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Peter · Post by **Peter** » 03 Sep 2011, 01:49

A while ago Dele created a fog material for TS7.6
I don't have a link, sorry.
I wasn't satisfied that the shader didn't fade the shadowed portion of an object to the fog color.
So I took Dele's LE fog shader blocks and applied them in a different way to a Blinn shader I found in the library. Here is the result. Notice how the shadowed portion of the lower cylinder fades to the fog color as well as the lit part. Ths upper cylinder uses Dele's original shader.
The new shader has a minimum fog distance. Areas of an object closer to the viewer than this distance are unaffected by the fog.

I've attached the shader for those who'd like to use it. Let me know if it has any problems. I'm kind of inexperienced programming in the LE but I'll do my best.

Cayenne · Post by **Cayenne** » 03 Sep 2011, 11:25

Hi Peter , thanks downloaded but will be a few days till I get to look at it .

smart

regards
Paul

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 04 Oct 2011, 05:48

Cool! I'm really looking forward to trying it out! Do you have any tutorials or help file as to how to use it? I relatively new to trueSpace, but I love it's awesome lifetime renders. Thanks!

Peace bro =)

-Draise

Peter · Post by **Peter** » 04 Oct 2011, 22:44

Draise wrote:Cool! I'm really looking forward to trying it out! Do you have any tutorials or help file as to how to use it? I relatively new to trueSpace, but I love it's awesome lifetime renders. Thanks!

Peace bro =)

-Draise

To use it just apply to an object like a typical material. When you edit the material pull down the combo box under 'default' to go to the fog settings. Make the fog the same color as the background.
Adjust the Fog Dist numbers till it fades out at the desired distance from the camera view.
The 'Min' input makes the fog turn off completely when the distance is closer than a certain point.
The numbers you enter are by trial & error, but it takes just a few tries. The fog inputs are pictured in my first post.
Enjoy.

Jimmer · Post by **Jimmer** » 05 Oct 2011, 12:22

GREAT JOB !!!! Have not tried it, but it's something WorkSpace has
very, very badly needed.....

Peter · Post by **Peter** » 05 Oct 2011, 23:06

Jimmer wrote:GREAT JOB !!!! Have not tried it, but it's something WorkSpace has
very, very badly needed.....

Thanks.
Dele really deserves the credit. He wrote the original shader blocks for the WS.

Jimmer · Post by **Jimmer** » 06 Oct 2011, 12:42

Has anyone tried applying mutilple, (different) textures WITH fog, to a single object ? This might expose an issue with the fog.

Peter · Post by **Peter** » 08 Oct 2011, 20:06

Jimmer wrote:Has anyone tried applying mutilple, (different) textures WITH fog, to a single object ? This might expose an issue with the fog.

You mean like this?
(multiple fog materials on one mesh object)

It seems to work as expected. Is this what you meant?

Peter · Post by **Peter** » 15 Apr 2012, 18:07

I never really showed a good example of how this results.
Here is a scene in the workspace with the fog shader on all the objects.
I keep using the same sky, I know, but this is just a demo

Models were found around the internet. Sky is from parva.

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 15 Apr 2012, 18:49

Great image showing the use of it! =)

v3rd3 · Post by **v3rd3** » 15 Apr 2012, 21:39

Really nice work.

spacekdet · Post by **spacekdet** » 16 Apr 2012, 01:02

Orange fog.
Somewhere, Roman is smiling.
This could be a caliGallery winner!

trueBlue · Post by **trueBlue** » 16 Apr 2012, 03:16

Very nice Peter!

Peter · Post by **Peter** » 16 Apr 2012, 03:55

Thanks all. I'm sticking it in my "ideas folder"

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