I got idea how to create moving shadows in high quality (Unreal Engine 1).
so I thought. put a circle, with 360 triggerLights
and switch with makrodispatcher (1000 event slots)
you can see it here:
otherwise, I would like to ask, can be create realtime dynamic movable shadows in UT SDK?
Re: Dynamic movable shadows.
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 6:24 pm
by Creavion
Uh... this looks insane
Never expected something like this would be possible. perfo?
360 Triggerlights sound like a lot of work.
Re: Dynamic movable shadows.
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 6:55 pm
by Daewon
Creavion wrote:Uh... this looks insane
Never expected something like this would be possible. perfo?
360 Triggerlights sound like a lot of work.
indeed, in a circle 360 trigger lights (1 ° = 1 light), in the editor I can not select dynamic lighting on viewport (otherwise crash). all the lights are off (but with toggles), and in the game as it switches to (max active 2, switch off and switch on). yes, yes is not very good and practical .. but I was just thinking and created it
lot of work? maked in one day, few hours..
Re: Dynamic movable shadows.
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 8:05 pm
by Raynor
Looks awesome.
Re: Dynamic movable shadows.
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 9:16 pm
by [did]Madis
I just watched the whole video with my mouth wide open.
Jaw-dropping.
Probably not that practical in gameplay maps, but could be used for some awesome effects in cutscenes/transitions etc.
Re: Dynamic movable shadows.
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 10:14 pm
by Creavion
If this all would be not that much work .. it would be pretty neat for sp maps
bzw moved thread because of this
Daewon wrote:
otherwise, I would like to ask, can be create realtime dynamic movable shadows in UT SDK?
Just wanna mention it
Re: Dynamic movable shadows.
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:20 pm
by Shadow
The idea is smart, yes, but it the fact that its to less flexible and needs hours of work makes it very uncomfortable, other than that, except the question, what does it has to do with the SDK ??
question: dynamic shadows are planned partially already implemented
Re: Dynamic movable shadows.
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 9:23 pm
by TheDane
i used this kind of effect in a map of mine once, but that was just attaching a lightsource to a moving (invisible) actor .. it looks very simular and is easy to create.
However your idea needs a lot more work, if it where to be usefull for mappers you should code a new type of light to place in the map with these configs:
1. Lightadius (how far away from the "mother" light ,which doesn't shine itself, do you want the new triggered lights to be placed)
2. NumLightPer360 (how many triggered lights to spawn in the surrounding circle)
3. Yaw, Pitch & Roll (so you can "allign" it to whatever you wish)
4. X,Y drawscale (so you can make the circle "egg" shaped if needed)
just a fast thought of turning it usefull for the mapper as hw wont place 360 lights that often i guess?
Re: Dynamic movable shadows.
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 2:39 am
by Slave
Nice one there. That makes me have a lot of ideas.
Great job. Keep working.
Re: Dynamic movable shadows.
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 3:26 pm
by robin13
first of all (now go do something with ur life),second of all. when i clicked ur link i also found this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l3LfBHbBns
shadow,got any intensions to add water like that in your SDK? (BTW:work on sdk goes fast these days i noticed)
Re: Dynamic movable shadows.
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:07 pm
by Shadow
robin13 wrote:first of all (now go do something with ur life),second of all. when i clicked ur link i also found this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l3LfBHbBns
shadow,got any intensions to add water like that in your SDK? (BTW:work on sdk goes fast these days i noticed)
Daewon (author of the "Dynamic Water") simply used different loop-animated multi-polygonal sheetmeshes, nothing dynamic here, simply animated sheet meshes.
As for me I try to implement (already being occupied with it) real Vertex Shader Water...
Oh and thanks that you notice how well the SDK progressed, doing my best, this thingy has to finished after nearly 2 years.
Re: Dynamic movable shadows.
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 9:46 am
by Daewon
Shadow wrote:
robin13 wrote:first of all (now go do something with ur life),second of all. when i clicked ur link i also found this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l3LfBHbBns
shadow,got any intensions to add water like that in your SDK? (BTW:work on sdk goes fast these days i noticed)
Daewon (author of the "Dynamic Water") simply used different loop-animated multi-polygonal sheetmeshes, nothing dynamic here, simply animated sheet meshes.
As for me I try to implement (already being occupied with it) real Vertex Shader Water...
Oh and thanks that you notice how well the SDK progressed, doing my best, this thingy has to finished after nearly 2 years.
as hw wont place 360 lights that often i guess?
(now go do something with ur life),second of all. when i clicked ur link i also found this 
