Rob's and Halo's Normal Map Demos - where to get?

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Kryzon (Posted 2007) [#1]

Greetings everyone :) I was looking at some old threads and I came to realize about some "Normal Map demos", one made by the user Rob, and the other one by Halo. I don't seem to be able to find them (though using Google and the Search engine here) , and i was wondering if somebody could guide me to somewhere I could download them. Thanks in advance. Cya :)

Kryzon (Posted 2007) [#2]

I've read that Rob's demo was on his signature, but it isn't anymore, so, does anybody know where i can find it?

boomboom (Posted 2007) [#3]

Did you find these? If not does anyone else have them?

DQ (Posted 2007) [#4]

i've got it on my home pc, i'll post it when i get off work.

boomboom (Posted 2007) [#5]

Thanks :) anywhere but rapidshare *shudder*

Kryzon (Posted 2009) [#6]

It appears DQ never got home!! =O

Robert Cummings (Posted 2009) [#7]

Oh I lost my demos ages ago - I use a mac now... If anyone has them feel free to host or upload - its all open source with no licensing restrictions for blitz users to use how they see fit.

Nate the Great (Posted 2009) [#8]

wow that was a little late :) edit - oops didnt see your post kryzon just email DQ his email's on his profile

ZJP (Posted 2009) [#9]

Here : http://www.zinfo972.net/avatar/normaldemo.RAR JP

Kryzon (Posted 2009) [#10]

I was also wondering if anybody had the demo that was published in this thread: http://www.blitzbasic.com/Community/posts.php?topic=39353 The demo is from MSW, and shows how you can use a 12x2 pixels cubemap to simulate light with Dot3 blending mode.

LineOf7s (Posted 2009) [#11]

Pardon my ignorance, but is it on the Blitz Mirror site somewhere? I don't know enough to know if the "Cubic environment mapped (CEM) water with underwater distortion" demo of Rob's on that site is what you're looking for, is all. Either way...

Ross C (Posted 2009) [#12]

That demo from MSW is an excellent way to give yourself a lightsource, and keep the normals updating themselves. Since a cubemap displays the appropriate part of the texture, for a specific normal, the colour is always correct to give the correct lighting direction. You can change the lightsource as well, if you rotate the cubemap. That involves 6 renders (i think you can get away with the 3 visible sides though).

Kryzon (Posted 2009) [#13]

And you wouldn't happen to have it Ross, would ya?

MikhailV (Posted 2009) [#14]

@Ross C: More simply use SetCubeAlign function (from FastExt) for rotate the cubemap without any additional renders.