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Anon turns on raytracing (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 days ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] stom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

trust the lighting would work in a life-like manner

Ah we've had raytracing for a long time already, and you can download something like Blender and play around with it yourself. You'll quickly discover that just because it conforms to some real-world principles (and works in a reliable manner) doesn't mean it's a magic tool that Just Works and immediately makes anything look good.

You still have to setup your world lighting (point/sun lights, skyboxes, emissive materials, whatever), adjust it to get the look you want, and your hardware requirement for testing this are now increased.

Raytracing is nice because it can make things look even better, not because it replaces parts of the workflow.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

you still need to setup your world lighting

That was the locus of my misunderstanding. Thanks for explaining!