Relighting v4.0165b - blurry shadows w/ rlassets

[cosmos10040]

Works pretty good on delta touch. In Tricks and traps, in the room with the cyber-demon and hell knights it slowed down to a crawl as they all threw their fireballs at the same time

[Hey Doomer_]

Works pretty good on delta touch. In Tricks and traps, in the room with the cyber-demon and hell knights it slowed down to a crawl as they all threw their fireballs at the same time

I'll think on that, thanks. Most likely this is the size and/or number of dynamic lights.

[Hey Doomer_]

WIWO

v4.013b

11/17 - fixed reading GLDEFS objects and colors - Some colors are missing or incorrectly formatted in mod GLDEFS... this routine simplifies parsing, corrects for errors, and ensures a one-to-one object-color relationship i.e. no VM aborts.
11/18 - added skewness correction for minimum area - When there are a disproportionate number of smaller sectors that would receive light sources, this corrects the lower sector size limit for those maps and improves performance. (No need to tweak settings!)
11/18 - clamped missile lights (Cvar) -During battles with multiple missiles, this clamps missile dynamic lights to 3 per sector (can be set with a Cvar). Significantly improves performance.
11/18 - added pulsing lights based on perceived color brightness - Cool is all. Also these lights don't create significant shadow maps.


As usual bug fixes, some of which improve performance. Load times have not been affected by the above (skewness is a simple calculation).

https://i.postimg.cc/wTyXRB63/v4-013b-preview.gif

Still working on performance issues; I have a few untested improvement ideas. In the above the framerate drops to 60 to 100 in a few spots... but this is better with default settings.

Finally I'll be looking at lighting options in sectors before release that will not affect performance at all. Should have a release in the next few days.

Thanks for all your interest and comments!

[cosmos10040]

I can't wait for the updates! But I need it now lol I was using beautiful doom with relighting and codefx, when using the plasma gun secondary function which is a beam, it slows to a crawl, I notice intense light from the gun, sometimes the chaingun too.

[Dan_The_Noob]

WIWO

v4.013b

11/17 - fixed reading GLDEFS objects and colors - Some colors are missing or incorrectly formatted in mod GLDEFS... this routine simplifies parsing, corrects for errors, and ensures a one-to-one object-color relationship i.e. no VM aborts.
11/18 - added skewness correction for minimum area - When there are a disproportionate number of smaller sectors that would receive light sources, this corrects the lower sector size limit for those maps and improves performance. (No need to tweak settings!)
11/18 - clamped missile lights (Cvar) -During battles with multiple missiles, this clamps missile dynamic lights to 3 per sector (can be set with a Cvar). Significantly improves performance.
11/18 - added pulsing lights based on perceived color brightness - Cool is all. Also these lights don't create significant shadow maps.

can you add a "reset to defaults" option for settings?

also, unrelated but do you have any newer versions of Flankers/Ambushers laying about?
I tried it a while back, but it causes a lot of enemies to have that shader conflict I had the other day when they are "invisible".
also they didn't seem to be flanking or ambushing if paired with universal AI mod. (though, i suspect that's just how it goes)

[kalensar]

WIWO

v4.013b

11/17 - fixed reading GLDEFS objects and colors - Some colors are missing or incorrectly formatted in mod GLDEFS... this routine simplifies parsing, corrects for errors, and ensures a one-to-one object-color relationship i.e. no VM aborts.
11/18 - added skewness correction for minimum area - When there are a disproportionate number of smaller sectors that would receive light sources, this corrects the lower sector size limit for those maps and improves performance. (No need to tweak settings!)
11/18 - clamped missile lights (Cvar) -During battles with multiple missiles, this clamps missile dynamic lights to 3 per sector (can be set with a Cvar). Significantly improves performance.
11/18 - added pulsing lights based on perceived color brightness - Cool is all. Also these lights don't create significant shadow maps.

can you add a "reset to defaults" option for settings?

also, unrelated but do you have any newer versions of Flankers/Ambushers laying about?
I tried it a while back, but it causes a lot of enemies to have that shader conflict I had the other day when they are "invisible".
also they didn't seem to be flanking or ambushing if paired with universal AI mod. (though, i suspect that's just how it goes)

UEAI can cause VM ABort Crashes. The problem has never been resolved and I tried fixing it myself too, but to no avail. Also it's version of AI control will override anything that sits above it in the load order. Its a one size fits all for AI enhancement, and also Doom's limited ability to implement such tactics is partially to blame too.

[Dan_The_Noob]

UEAI can cause VM ABort Crashes. The problem has never been resolved and I tried fixing it myself too, but to no avail. Also it's version of AI control will override anything that sits above it in the load order. Its a one size fits all for AI enhancement, and also Doom's limited ability to implement such tactics is partially to blame too.

oh huh. that might be the crash i keep getting, though i haven't played anything with it specifically since it doesn't really do much. hence the flankers/ambushers.

[Hey Doomer_]

Working on better sector lighting:

https://i.postimg.cc/6Q2dVkkr/e1m1-sector-lighting.gif

This has no performance hit. Note the light switch on the door working and gradient light levels on walls (left side of the same sector is slightly brighter). This is linked to the Holy Grail of sector lighting, gradient staircase lighting:

https://i.postimg.cc/gk1RzSXr/Screensho ... 025954.png

Crude and still testing, but this has no performance hit. In the WorldLoaded function each sidedef is checked to see what light falls on it and the Side light is adjusted relative to sector light. That's it. Simple and obvious.

The previous version of Relighting used sensor actors and light sources actors updated in real time. This approach is very similar except lights are more or less backed into sides when the world is loaded; since the only time a sector light changes is when a door is opened or a missile passes through, those are the coded exceptions. All Specials remain the same, unlike the old version. Should have something shortly.

[Hey Doomer_]

Just uploaded v4.013b.

Many bug fixes improving performance and waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much tweaking to understand how all of this interacts for my own benefit. This mod changes many, many things at the same time. Sidedef lighting is interesting as can be noted in the E2M2 green marble room with the columns and darkened corners. I was surprised when I saw that.

What doesn't work: 3d slope shadows.

Note there is a "Reset to Defaults" option at the bottom of the Settings menu.

Thanks for your interest!!

Please let me know what you think!

[Dan_The_Noob]

Just uploaded v4.013b.

got a crash on launching.

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Called from hd_relighting_EventHandler.WorldLoaded at relighting v4.013b.pk3:zscript/hd_relighting.zs, line 550

Execution could not continue.

VM execution aborted: array access out of bounds. Size = 1, current index = 1

seems like array is starting at 1 rather than 0, maybe?

[cosmos10040]

VM execution aborted: array access out of bounds. Size = 1, current index = 1

Called from hd_relighting_EventHandler.WorldLoaded at relighting v4.013b.pk3:zscript/hd_relighting.zs, line 564

I got a crash too. Maybe the same as Dan's error.

[Hey Doomer_]

VM execution aborted: array access out of bounds. Size = 1, current index = 1

Called from hd_relighting_EventHandler.WorldLoaded at relighting v4.013b.pk3:zscript/hd_relighting.zs, line 564

I got a crash too. Maybe the same as Dan's error.

Hotfix posted. Are you running the same mod, I wonder?

I'm going to have to rework the GLDEFS reading routine again. I didn't get any errors on my end with a dozen different mods, but there's still a lot of variation.

[Keldyn]

That got it going. Many thanks for the hotfix!

[Dan_The_Noob]

Hotfix posted. Are you running the same mod, I wonder?

I'm going to have to rework the GLDEFS reading routine again. I didn't get any errors on my end with a dozen different mods, but there's still a lot of variation.

it's working now i think, though the load time is back to 10+ seconds. did you work off an older version or something?

[cosmos10040]

VM execution aborted: array access out of bounds. Size = 1, current index = 1

Called from hd_relighting_EventHandler.WorldLoaded at relighting v4.013b.pk3:zscript/hd_relighting.zs, line 564

I got a crash too. Maybe the same as Dan's error.

Hotfix posted. Are you running the same mod, I wonder?

I'm going to have to rework the GLDEFS reading routine again. I didn't get any errors on my end with a dozen different mods, but there's still a lot of variation.

Works great and no loading issues on my part. I was running with same mods as before.