XEffects - Reloaded - New Release (V 1.4)

[ison]

any chance of porting this amazing thing to irrlicht 1.8?

[robmar]

Anyone know if there is an updated download? Both these links are now expired.

[JunkerKun]

Is there any way to have only shadows and no lights? I mean like we have a circle from the flashlight and everything around it is shadowed. How can I make it to be lighten and keep shadows that would be inside of the circle?

Update:
Nevermind, I already edited the shader.

[ACE247]

Quick fix to anyone wanting to try this with Irr 1.8+
Modify the lines

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TexVar = 

in EffectCB.h
to add the '.f' after the value
so it for example looks like this

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TexVar = 1.f;

Seems to work well with OpenGL drivers.

[mongoose7]

But the declaration is

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irr::u32 TexVar

Shouldn't one really simply remove the irr::f32* casts?

[robmar]

or should it be irr::f32 TexVar = 1.f;

anyone know the link for the latest xeffects download?

[Nadro]

The best option is 'irr::s32 TexVar = 1;'

[robmar]

Under windows, using irrlich 1.7.3, trying to complile xeffects, its showing unnder VS 2010:

Run-Time Check Failure #0 - The value of ESP was not properly saved across a function call. This is usually a result of calling a function declared with one calling convention with a function pointer declared with a different calling convention.

Checked my call function settings, recompiled irrlicht, but no change.

[JunkerKun]

Under windows, using irrlich 1.7.3, trying to complile xeffects, its showing unnder VS 2010:

Run-Time Check Failure #0 - The value of ESP was not properly saved across a function call. This is usually a result of calling a function declared with one calling convention with a function pointer declared with a different calling convention.

Checked my call function settings, recompiled irrlicht, but no change.

I had this one too. The error may have many reasons, and I don't really remember how did I fix it in my case. Try to clean the solution and compile it anew.

[CuteAlien]

Most typical reason for this error is a mismatch of the headers and the library which are used. For example when you use new headers but at runtime an old dll is used.

[robmar]

Yes, sorted! I just had to edit the source and lib paths in the project updated from VS2008 to VS2010!

So well... I have XEffects 1.3 and the examples compiled and running, they all work fine.

Not sure that its even necessary to integrate them into Irrlicht at all... nice soft shadows and other effects, I have to say it looks good and works fast.

I note that the environmental reflections only do one reflection... they don´t reflect the reflection in the reflection, but then that would be a lot of iterative processing...

[dialNforNinja]

I found a site with what appears to be a live download link for some version of the package, but I've never heard of them and am reluctant to sign up for the site at least until I'm at the stage of my project where it's worth looking at effects packages - not to mention getting a throwaway email address to feed spammers. Still, better'n nothing, right?

http://en.pudn.com/downloads233/sourcec ... 44_en.html

[mongoose7]

Doesn't look like XEffects 1.3.

[JunkerKun]

I'm sure it was asked before, but I didn't really find any good answer.
Is there any way of making static shadows with this? Like, making a pre-calculated light source? I've been trying to make XEffects to save a texture it uses into another one, but it never worked right. Some help?

[Jmgr]

Hello fellow developers,

I have compiled the latest Irrlicht ( 1.8 ) and the latest XEffects version ( 1.3 ), but all the examples aren't rendered correctly.



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Irrlicht Engine version 1.8.0
Linux 3.8.0-19-generic #30-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 1 16:35:23 UTC 2013 x86_64
Creating X window...
Visual chosen: : 39
Using renderer: OpenGL 4.3.0
NVS 5200M/PCIe/SSE2: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL driver version is 1.2 or better.
Dedicated video memory (kB): 1047872
Total video memory (kB): 1048576
Available video memory (kB): 918408
GLSL version: 4.3
...
Could not open file of texture: XEFFECTS_SM_512
XEffects: Please ignore previous warning, it is harmless.
 

Does someone have any idea what could be the problem?

OS: Linux Mint 15 (Ubuntu 13.04)