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While this hasn't reached the point of going stable yet, it's now nearly complete. This will be part of the deferred shading (dynamic lights) widget, and will include full bloom and HDR support. Bloom will depend on HDR for technical reasons, and since it doesn't make much sense otherwise.
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While this hasn't reached the point of going stable yet, it's now nearly complete. This will be part of the deferred shading (dynamic lights) widget, and will include full bloom and HDR support. Bloom will depend on HDR for technical reasons, and since it doesn't make much sense otherwise.
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While HDR is more expensive than not, it offers at least two tangible advantages when it comes to dynamic lights.
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While HDR is more expensive than not, it offers at least two tangible advantages when it comes to dynamic lights.
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1: Smoothness. HDR eliminates the grainy artifacts that currently plague dynalights, and also make the falloff of the lights considerably smoother.
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1: Smoothness. HDR eliminates the grainy artifacts that currently plague dynalights, and also make the falloff of the lights considerably smoother.
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2: SHINY!!! I included a function which shifts super bright lights toward white. Currently if you stack 100 scorcher beams on top of each other all you get is a grainy orange blob. With HDR they will make a smooth firey white flash almost like a lens flare. Overall the look is very starwars-ish, esp with higher white intensity for red beams like scorp and bandits. Lots of things are much shinier.
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2: SHINY!!! I included a function which shifts super bright lights toward white. Currently if you stack 100 scorcher beams on top of each other all you get is a grainy orange blob. With HDR they will make a smooth firey white flash almost like a lens flare. Overall the look is very starwars-ish, esp with higher white intensity for red beams like scorp and bandits. Lots of things are much shinier.
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However
there
are
also
two
disadvantages.
The
first
is
that
it's
more
expensive,
although
it's
optional
and
you
can
turn
it
off
to
save
on
performance.
The
second
is
that
the
HDR
tone
mapping
algorithm
that
makes
the
lights
so
shiny
and
smooth
also
causes
irreversible
color
shifts
which
are
difficult
to
correct
even
partially.
Partial
color
correction
is
about
all
I've
managed
(
and
also
adds
to
the
expense)
.
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However
there
are
also
two
major
disadvantages.
The
first
is
that
it's
more
expensive,
although
it's
optional
and
you
can
turn
it
off
to
save
on
performance.
The
second
is
that
the
HDR
tone
mapping
algorithm
that
makes
the
lights
so
shiny
and
smooth
also
causes
irreversible
color
shifts
which
are
difficult
to
correct
even
partially.
Partial
color
correction
is
about
all
I've
managed
(
and
also
adds
to
the
expense)
.
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Another
disadvantage
is
that
some
not-so-great
effects
end
up
looking
worse,
either
by
contrast
or
by
accentuation.
Ground
flash
effects
are
really
bad,
and
it
also
demonstrates
a
distinct
need
for
proper
explosion
dynalights.
Wyvern/tacnuke
explosions
also
look
bad.
I
haven't
actually
tested
silencer
but
perhaps
I
should.
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Another
minor
disadvantage
is
that
some
not-so-great
effects
end
up
looking
worse,
either
by
contrast
or
by
accentuation.
Ground
flash
effects
are
really
bad,
and
it
also
demonstrates
a
distinct
need
for
proper
explosion
dynalights.
Wyvern/tacnuke
explosions
also
look
bad.
I
haven't
actually
tested
silencer
but
perhaps
I
should.
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TL;DR::
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TL;DR::
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I think I had bloom turned all the way up for this on accident. It's still about average scorcher shinies though.
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I think I had bloom turned all the way up for this on accident. It's still about average scorcher shinies though.
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[img]https://s13.postimg.org/ttfmztyfp/screen00115.png?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s13.postimg.org/ttfmztyfp/screen00115.png?dl=1[/img]
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Also overbloomed, but bright!
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Also overbloomed, but bright!
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[img]https://s13.postimg.org/bikryfqc5/screen00123.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s13.postimg.org/bikryfqc5/screen00123.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s17.postimg.org/mt7mpye7x/screen00135.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s17.postimg.org/mt7mpye7x/screen00135.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s17.postimg.org/yioznaa0t/screen00137.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s17.postimg.org/yioznaa0t/screen00137.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s22.postimg.org/80l9wbbkv/screen00140.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s22.postimg.org/80l9wbbkv/screen00140.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s22.postimg.org/v8cyq9tm7/screen00142.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s22.postimg.org/v8cyq9tm7/screen00142.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s14.postimg.org/fbbtt24u7/screen00144.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s14.postimg.org/fbbtt24u7/screen00144.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s13.postimg.org/uw5lakj2t/screen00148.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s13.postimg.org/uw5lakj2t/screen00148.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s15.postimg.org/r2kcqahxl/screen00150.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s15.postimg.org/r2kcqahxl/screen00150.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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I think pene needs a dynalight.
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I think pene needs a dynalight.
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[img]https://s14.postimg.org/86rj2amxb/screen00152.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s14.postimg.org/86rj2amxb/screen00152.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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The following screenshots are a direct comparison between LDR, HDR, and HDR+Bloom:
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The following screenshots are a direct comparison between LDR, HDR, and HDR+Bloom:
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Scorpion Comparison:
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Scorpion Comparison:
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[img]https://s4.postimg.org/vjz1y8x57/screen00154.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s4.postimg.org/vjz1y8x57/screen00154.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s17.postimg.org/5pg04xbkt/screen00155.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s17.postimg.org/5pg04xbkt/screen00155.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s17.postimg.org/xu7ewovm5/screen00156.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s17.postimg.org/xu7ewovm5/screen00156.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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Scorcher Comparison:
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Scorcher Comparison:
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[img]https://s15.postimg.org/kkmij02yx/screen00157.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s15.postimg.org/kkmij02yx/screen00157.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s13.postimg.org/ommyfw9md/screen00158.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s13.postimg.org/ommyfw9md/screen00158.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s17.postimg.org/bb7xp8765/screen00159.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s17.postimg.org/bb7xp8765/screen00159.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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BONUS SHINIES!! After a short time step:
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BONUS SHINIES!! After a short time step:
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[img]https://s21.postimg.org/41t7lykw5/screen00160.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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[img]https://s21.postimg.org/41t7lykw5/screen00160.jpg?dl=1[/img]
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Zero-K Going HDR (Warning: Image heavy)