area shadows

Adjustable Area Shadows (viewport low-res pictures). Correct overlapping shadows - something which is not possible with actual algorithms like Nvidia PCSS. 

more pictures and movies soon


default crysis shadows



     another test with overlapping



larger area shadows. Notice how the teapot handle cast sharp shadow - how it's supposed to. Objects should cast sharp shadows on closer  objects and soft or very soft on farther surfaces



some older tests




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  1. ComputronFebruary 19, 2012 at 12:59 PM

    That's pretty cool. Does it work at least higher than 1 fps? Any plans to release this to the public?

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  2. sebastianFebruary 24, 2012 at 4:34 AM

    They are very slow and only for rendering. But a good workflow would be to work with the normal shadows and turn on area shadows only at the final render.
    I will add details about this at a later date.

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  3. ComputronJuly 20, 2012 at 6:20 PM

    Any news? I would love to know how this is done.

    I had a idea and tried laying out a grid of low res shadow casting lights to get area shadows as a form of indirect-shadowing/illumination for this Crysis 2 indoor scene.

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  4. sebastianJuly 23, 2012 at 6:43 AM

    Interesting. Good results. But can you select the shadow resolution of particular selected lights ?

    About my solution - I will talk about that later. I have to finish something first.

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  5. gboxentertainmentAugust 23, 2013 at 5:33 AM

    Hi, have you got any more updates? What method are you using for this?

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