It Gets Even More Complex

[Fingernail]

http://www.doom3world.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=8255

 

Interesting. No more plastic look to everything...skin can be more realistic etc. etc.

 

We could implement this, but it would take time and is not priority. It's much more work than the Bloom shader would be, but the results really are more realistic.

[sparhawk]

I don't see the point there. Glossiness? For lipgloss? How would it make the skin look more realistic?

 

I can see our Thief hiding in the sahdows. Suddenly a guard appears."What's that sparkling over there behind the crates?" Goes investigating "AAAAAHHHH! He blinded me with his lipgloss! Quick! Run! It's The Lipblinding Thief!"

[Fingernail]

You didn't understand then. Did you read the explanations of what it actually does?

[sparhawk]

Not everything. But you can give me a quick overview, so I don't have to read everything just to know what it does. In my understanding it just adds a gloss to a texture. Similar to a lightmap. Right?

[DeepOmega]

With specular highlights, there are two variables. One is color/brightness - this is an RGB value, and is portrayed in the specular map. The other is glossiness, which controles how "tight" the specular looks. Compare the highlights on a glass cop to the highlights on a piece of plastic. The glass has very sharp, very small highlights - it is much, much glossier.

[New Horizon]

This could come in handy for the loot textures to control how well they stand out from other objects.

[sparhawk]

That would make sense. We could give it a slight bloom, so it stands out a little bit. But not so much that it really looks that much different.

[New Horizon]

Mmmm, subtle. I like it. Not like T3 Loot flares.

[sparhawk]

I don't know if we can do it like this, but my idea would be to make it so subtle that you don't even register it consciously. The best thing would be if, you just think "That could be loot" but you don't really know why you think that. Unless you directly compare two images.

[New Horizon]

I think it should be possible. If I understand this process correctly..it just allows control over how sharp the shinyness of an objects texture is. This could allow for junk to be made to look much more dull and the loot to have a much clearer sheen. If I'm understanding correctly that is.

[Renzatic]

I don't know if we can do it like this, but my idea would be to make it so subtle that you don't even register it consciously. The best thing would be if, you just think "That could be loot" but you don't really know why you think that. Unless you directly compare two images.

You register what you see in a game and what you see in reality a bit differently, Spar. Gloss effects similar to the one described above are everywhere, you simply don't pay attention to it because you see it everytime you open your eyes. But if you slap it ingame it's a totally new effect and it draws attention to itself. Even if it were used in a totally realistic sense it'd stand out simply because you're not used to seeing it.

 

Glossmaps definately have a use.

[oDDity]

Glossmaps will not help with lootglow. Metal has a low glossiness anyway, which is the default in Doom. The amount of sheen is still controlled by the spec map.