niiiiiiice :)
i'm wrapped up in some other away3d updates right now, but i think this is definitely something to add to the engine asap. And you should release this online as a demo! maybe you will attract more potential collaborators that way. great job so far! Rob On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, slow, but steady... > > I realised that to make something like this, I had to start from the > beginning. The beginning is shadows, and from there, reflections can be > managed similarly but with more complexity... Im beginning to understand > this shadows and reflections thing now. On the source you'll find a draft > for a shadow projection class I made based on Zupko's theory, but not his > code. The cool thing about it, is that the class does not use a secondary > camera and view, it projects vertices from a point onto a plane. > > This is the demo (move around with keyboard "wasd" and mouse): > http://www.piar.com.ar/li/away/shadows/ > > And this is the source: > http://www.piar.com.ar/li/away/shadows/VertexProjection.zip > > As I dont know the engine's core, Im sure the code can be greatly > optimized. I work on a more superficial layer of the engine... > Id be happy if anyone wants to work in this. Reflections are next, with > bump mapping and transparency. > > > On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hehe, I tried to port it and all I got was a terrible headache! You have >> to be very familiar with both engines for this, at design level I mean. >> >> Ill try to understand the theory and make a new reflection class in away3d >> from scratch. If anyone has any links to articles or books that could help >> me with this, it'd be great! >> >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Ah, wonderful!! >>> >>> Ill give it a try... >>> >>> 2008/8/29 vkt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>>> >>>> http://blog.zupko.info/?p=156 >>>> this url. >>>> >>> >>> >> > -- Rob Bateman Flash Development & Consultancy [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.infiniteturtles.co.uk www.away3d.com
