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Thank you for your inputNicTheQuick wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 12:21 pm You should have a look at your shadow rendering. In the real world overlapping shadows from a single light source do not show different shadings. It's always one shading for the whole overlap. So you may have to use a dedicated shadow layer where all shadows are being merged together with everything having the same dark color and then it can be applied to the map with one transparency value at once.
could not stopp thinking about it, and so, "SHADOW BROKER SHADOW BAKERY" is new part of my gameengine,Code: Select all
;here we go for the advenced shadow system
;try to realtime "bake" shadows as one screen wide cake/cookie :)
Structure shadow_broker
shadow_position_x.f ;pos on_screen
shadow_position_y.f ;pos on screen
shadow_cake_table_color_HEX_RGB.i ;cake table color e.g.: $000000
shadow_cake_serve.i ;show cake (use this as value if you want to switch between different shadow systems/or switch shadows on/off
shadow_cake_blue_print_id.i ;the cake
shadow_cake_calories_serving.f ;complete cake intensity
shadow_cake_calories_baking.f ; shadow intensity per object
shadow_cake_start_serving.i
shadow_cake_darkness_HEX_RGB.i ;e.g.: $000001
EndStructure
Global shadow_broker.shadow_broker
Procedure E_SHADOW_BROKER_SERVE_CAKE()
;CALL TO DELIVER THE CAKE
If IsSprite(shadow_broker\shadow_cake_blue_print_id)=0
ProcedureReturn #False
EndIf
If shadow_broker\shadow_cake_serve=#False
ProcedureReturn #False
EndIf
DisplayTransparentSprite(shadow_broker\shadow_cake_blue_print_id,0,0,shadow_broker\shadow_cake_calories_serving,shadow_broker\shadow_cake_darkness_HEX_RGB)
shadow_broker\shadow_cake_start_serving=#True
EndProcedure
Procedure E_SHADOW_BROKER_INIT_CAKE_RECIEP_HARDCODED()
;CALL FIRST!
;get all you need for the cake!
;some values are hardcoded for now (debugging, testing, experimental), will be set from script in future:
shadow_broker\shadow_position_x=0
shadow_broker\shadow_position_y=0
shadow_broker\shadow_cake_table_color_HEX_RGB=$000000
shadow_broker\shadow_cake_darkness_HEX_RGB=$000001
shadow_broker\shadow_cake_calories_serving=150
shadow_broker\shadow_cake_calories_baking=255
shadow_broker\shadow_cake_serve=#True ;we use the shadowbroker!
EndProcedure
Procedure E_SHADOW_BROKER_BAKERY()
;CALL FOR NEW CAKE
If shadow_broker\shadow_cake_serve=#False ;no bakery!
ProcedureReturn #False
EndIf
If IsSprite(shadow_broker\shadow_cake_blue_print_id)
FreeSprite(shadow_broker\shadow_cake_blue_print_id)
EndIf
;go for the cake
If ListSize(object_manager())<1
ProcedureReturn #False
EndIf
ClearScreen(shadow_broker\shadow_cake_table_color_HEX_RGB)
ResetList(object_manager()) ;only object in screen !!!!
ForEach object_manager()
;go for the cake piece (only go for objects in screen, pick them out from the complete/streamed map data)
ChangeCurrentElement(world_object(),object_manager()\object_in_screen_id)
If world_object()\object_shadow_use_perspective=#True And world_object()\object_use_isometric=#True And world_object()\object_shadow_intense>0 And world_object()\object_do_not_show=#False ;check if picked object uses shadow
If IsSprite(world_object()\object_shadow_gfx_id)
DisplayTransparentSprite(world_object()\object_shadow_gfx_id,world_object()\object_x+e_engine\e_world_offset_x+world_object()\object_loop_move_actual_x+(0-world_object()\object_shadow_offset_x),world_object()\object_y+e_engine\e_world_offset_y+world_object()\object_loop_move_actual_y+(0-world_object()\object_shadow_offset_y),shadow_broker\shadow_cake_calories_baking, shadow_broker\shadow_cake_darkness_HEX_RGB)
EndIf
EndIf
Next
;get the cake!
shadow_broker\shadow_cake_blue_print_id=GrabSprite(#PB_Any ,0,0,e_engine\e_engine_internal_screen_w,e_engine\e_engine_internal_screen_h,#PB_Sprite_AlphaBlending)
EndProcedure