Refraction
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I have a background image taking up the whole viewport and I want to render a 3D object atop it that performs refraction. I don't care about chromatic abberation, I just want to warp the background image.
I've seen this done places, but can't find a moronically simple demo in C++.
I think I need cube maps for this?
I'm trying to achieve something like this:
clicky
see how the background is warped through the metaballs?
can anyone point me to a link or something?
Author
Yes,I realize there's probably a fragment shader going on...and I know how to use those. Could you be more specific?
I'm going thru the demo that generated the pic I posted, but it's sorta involved, and the shader is written in ASM type language - unfortunately, I'm only familiar with high level shader languages.
I'm going thru the demo that generated the pic I posted, but it's sorta involved, and the shader is written in ASM type language - unfortunately, I'm only familiar with high level shader languages.
Quote:Original post by Anonymous Poster
i beleive your looking for fragment shaders (aka pixel shaders)
I believe the anonymous poster is right. Actually, the demo that generated the picture you linked to gives a good example. I doubt it will get any simpler than that demo. You'll need a good graphics card though.
Tom
edit: sorry, you posted while I was writing...
Author
Yeah, I'm deep in the code now with a 6800.
I guess I'll have to figure it out from this...thanks.
I guess I'll have to figure it out from this...thanks.
It's actually a pretty simple concept. You store the background image in a cubemap, then instead of using the eye vector to look up the cubemap, you perturb the eye vector based on the normal of the surface, the index of refraction, and snell's law, then use the new vector as the lookup into the cube map. If you want to extend this, you can also add fresnel effects.
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My biggest problem is getting the cube map working.
(Sorry, I don't know the source tag).
.....
then later, before I render I call
there are no errors on the texture upload and the data seems to be fine.
however, when I sample the texture in the fragment shader I get black.
So, somehow the the texture isn't making it to the board?
If i don't use a shader and just enable(GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_ARB), I get the object untextured.
...I can't believe I can't use a cube map.
any ideas?
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[Edited by - _the_phantom_ on June 29, 2005 6:51:36 PM]
(Sorry, I don't know the source tag).
GreecePosX = g_pTextureMgr->LoadImageRec("C:\\Images\\GreeceCubeMap\\GreecePX.png"); GreeceNegX = g_pTextureMgr->LoadImageRec("C:\\Images\\GreeceCubeMap\\GreeceNX.png"); GreecePosY = g_pTextureMgr->LoadImageRec("C:\\Images\\GreeceCubeMap\\GreecePY.png"); GreeceNegY = g_pTextureMgr->LoadImageRec("C:\\Images\\GreeceCubeMap\\GreeceNY.png"); GreecePosZ = g_pTextureMgr->LoadImageRec("C:\\Images\\GreeceCubeMap\\GreecePZ.png"); GreeceNegZ = g_pTextureMgr->LoadImageRec("C:\\Images\\GreeceCubeMap\\GreeceNZ.png"); glGenTextures(1,&M_iTexName); glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_ARB, M_iTexName); glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_ARB, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE); glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_ARB, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE); glTexImage2D( GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_X_ARB, 0, 4, GreecePosX->sizeX, GreecePosX->sizeY, 0, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, GreecePosX->data); GLint err = 0; err = glGetError(); glTexImage2D( GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_NEGATIVE_X_ARB, 0, 4, GreeceNegX->sizeX, GreeceNegX->sizeY, 0, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, GreeceNegX->data); err = glGetError(); glTexImage2D( GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_Y_ARB, 0, 4, GreecePosY->sizeY, GreecePosY->sizeY, 0, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, GreecePosY->data); err = glGetError(); glTexImage2D( GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_NEGATIVE_Y_ARB, 0, 4, GreeceNegY->sizeX, GreeceNegY->sizeY, 0, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, GreeceNegY->data); glTexImage2D( GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_Z_ARB, 0, 4, GreecePosZ->sizeX, GreecePosZ->sizeY, 0, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, GreecePosZ->data); glTexImage2D( GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_NEGATIVE_Z_ARB, 0, 4, GreeceNegZ->sizeX, GreeceNegZ->sizeY, 0, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, GreeceNegZ->data); glDisable(GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_ARB);.....
then later, before I render I call
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_ARB, M_iTexName);glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_ARB);there are no errors on the texture upload and the data seems to be fine.
however, when I sample the texture in the fragment shader I get black.
So, somehow the the texture isn't making it to the board?
If i don't use a shader and just enable(GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_ARB), I get the object untextured.
...I can't believe I can't use a cube map.
any ideas?
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[Edited by - _the_phantom_ on June 29, 2005 6:51:36 PM]
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nvm, I didn't declare the uniform cubeSampler in the vertex program (only in the fragment program) so I suppose the compiler threw it away.
It sorta works now.
It sorta works now.
That actually brings up an interesting question. I know with, say, water in half life 2 and such, their refraction doesnt bother with a cubemap, i remember seeing something describing it something like this:
1. Render underwater with the water plane as a clip plane
2. render normals (or some kind of perturbation values) into a texture for the water
3. render this somehow perturbing texture coordinates with the perturbation values
how do they deal with the perturbation values?
thanks
cheers
-Dan
1. Render underwater with the water plane as a clip plane
2. render normals (or some kind of perturbation values) into a texture for the water
3. render this somehow perturbing texture coordinates with the perturbation values
how do they deal with the perturbation values?
thanks
cheers
-Dan
There's an example shader in glsl for a reflection/refraction effect in RenderMonkey. You might like to have a look at how it's done.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
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