It would appear that there are many ways to do shadows in OpenGL, how do most games do shadows?
I'm looking for a way to do them using GLSL for multiple light sources preferably not using FBOs (I will use them if I have to).
What do you think is the best way to do shadows?
Best way to do shadows in opengl
Well i can think of 2 atm, shadow mapping and volumetric. Shadow mapping is simpler and fastest than the other one, but work only on a single plane, while volumetric work well for more complex scene, but are more hard to make. They may be more of course.
http://en.wikipedia..../Shadow_mapping
http://en.wikipedia....i/Shadow_volume
Nehe had some good tutorial on them.
http://en.wikipedia..../Shadow_mapping
http://en.wikipedia....i/Shadow_volume
Nehe had some good tutorial on them.
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Well i can think of 2 atm, shadow mapping and volumetric. Shadow mapping is simpler and fastest than the other one, but work only on a single plane, while volumetric work well for more complex scene, but are more hard to make. They may be more of course.
http://en.wikipedia..../Shadow_mapping
http://en.wikipedia....i/Shadow_volume
Nehe had some good tutorial on them.
I think shadow volumes would be more practical in this case, thanks.
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