Comment on My Bodyguard Smacky by wancow
I have a four core i5, a little over a year old. So far as what's tapped and what's not, I'll tell you, I've had some pretty amazing results. But tapping those is a matter of RSL knowledge. As in writing Shaders in the Shader Builder (not Shader Mixer) or in RSL proper. Did you see my blog on 3DL?
Shader builder? This sounds like something I need.
I don't remember it being in D|S before... check your available tabs... you're in 4.5.1.56? I'm in the beta, of course... but I just don't remember seeing it before... You DO have an RSL editor in D|S, though... that's been there long as I can remember.
Oh man this thing looks insanely tricky with like ten billion popups and text boxes. Hmmm I'll have to have a look at some tutorials, but it looks many times more cluttered and incomprehensible than any shader system I've seen. Hmmm wonder if I could set up a day/night cycle for a planet using that thing.
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3D IS HARD!
3D IS HARD!