Originally Posted by Freycinet (Post 228769)

In flight they of course sat lower to line up with the gun sight...

Originally Posted by B25Mitch (Post 228682)

Hi everyone. I see there's been some discussion about the gap in shadows, close to the base of the object casting them.

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/261...ailbiasing.jpg

This is an inherent limitation of texture-projection type shadowing. Here is a quick example I did in Blender, also using a low-resolution texture projection shadow:

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/6433/biasing.jpg

Notice how the light creeps underneath the wall (yes, the wall is attached to the ground). This can be reduced using a 'bias' factor, however this of course will drain more resources from the system. The simple fact is that this sort of effect will always be present to some extent when using texture-projection shadowing.

Now take another look at the first screenshot. The planes that are further away have a worse gap in the shadow and lower shadow map resolution than the plane in the foreground. This indicates that the team are well aware of the issue and have done everything they can to minimize it.

Originally Posted by domian (Post 228787)

The thing with the shadows do not care! Such a nitpicker xxxx...

Originally Posted by McHilt (Post 228802)

Might be domian, but bringing it up (in a positive and constructive way like Skarphol) is also a way to learn things, like in this case
Mitch explains something many people didn't know. It gains a better understanding of what Oleg and crew are doing which hopefully leads to a lot less whining... hope folks understand that.

Cheers :grin:

Originally Posted by B25Mitch (Post 228682)

Hi everyone. I see there's been some discussion about the gap in shadows, close to the base of the object casting them.

http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/261...ailbiasing.jpg

This is an inherent limitation of texture-projection type shadowing. Here is a quick example I did in Blender, also using a low-resolution texture projection shadow:

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/6433/biasing.jpg

Notice how the light creeps underneath the wall (yes, the wall is attached to the ground). This can be reduced using a 'bias' factor, however this of course will drain more resources from the system. The simple fact is that this sort of effect will always be present to some extent when using texture-projection shadowing.

Now take another look at the first screenshot. The planes that are further away have a worse gap in the shadow and lower shadow map resolution than the plane in the foreground. This indicates that the team are well aware of the issue and have done everything they can to minimize it.

Originally Posted by Skarphol (Post 228739)

Thanks for your explenation Mitch! I found that gap in the shadow peculiar. As this gap has not been seen on other pictures, I guess the problem occures when the light hit the joining of those to surfaces at very special angles.

Skarphol

Originally Posted by Sutts (Post 228839)

It does look better but could just be the angle of the shot. He sure looks like he's just had a broom shoved up his a$$ in the second shot.:grin:

I'd love to see some oxy masks too. Goggles down without a mask was not a common sight from all the evidence I've seen.