Aspectratio, metallic effect

[kevin[be]]

Hi, I've got a few questions

1. When I create a device sized (1920, 1080) (which is 16:9), should I set the aspect ratio of my camera also at 16:9? When I do so, the view is deformed.

2. I want a nicer representation of red sphere's, so I'm looking for a 'metallic glow effect', but I can't create it using shaders. Any idea's?

3. When I run a infinite loop (while (...) {}, like the one in irrlicht) on my first computer, task manager indicates only 50% cpu usage. It's not a dual core. When I run it on another computer, with xp professional (the first one has xp basic) , 100% CPU usage is indicated. Am I missing something? :p

Thanks in advance

[hybrid]

Yes, use 16:9 ratio. Maybe you did something wrong?
The effect should also be possible with specular highlights, but works much better with per-pixel lighting. there are hundreds of shaders of this kind available.
I guess it's HyperThreading.

[vitek]

When I do so, the view is deformed.

Sounds like you're doing something wrong. Are you using integer math? You should be able to write camera->setAspectRatio(16.f / 9);, or more generically, you could use the following code.

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  core::rect<s32> viewPort = driver->getViewPort(); 
  camera->setAspectRatio(1.f * viewPort.getWidth() / viewPort.getHeight()); 

Travis

[kevin[be]]

Thanks guys

[m_krzywy]

Thanks.