[REQ] Exit Portals

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[REQ] Exit Portals

Post by okazaky » Mon Jun 11, 2007 10:42 pm

I think that exit portals would be a very nice feature for upcoming indigo versions. They help to get a much nicer lighting for interior scenes and moreover they decrease the rendertimes ;)

Here is some information about the usage of exit portals in fryrender:
http://fryrender.com/sh_images/tuts/fil ... ortals.pdf

Best regards (and please keep up the great work :wink:)
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Post by Maluminas » Mon Jun 11, 2007 11:49 pm

I agree with that :D

Since indigo has no 3D scene editor, the setup would be done inside the modeler and the portal designated with the portal tag by the exporter.

Lets say if an object has a certain material no-one usually uses like completely black with no reflection, the exporter interprets it as a portal and tags it accordingly in the scene file for indigo to use.

Just some thoughts :)

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Post by Anthony » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:52 am

:shock:
It wasn't really discussed there at all was it? I didn't see any posts about exit portals. In the 0.8 stable thread it was looked at a bit, but who cares. There are no specific threads about it (I think) Yay for exit portals

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Post by CTZn » Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:50 am

Disscussed a bit here too:

http://www.indigorenderer.com/joomla/fo ... c&start=45

I'm not sure I understand...
obsolete asset

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Post by OnoSendai » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:09 am

Yup, I think I know how to implement exit portals, so I will have a crack at them soon probably.

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Post by Marcofly » Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:34 am

that's a very good new, Ono!

looking forward to see the next surprises!! :wink:

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Post by CTZn » Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:36 am

Portal's key ?
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Post by Maluminas » Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:45 am

Yay! Indigo will have like a 5x speed increase :lol: If we haven't beaten Maxwell speed-wise yet (have we?) we surely will now if you can implement it (and i have no doubt you can :wink: ).

I cant wait ^.^

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Post by okazaky » Mon Jun 18, 2007 4:35 am

Cooool!
I'm really looking forward for the next release :D

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Post by Kram1032 » Mon Jun 18, 2007 8:21 am

@Maluminas:
In certain points, we have, I think :D

yay, highspeed indooring 8)

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Post by filippo » Wed Jun 20, 2007 7:13 am

good idea!!! :D
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Post by Anthony » Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:51 pm

I'm starting to think that ono is actually Superman.

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Post by suvakas » Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:45 pm

Anthony wrote:I'm starting to think that ono is actually Superman.
Cool!
Then I've seen all his movies when i was young. 8)

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Post by OnoSendai » Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:56 pm

Heh, wait until I actually code it before thanking me guys :)

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