hehe, yeah. or glEnable(GL_JUST_WORK); I think if you place lights in certain places the shadows can look nice. So for some uses it is pretty cool, and I guess it is fairly simple to code, and works fairly fast :)
On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 8:46 AM, Ian Mallett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 5:27 PM, René Dudfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I found out that the glutTeapot actually has a bug (mentioned on the > > man page)! The polygons are wound backwards to how opengl does it by > > default. So disabling the culling is only needed for the teapot. > > > > Does that fix it for the terrain? > > > > http://rene.f0o.com/~rene/stuff/shadows_rd.zip > I assume that this link has the changes you mentioned. Sorry, but it > doesn't work either. > > > > > Notice how when the shadows grow long they are really blocky? That's > > the main problem with the shadow mapping technique, that higher res > > shadow maps will help with... but will never really solve completely. > > Still they are pretty quick, and easy to use :) > I like shadows. Now, if there were only a nice quick way to do them easily. > Like: > glEnable(GL_SHADOW, GL_SOFT, 1024) > > Also have a look with the wire frame tea pot :) it shows lots of gaps > > in the shadow. Not a very good tea pot... it would never work for > > making tea - too many holes. > > > I noticed that, it was kind of cool, but as you say, produced a blocky > shadow. > Ian
