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Title: quick question about translucency
Post by: dogslikeus on January 16, 2007, 12:18:55 PM
am i correct in assuming that translucency and/or subsurface scattering haven't been implemented yet? i know we have the lambert shader which does transparency, but that's not really the effect i'm going for.
Title: Re: quick question about translucency
Post by: Will on January 16, 2007, 12:20:09 PM
correct translucency has ot yet been implmented but it is being planed for a future release I beleave :)


Regards,

Will
Title: Re: quick question about translucency
Post by: dogslikeus on January 16, 2007, 12:43:57 PM
i thought so. thanks for confirming that :)
Title: Re: quick question about translucency
Post by: Superza on January 16, 2007, 06:53:54 PM
Just  a thought, i never tried,  but it could be that using transparent + luminous shader could give some effect similar to traslucency, i would try this
Regards Max
Title: Re: quick question about translucency
Post by: Will on January 16, 2007, 06:55:11 PM
Intresting idea, tell us if it works.

Regards,

Will
Title: Re: quick question about translucency
Post by: dogslikeus on January 17, 2007, 12:33:34 AM
interesting. i'll give it a shot :)

i haven't played too much with the luminous shader as every time i've tried it hasn't worked out well. are there any good settings for a general effect that i could then tweak?
Title: Re: quick question about translucency
Post by: Superza on January 17, 2007, 04:55:33 AM
Quote from: dogslikeus on January 17, 2007, 12:33:34 AM
interesting. i'll give it a shot :)

i haven't played too much with the luminous shader as every time i've tried it hasn't worked out well. are there any good settings for a general effect that i could then tweak?

I tried this night and i am in render now (unfortunately it will be long).

In my opinion looks like to work  and give a bit of translucency effect, using the following layer order (same level, not child)
Lambert - Luminous - Reflective
Btw it's a little bit slow :D

Best Regards Max
Title: Re: quick question about translucency
Post by: Njen on January 17, 2007, 05:12:18 AM
I ran into a translucency like effect with one of my scenes. Even though it was unintended, it looked cool.

http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=321.0