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Old 02-15-2007, 04:40 PM   #21
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[edit] Dynamic lighting and shadowing 2

A new dynamic lighting and shadow mapping system is being developed for Source, replacing the somewhat limp existing system.[2] [3] It will launch with the various other new Source features with Half-Life 2: Episode Two, expected to be released Q3 2007.

this may be what i read. it was to release with HL2 EP2
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Old 02-15-2007, 04:43 PM   #22
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it's about time they upgraded the shadowing system, it's really crummy as it is now. i remember playing hl2 for the first time and thinking there was something wrong with the settings, so much horrible was the shadowing system
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Old 02-15-2007, 04:54 PM   #23
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Yeah, shadows look so bad in Source that we're considering disabling them entirely until Valve releases Ep2 (and hopefully an SDK update soon after). I mean, not only do they look bad, they often project in ways totally contrary to the percieved lighting in the scene.
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Old 02-15-2007, 05:16 PM   #24
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That planar laziness that is source shadows are projected in 1 direction, usually the skybox source (or whatever the 'master' lighting is)

As such yes, it doesn't change from room to room at all
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Old 02-16-2007, 03:47 PM   #25
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Source is made to be constantly updated not rebuilt time after time like Unreal.
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Old 02-18-2007, 05:41 AM   #26
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Well there is "base source engine 2.gcf" that appeared at the time Episode One was released...
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