Light fog

Hi people,

I'm a newbie to real time / interactive 3D and I'm wondering if there is a way to, or if anyone has an example of producing light fog for a realtime architectural environment.

Is there a shader that can do this ? maybe something like an x-ray shader but in reverse ?

Any thoughts, tips are much appreciated.

Thanks,

Jared

 

Hi Aras,

"Most often light beaks are made by just creating partially transparent polygons, so that they sort of look like beams"

I thought of this but what would happen if the first person walked through it?

"Joe Schultz (Casemon on the forums here) has done a similar effect for The Late Call, I guess he could share some info."

I like the effect of these lights but am after more of the "dust in the light" especially for a daylight scene. Maybe a sprite type of particle field?

Cheers,

Jared.

 

Thanks,

I might do some tests with particles.

J.

 

In GooBall I made the light beam polygons fade out as the user looked along them (you can see it on the alien exit gates in the public demo).

For sunlight, fading them out usually works ok - you have a flare that kicks in as the user gets the sun onscreen

 

Hi nicholas,

Thanks for the tip. I've been playing Goo Ball for 2 hours now! What a catchy game!

J.