View Full Version : Specular Mapping in the Lighting Equation
03-19-2008, 06:14 AM
I was wondering what is the correct lighting equation for use with specular mapping ? I'm using something like this but the specularity doesn't seem to be too correct :
AmbientLight * DiffuseTexture
+DiffuseLight * DiffuseTexture
Also, where's the best place to compute the half angle ? vertex or pixel shader ?
03-19-2008, 06:37 AM
What does the specular map store?
If it is for approximating pow(), then your equation looks correct.
I have always computed half angle vector in the VS.
03-19-2008, 02:01 PM
Good question, I thought it was either the specular color or the shining exponent used in pow, but I'm not really sure what it is.
As a note, I already compute
SpecularLight=pow( max( 0.0, n_dot_h),shinyness);
Do you use that same equation in your specular mapping shader and everything looks ok ?
03-19-2008, 05:30 PM
Yes, except I don`t want pow to be called if value is 0.0 because it was causing to return some positive value on certain driver.
float n_dot_h= dot(halflight, normal);
if(dotproduct > 0.0)
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