@LaymanGaming No, it's real-time radiosity. HDR is a trick to try and extend the number of colours / brightness your monitor can show by making the rest of the screen darker than, say, a bright object- radiosity is how lighting reflects onto surrounding environments in-game
This isn't real time ray tracing. I don't know the exact technique used but valve has stated in technical presentations that such ambient lighting is pre-computed. As far as I know they have used this technique in every game since Half Life 2.
@fiddlebender88 Notice that when he hovered it over a bright surface, the cube got brighter. It did not get brighter due to there being more lighting, but because more light was reflected onto the cube from this surface.
Ah ok, i didnt know that about HDR. Thats cool, and a neat way of doing it
LaymanGaming 3 months ago
Is this not HDR?
LaymanGaming 3 months ago 2
@LaymanGaming No, it's real-time radiosity. HDR is a trick to try and extend the number of colours / brightness your monitor can show by making the rest of the screen darker than, say, a bright object- radiosity is how lighting reflects onto surrounding environments in-game
2kliksphilip 3 months ago
This isn't real time ray tracing. I don't know the exact technique used but valve has stated in technical presentations that such ambient lighting is pre-computed. As far as I know they have used this technique in every game since Half Life 2.
Prometheus722 4 months ago 2
Gmod
ERINCJ7 5 months ago
So.... How do I enable this?
TheVisualEffectsGuy 8 months ago
What, lights? I don't get it... it looks the same old Gmod/Source to me...
fiddlebender88 9 months ago 2
@fiddlebender88 Notice that when he hovered it over a bright surface, the cube got brighter. It did not get brighter due to there being more lighting, but because more light was reflected onto the cube from this surface.
layzergun 9 months ago
Is this functionality built into Source or did you somehow write it yourself?
(Has never written a mod or anything before)
sttate 9 months ago 7
that's gmod, right? how could I get this to work?
MaxOfS2D 9 months ago
Seems to update kinda slow
Einhanderkiller 9 months ago 21
Why the FUCK isn't this in portal 2?
xalener 9 months ago
@xalener
Because it doesn't work with projectors. It theoretically can't. Projectors aren't real lights.
PelPix 9 months ago
@PelPix Well Projectors aren't used everywhere.
Gammerman12 8 months ago