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| author | x2048 <codeforsmile@gmail.com> | 2021-07-25 12:36:23 +0200 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2021-07-25 12:36:23 +0200 |
| commit | bf3acbf388406f736286d990adb5f35a9023c390 (patch) | |
| tree | 9fdff755e37253580c222ff768802a6b0170be10 /builtin | |
| parent | ff2d2a6e93d75d24b3f69f2b3690bcac6440961e (diff) | |
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Distribute shadow map update over multiple frames to reduce stutter (#11422)
Reduces stutter and freezes when playing.
* Maintains double SM and SM Color textures
* Light frustum update triggers incremental generation of shadow map into secondary 'future' textures.
* Every incremental update renders a portion of the shadow draw list (split equally).
* After defined number of frames (currently, 4), 'future' and 'current' textures are swapped, and DirectionalLight 'commits' the new frustum to use when rendering shadows on screen.
Co-authored-by: sfan5 <sfan5@live.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'builtin')
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/settingtypes.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/settingtypes.txt b/builtin/settingtypes.txt index 17843fac8..420e9d49c 100644 --- a/builtin/settingtypes.txt +++ b/builtin/settingtypes.txt @@ -618,11 +618,11 @@ shadow_filters (Shadow filter quality) enum 1 0,1,2 # On true translucent nodes cast colored shadows. This is expensive. shadow_map_color (Colored shadows) bool false - -# Set the shadow update time, in seconds. -# Lower value means shadows and map updates faster, but it consumes more resources. -# Minimum value: 0.001; maximum value: 0.2 -shadow_update_time (Map update time) float 0.2 0.001 0.2 +# Spread a complete update of shadow map over given amount of frames. +# Higher values might make shadows laggy, lower values +# will consume more resources. +# Minimum value: 1; maximum value: 16 +shadow_update_frames (Map shadows update frames) int 8 1 16 # Set the soft shadow radius size. # Lower values mean sharper shadows, bigger values mean softer shadows. |