It appears shadow maps do not appear despite the fact i have a version of opengl that can support them, that version being 4.2.
is there an explaination for this?
dont mind the glitchy hud its just the recording software.
[Help] Shadow maps not appearing
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Contrary to popular belief, we are not all-knowing-all-seeing magical beings!
If you want help you're going to have to provide lots of info. Like what is your hardware, what is your operating system, what version of GZDoom/LZDoom/whatever you're using, what mods you're loading, how you're loading it, what you've already tried for fixing the problem, and anything else that is even remotely relevant to the problem.
We can't magically figure out what it is if you're going to be vague, and if we feel like you're just wasting our time with guessing games we will act like that's what you're really doing and won't help you.
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Graf Zahl
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Re: [Help] Shadow maps not appearing
It's probably because your version of OpenGL does not support all features for them. What's your OS and graphics hardware?
This requires features from GL 4.4 which may be supported through extensions on older versions but are not guaranteed.
This requires features from GL 4.4 which may be supported through extensions on older versions but are not guaranteed.
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Gorman Frebmane
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Re: [Help] Shadow maps not appearing
Something along the lines of this:
System info:
Renderer: AMD Radeon HD 5450
Adapter RAM: 1024MB
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Processor: Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q6600 2.40GHz, Conroe, Family 6h, Model: fh, Stepping: bh
System info:
Renderer: AMD Radeon HD 5450
Adapter RAM: 1024MB
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Processor: Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q6600 2.40GHz, Conroe, Family 6h, Model: fh, Stepping: bh
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Graf Zahl
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Re: [Help] Shadow maps not appearing
The card can do it but apparently you are not using the latest driver for it, because that should support OpenGL 4.4.
Be prepared for some disappointment, though: That hardware is nowhere near powerful enough to handle shadowmaps.
I had been using a Geforce 550Ti which is a lot more powerful until earlier this year and even on that card I could barely use the shadowmaps. Even on the lowest possible settings they caused frequent lag on medium sized maps or when the BFG was fired.
Be prepared for some disappointment, though: That hardware is nowhere near powerful enough to handle shadowmaps.
I had been using a Geforce 550Ti which is a lot more powerful until earlier this year and even on that card I could barely use the shadowmaps. Even on the lowest possible settings they caused frequent lag on medium sized maps or when the BFG was fired.
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Gorman Frebmane
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Re: [Help] Shadow maps not appearing
Guess i am downloading the latest one then.