value between 1.0 (the object casts a full shadow) and 0.0 (the object casts no shadow). My thought is that, for example, a glass object should still cast a shadow but one that is lighter than a non-transparent object. I think this puts me in a good position to start on the bonus chapter on soft shadows as my lighting code already expects a float rather than a boolean for shadow.
However...
I've attached a version of the scene from the beginning of the chapter, but with the two glass balls set to 0.25 shadow. The glass balls are showing a reflection of the specular light. I understand why the code it putting this here, but my question is this - it is correct? Does it look right? I'm not sure it does.
Michael
At the end of chapter 11 (Reflection and Refractions) I've gone of piste a bit and tried to implement partial shadows. I've given objects a value between 1.0 (the object casts a full shadow) and 0.0 (the object casts no shadow). My thought is that, for example, a glass object should still cast a shadow but one that is lighter than a non-transparent object. I think this puts me in a good position to start on the bonus chapter on soft shadows as my lighting code already expects a float rather than a boolean for shadow.
However...
I've attached a version of the scene from the beginning of the chapter, but with the two glass balls set to 0.25 shadow. The glass balls are showing a reflection of the specular light. I understand why the code it putting this here, but my question is this - it is correct? Does it look right? I'm not sure it does.
Michael
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