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Re: Some details set straight
Posted By: Mantra <kure@mindspring.com>Date: 7/2/00 9:34 p.m.

In Response To: Some details set straight (jeremedia)


> 4: About the ship's shadow (and all terrain shadows)... Remember
> the Halo engine got its start as the Myth engine. (Myth map
> makers see right away how similar the world making process looks
> to be.) These same kind of shadows are created in real time in
> the Myth engine. These shadow maps darken only the underlying
> texture map that makes up the "ground". No Halo movie
> has shown shadows thrown onto polygons of any type (scenery or
> inside buildings). As an aside here, check out the shadow error
> of the dead, needled-gunned marine at 00:05:15 through 00:05:18.
> He looks as if he is floating, as his shadow is offset from his
> prone body considerably.

The shadows in Myth are not created in real time. The shadows of units and projectiles are sprites. The shadows of terrain features and (i think) static models are added during the map editing process. I'm guessing that animated models use sprites too.

Mantra

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     Some details set straightjeremedia 7/2/00 12:37 p.m.
           Re: Some details set straightMantra 7/2/00 9:34 p.m.
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