right then. make a vector from the light position to the vertex and normalize. dot it with the light direction. if it's outside cos(cutoff) then don't light it. if not, dot the light angle with the normal. the result is the luminance of the vertex. clamp to 0,1. i don't need anything past that (oh the joys of cel-shading).
of course, it's probably miles off - i've just been combining directional and positional lighting theories plus a little (and i do mean little) trig.
thanks in advance
EDIT: wrong url
[edited by - MENTAL on April 20, 2003 6:30:26 PM]
Spotlight theory
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Right then. i think i've got it sorted. The big red thing is the light, the big red arrow is the light direction, and the dark red lines are the cut-off angle. The blue thing is the vertex position and normal.
right then. make a vector from the light position to the vertex and normalize. dot it with the light direction. if it's outside cos(cutoff) then don't light it. if not, dot the light angle with the normal. the result is the luminance of the vertex. clamp to 0,1. i don't need anything past that (oh the joys of cel-shading).
of course, it's probably miles off - i've just been combining directional and positional lighting theories plus a little (and i do mean little) trig.
thanks in advance
EDIT: wrong url
[edited by - MENTAL on April 20, 2003 6:30:26 PM]
right then. make a vector from the light position to the vertex and normalize. dot it with the light direction. if it's outside cos(cutoff) then don't light it. if not, dot the light angle with the normal. the result is the luminance of the vertex. clamp to 0,1. i don't need anything past that (oh the joys of cel-shading).
of course, it's probably miles off - i've just been combining directional and positional lighting theories plus a little (and i do mean little) trig.
thanks in advance
EDIT: wrong url
[edited by - MENTAL on April 20, 2003 6:30:26 PM]
Hey, great art you have there... 
But your algo sounds OK, if I got it right. You might want to add some fadeout towards the spot cutoff ? Here''s the typical pseudo code for spotlights:
s = light_to_vertex_normalized DOT spot_light_direction_normalized
if( s < cos(cutoff) ) return
spot_factor = pow(s, spot_light_exponent)
final_intensity = (N dot vertex_to_light_normalized) * spot_factor
But your algo sounds OK, if I got it right. You might want to add some fadeout towards the spot cutoff ? Here''s the typical pseudo code for spotlights:
s = light_to_vertex_normalized DOT spot_light_direction_normalized
if( s < cos(cutoff) ) return
spot_factor = pow(s, spot_light_exponent)
final_intensity = (N dot vertex_to_light_normalized) * spot_factor
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yeah, beats the crap out of your puny screenshots don''t it 
anyway, i was thinking about adding some fadeout (both for the cutoff and radius) but it looks a bit rubbishy when cel-shading (i tried it for positional lights, and imo it would look even worse for spotlights).
i just wanted to make sure the light angle dot normal bit was correct (the rest of it kinda made sense)
cheers
anyway, i was thinking about adding some fadeout (both for the cutoff and radius) but it looks a bit rubbishy when cel-shading (i tried it for positional lights, and imo it would look even worse for spotlights).
i just wanted to make sure the light angle dot normal bit was correct (the rest of it kinda made sense)
cheers
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