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Re: shader parameters Posted by warlord on Tue Jun 21st 2005 at 12:15am
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http://www.hl2world.com/wiki/index.php/Shader_Parameters

is there a way i could figure out what all these are supposed to do?
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Re: shader parameters Posted by BlisTer on Tue Jun 21st 2005 at 1:42am
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i've asked myself that same question, and i think that , unless you find a tutorial or just explanation via google, you 'll have to test them out :s
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Re: shader parameters Posted by mrod on Fri Jun 24th 2005 at 1:16am
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it all looks pretty self-explanatory to me.
Re: shader parameters Posted by BlisTer on Fri Jun 24th 2005 at 4:08am
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mrod said:
it all looks pretty self-explanatory to me.
what does "alienscale" do? what does "eyes" do? "jellyfish"? "predator"? "yuv"? also, what shader should be best used for a mirror?
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Re: shader parameters Posted by DrFrag on Sat Jun 25th 2005 at 11:27pm
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Posted 2005-06-25 11:27pm
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I'll take a guess on two of them.

The Eyes shader is probably for the reflective point special effect on eyeballs (specular highlight?), so they look more 3D and wet.

AFAIK, a mirror can't be done with the Source engine. Gordon doesn't even have a proper body model.
Re: shader parameters Posted by BlisTer on Sun Jun 26th 2005 at 1:02am
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DrFrag said:
I'll take a guess on two of them.

The Eyes shader is probably for the reflective point special effect on eyeballs (specular highlight?), so they look more 3D and wet.

AFAIK, a mirror can't be done with the Source engine. Gordon doesn't even have a proper body model.
Yeah i was affraid a dynamic mirror wouldnt work, but what about a static one? should be possible since water etc has reflection. could use it in a way that the player wouldnt be able to see himself so that it's no problem that it's not dynamic.
and i dont mean cheating with cameras :smile: has to be done with a shader
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Re: shader parameters Posted by wil5on on Sun Jun 26th 2005 at 1:29am
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The best way I can think to do that is with a strong cubemap effect.
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Re: shader parameters Posted by DrFrag on Mon Jun 27th 2005 at 5:28am
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Yeah, as long as you're not trying to reflect any entities it should be possible. But it might be easier to simply put in a sheet of glass with a mirror-image room behind it.