On the subject of Blender GI

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Many ideas have been floating around in my head about the touchy issue of GI in blender. Within reason, I think i can come up with a strategy for this.

FINISH SEMESTER

Summer Break (long interim period) {
In BF:
Overhaul the octree engine for irradience cache
Fix up bugs in irradience cache, get that committed, and be done with monte carlo path tracing.

In Tuhopuu:
Lay down groundwork for photon mapping engine.
}

FINISH NEXT SEMESTER

Winter Break {

In Tuhopuu:

build upon the groundwork laid down previously for photon mapping.
Finish photon mapping.
Perhaps get committed to bf.

Lay down groundwork for BlenderShade engine.
}

NEXT SEMESTER

When I have Time {
Build upon blendershade engine
finish.
get committed.

relax, and use blender.

}

:slight_smile:

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This isn’t really off topic you know :wink: IE: I’ll move it if you like

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great news f00f :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: like always, if you need someone to build windows builds fro testing, give me a yell.

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Ugh, put the brackets on the next line! Arg!

BAD:


void Noob() {
    NotCool();
}

GOOD:


void TheRightWay()
{
     Cool();
}

I’m kidding here, but seriously, reading code with brackets like that pisses me off. Ugh.

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Why is this an “issue” and why is it “touchy”? Isn’t it a great thing to improve Blender in any way that’s beneficial or useful?

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Why is this an “issue” and why is it “touchy”? Isn’t it a great thing to improve Blender in any way that’s beneficial or useful?[/quote]

he didn’t mean touchy like “its a delicate subject,” he meant it to be pronouced “tou shee” like someone’s buttocks.
its like an ass!

idk why i wrote that, just came to my head.

go luck with whatever you do.

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Touché!

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GI is short for ?

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gluteus illumination?

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Global illumination.

f00f - don’t u forget about distray! :slight_smile: I need glossy materials!

11

Oh… i thought it was senseless adjective day… rats. :slight_smile:

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In any case, nice to see you haven’t given up. Just take your time, and don’t burn yourself out :slight_smile:

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Sounds like there’s a long way to go for that. But I encourage you to try to get ahead and stay ahead of schedule. :slight_smile: