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Phong shading (specular) clips with shadows
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Description

It appears that shadows clip out phong reflection (specular reflection of the sun)
on vehicle windows/glass.

To clarify: Shadows that are behind the phong shading/in the vehicle clip out the phong reflection. {F20760}

Details

Legacy ID
757174211
Severity
None
Resolution
Open
Reproducibility
Always
Category
Visual-Vehicles
Steps To Reproduce

-Load up editor
-Place down a vehicle with windows and start the mission in clear daylight
-line up the vehicle so the windows reflect the sun
-You will most likely see that the shadows clip out the phong shading (specular reflection of the sun)

Additional Information

Top Picture: No shadow and phong reflections look great!
Bottom Picture: Shadows enabled and clipping can be seen..

Event Timeline

Thumtac edited Steps To Reproduce. (Show Details)Jul 10 2013, 5:19 AM
Thumtac edited Additional Information. (Show Details)
Thumtac set Category to Visual-Vehicles.
Thumtac set Reproducibility to Always.
Thumtac set Severity to None.
Thumtac set Resolution to Open.
Thumtac set Legacy ID to 757174211.May 7 2016, 3:23 PM
MadDogX added a subscriber: MadDogX.May 7 2016, 3:23 PM

Mass closing ancient tickets with no activity for > 12 months; assume fixed or too trivial.

If this issue is still relevant in current dev build, please re-post.