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And that's sad to hear. I was hoping new versions might have modern post-processing effects and stuff (like bloom and gloss and motion blur). I don't know the code though, and if it's that much work then it might be long perhaps.
Statistics: Posted by MirceaKitsune — Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:44 pm
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Also, to incorporate dynamic lighting and reflections would require a rewrite of the graphics engine (it's a poorly optimized piece of shit as it stands, but we don't have anyone who has the time to do this).
Statistics: Posted by Haruna — Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:10 pm
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Anyway, I tried the latest beta today. Can't say I've seen a lot of differences, but I'm interested in the new lightning / reflection system. At first I've come across , which left me quite surprised since I wasn't expecting such graphics to be possible yet. Then I seen the Shift + F1 / F2 / F3 shortcuts in help, and decided to give them a try. I managed to switch the lightning types, but it seems to look very wrong for me. I read that the devs are looking for help with OpenGL (sadly I can't offer that, but I would if I knew) so I thought to post my experience here, if it helps with debugging or anything.
Shift + F2 or Shift + F3 changes the brightness and blending type of the env-map on cars, which is probably normal. Shift + F1 changes the world lightning, but most of it looks quite buggy to me. It might be video card dependent, since in the video I linked it looks ok. My card is an ATI Radeon HD 6800 series, and I'm running Windows 7 64bit. The first two types simply invert the lit areas and shadowed areas. These are the modes in which I could switch the lightning, the first being the normal / initial one (no shadow maps in it however):
That feels to me as if Speed Dreams doesn't like my video card. I'm posting this to help debugging, but also to ask if anyone knows what I could try to get it looking right. Or does it look this way for everyone, and it's normal? Though again, it looks different (and pretty awesome) in that video I linked, so I think it might be dependent. Let me know if I can test anything else and give more feedback.
As a separate question: Are dynamic reflections coming in the next version? Or will env-maps stay the only alternative for car reflections? I personally find reflection textures very bad for car reflections, and would love to see the second feature in the Torcs engine.
Statistics: Posted by MirceaKitsune — Thu Oct 13, 2011 4:30 pm
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