POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.programming : fog flag to fade to sky_sphere/background color : Re: fog flag to fade to sky_sphere/background color Server Time
19 Apr 2024 08:24:24 EDT (-0400)
  Re: fog flag to fade to sky_sphere/background color  
From: scott
Date: 7 Jun 2013 09:32:12
Message: <51b1e0dc$1@news.povray.org>
>> Would there be much interest in adding a flag to the fog object that
>> uses the scene background colour (eg from sky_sphere or background) as
>> fog_color rather than a constant?
>
> A while back I wrote an SDL version of something similar to what you're talking
> about, sans background support (which wouldn't have made much sense). Using it
> is... not very easy. Every object taking part in the fog has to have its texture
> wrapped in a special macro. The camera position needs to be tracked. Creating
> and/or converting sky pigments requires special macros. It could easily become a
> nightmare when trying to combine it with other scene-management-intensive
> activities like texture baking.
>
> So yeah, I'd be interested :)

Sample images are in p.b.i


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