SimSun Shader - Simulated directional light for models

[Graf Zahl]

2) The physical correct falloff is actually not to convert it to an angle. Light level should be "float lightLevel = clamp(dot(l,n), 0.0, 1.0);".

For a case like this, where it's only supposed to improve contrast, wouldn't it make sense to keep a certain amount of ambient light?, e.g.

float lightLevel = 0.4 + 0.6 * clamp(dot(l,n), 0.0, 1.0);

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[Cherno]

Thanks for the suggestions and help. If the shader is improved in any way by it, I am more than willing to change the code

[dpJudas]

For a case like this, where it's only supposed to improve contrast, wouldn't it make sense to keep a certain amount of ambient light?, e.g.

float lightLevel = 0.4 + 0.6 * clamp(dot(l,n), 0.0, 1.0);

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Yes, it would.

Overall doing this in the material shader is problematic anyway as it changes the base color that then in turn is used by dynamic lights. I created a lightlevelcontrast branch that does it at right point in the fragment shader. Currently it is applying it to everything (so walls and flats, too), but both contrast strength and which object types we want to apply it to could be configurable by changing the strength variable to an uniform. Or the uniform could be controlled by the texture, like the SimSun Shader is doing.

[Cherno]

Update:
SimSun 1.1
Corrected the lightdir shader variable so it now doesn't need an inverted z value.
Shifted the light level by 0.25 to lessen the amount of extremely dark areas.
Added a cube model to the TESTMAP.

See first post for the latest version.

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stupid question: is this mod (?) working fine with LZDoom?
edit answer: yes it works with LZDoom