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19-04-2006
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So, i'll write a photon mapper! Yay :attn:
but, yes, again from scratch. But the first render I post will be photon mapped. No flat colors or anything- photon mapping all the way baby!
now... how to format my integration, cosine weighting, or not? or how should I sample my BRDF model? lol! Just what I have to deal with :p
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23-04-2006
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Ill start writing my photon mapper when the book comes in.. until then :zzz:
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25-04-2006
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Well done. You have shown others theres more to the CG Game that modelling and texturing. You have done some outstanding work and have shown what can be done when you apply yourself
Have you thought about it being used as Freeware, Shareware or Marketing for purchasing?
Again a great job
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25-04-2006
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Have'nt seen u around in a while though, Ransid!
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26-04-2006
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Still invloved with Environment modelling for the Etherea: Dark Genesis Game.
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27-04-2006
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Well, I decided to ditch the tut and start completly from scratch with a book on Photon Mapping and some new techniques:
Octress- and then KD-Trees (acceleration structures that, when built well, can reduce the number of triangels tested per ray to three)
Also, I will actually be working with OOP (object orientated Programming) which will actually involve:
class hierarchies
class functions
etc...
More complicated, but allows for a simpler code and I will be able to add features (like photon mapping) easily, and with relatively no pain.
So here I go, wish me luck
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28-04-2006
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C++ the joys
. The Only OOP I ever dabbled in was with VB, but I have done some Perl in my time 
Good Luck & Godspeed. Keep us all posted on how you get on.
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Sine Functions are Fun!
the functions is:
red: 128+128*(sine(x/16)*sine(y/16))
green: 128+128*(sine(x/4)*sine(y/4))
blue: 128+128*(cosine(x/8)*cosine(y/8))
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this one is acheived by adding -128*(logarithm(x*y)/2) to the end of each color
I quite like it
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LOL
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Put it in polar mode and use this equation.
44cos(444feta)
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I am going to start a maya->indigo exporter soon.
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I'm too working on a renderer I've made for my animation so it can render faster that maya's (with my maya it takes like one hour for 30sec)
And btw I'm 13 years old too :attn: .
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