VectorStorm is already a somewhat idealised version of vector graphics. That is, it’s taking the principles behind real-world classic vector graphics hardware, and is pushing a little beyond what ever actually existed. For example, VectorStorm supports hardware-accelerated transformations. It allows blending between two different colors along the length of a vector. And it supports rendering…
As is often the case, the actual problem turned out to be pretty silly; one of my offscreen buffers was set to GL_NEAREST instead of GL_LINEAR during an important copy. Someone remind me again why I enjoy programming? :) This still isn’t ready to go live yet; there are too many computers out there which…
Something very strange is going on with the bloom effect that I’ve been playing with, recently; here’s a really good screenshot of it. See how the glow seem to occur in little evenly-spaced circles along the length of the straight lines? That can’t possibly be correct.. Yay, shader debugging!
They say that bloom is the new lens flare. So I said to myself, who am I to fight Them? I mean, what with Their black helicopters and mind control rays and everything, I wouldn’t stand a chance.. This is still a work in progress; the code is based on the algorithms discussed at Philip…
As many have commented long before me, a blog’s first post is generally the worst one it will ever receive. It typically explains the purpose of the blog (which any reader visiting the site already knew), says a few bits and pieces about the author, enthuses about how frequent updates will be, and then closes…