What's that ring?

[Roland]

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While working on some character controller code I noticed a white ring on the floor near the player. Any idea what that could be? It may be hard to see on this video but it you look carefully on the floor beneath the player you can see it. It seems to be a ring which surronds the camera maybe ...

[Canardia]

It's a bad SetShadowDistance setting. By default the ring occurs at 8 meters: http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/Documentation/le2/_/command-reference/lights/setshadowdistance-r273

[Roland]

Aha... thank's Metatron

I changed the values and I can see that it has a positive effect.

 

By the way. I tried the SetShadowmapSize on a light loaded from the scene file (.sbx) and i crashes. Is there any problem with that command in latest version or is not possible to change that for a SBX light

 

Example that crashes.

TLight light = FindChild( myScene, "myLight" );
if( light )
   SetShadowmapSize(light, 512);

 

Example that works.

TLight light = CreateDirectionalLight();
if ( light )
 SetShadowmapSize(light, 512);

[Canardia]

You need to parse the scene, like GameLib does, to modify existing sbx lights and other assets. Also special handling is needed for sources, because they are not part of the scene or world.

[Roland]

Ok Metadron. No problem. Thank's for the info.

I will make my own scene-loader then.

[Josh]

Aha... thank's Metatron

I changed the values and I can see that it has a positive effect.

 

By the way. I tried the SetShadowmapSize on a light loaded from the scene file (.sbx) and i crashes. Is there any problem with that command in latest version or is not possible to change that for a SBX light

 

Example that crashes.

TLight light = FindChild( myScene, "myLight" );
if( light )
SetShadowmapSize(light, 512);

 

Example that works.

TLight light = CreateDirectionalLight();
if ( light )
 SetShadowmapSize(light, 512);

Please file a bug report if you think that really is one. I can't think of any reason there would be a problem, but it's possible.

[Roland]

Ok. I will do that.

[Daimour]

TLight light = FindChild( myScene, "myLight" );

 

Is that actually light source or some entity like light_directional.gmf?

 

You can't use SetShadowmapSize() with light_directional.gmf.

Use SetEntityKey() instead:

SetEntityKey(light, "shadowresolution", "1")

[Roland]

Is that actually light source or some entity like light_directional.gmf?

 

You can't use SetShadowmapSize() with light_directional.gmf.

Use SetEntityKey() instead:

SetEntityKey(light, "shadowresolution", "1")

The issue with the light was solved here http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/topic/4644-solved-setshadowmapsize-crashes-on-a-light-loaded-from-a-scene-file/page__pid__40705#entry40705 and of course it was my own fault Thanks anyway.

[Aily]

SetShadowQuality(3)