I have a very strange behaviour of specular(phong light model) light. It seems to be appering on both sides of all objects. Does anyone know what could be the issue ?
The actual calculation seems to be alright, as I can see that the light changes its position as object rotates.
#version 330
in vec4 CameraPos0;
in vec3 Pos0;
in vec4 Colour0;
in vec3 Normal0;
out vec4 FragColor;
// Ambient light parameters
uniform vec3 gAmbientLightIntensity;
// Directional light parameters
uniform vec3 gDirectionalLightIntensity;
uniform vec3 gDirectionalLightDirection;
// Specular light parameter
uniform vec3 gSpecularLightIntensity;
uniform vec3 gLightSourcePosition;
uniform vec3 gCameraPosition;
// Material constants
uniform float gKa;
uniform float gKd;
uniform float gKs;
void main()
{
// Calculate the ambient light intensity at the vertex
// Ia = Ka * ambientLightIntensity
vec4 ambientLightIntensity = gKa * vec4(gAmbientLightIntensity, 1.0);
// Setup the light direction and normalise it
vec3 lightDirection = normalize(-gDirectionalLightDirection);
//lightDirection = normalize(gDirectionalLightDirection);
// Id = kd * lightItensity * N.L
// Calculate N.L
float diffuseFactor = dot(Normal0, lightDirection);
diffuseFactor = clamp(diffuseFactor, 0.0, 1.0);
// N.L * light source colour * intensity
vec4 diffuseLightIntensity = gKd * vec4(gDirectionalLightIntensity, 1.0f) * diffuseFactor;
// Phong light
vec3 L = normalize(gLightSourcePosition - Pos0);
vec3 V = normalize(-Pos0);
vec3 R = normalize(2 * Normal0 * dot(Normal0, L) - L);
float specularFactor = pow(dot(R, V), 0.1f);
vec4 specularLightIntensity = gKs * vec4(gSpecularLightIntensity, 1.0f) * specularFactor;
specularLightIntensity = clamp(specularLightIntensity, 0.0, 1.0);
// Final vertex colour is the product of the vertex colour
// and the total light intensity at the vertex
vec4 lightedFragColor = Colour0 * (ambientLightIntensity + diffuseLightIntensity + specularLightIntensity);
FragColor = lightedFragColor;
}
Vertex Shader
#version 330
layout (location = 0) in vec3 Position;
layout (location = 1) in vec3 Normal;
layout (location = 2) in vec4 Colour;
out vec3 Pos0;
out vec4 Colour0;
out vec3 Normal0;
out vec4 CameraPos0;
uniform mat4 gModelToWorldTransform;
uniform mat4 gWorldToViewTransform;
uniform mat4 gProjectionTransform;
void main()
{
vec4 vertexPositionInModelSpace = vec4(Position, 1);
vec4 vertexInWorldSpace = gModelToWorldTransform * vertexPositionInModelSpace;
vec4 vertexInViewSpace = gWorldToViewTransform * vertexInWorldSpace;
vec4 vertexInHomogeneousClipSpace = gProjectionTransform * vertexInViewSpace;
gl_Position = vertexInHomogeneousClipSpace;
vec3 normalInWorldSpace = (gModelToWorldTransform * vec4(Normal, 0.0)).xyz;
normalInWorldSpace = normalize(normalInWorldSpace);
Normal0 = normalInWorldSpace;
CameraPos0 = vertexInViewSpace;
Pos0 = vertexInWorldSpace.xyz;
Colour0 = Colour;
}
you need to clamp the dot result from the saturation calculus because on the back side the result is negative and the pow can return a positive number instead of clamping it to zero.
float specularFactor = pow(clamp(dot(R, V),0.0,1.0), 0.1f);
Edit:
Also the V should be a vector pointing to the camera position, not to the vertex position in world space:
vec3 V = normalize(CameraPos0 - Pos0);
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trying to implement shadow. I checked my depth texture on a quad, and it seems correct, but the shadow is not displaying. I check my shadow vertex and fragment shaders, and I believe I have done the light space transformation correctly.
Here are my code.
directional light source matrix setup:
//light source states
glm::vec3 Window::lightColor = glm::vec3(0.9f, 0.9f, 0.9f);
glm::vec3 Window::lightDir = glm::vec3(-1.f, -1.f, 0.f);
glm::mat4 Window::lightView = glm::lookAt(glm::vec3(0.f) - glm::normalize(lightDir) * 15.f, glm::vec3(0.0f), glm::vec3(0.f, 1.f, 0.f));
float Window::near_plane = 0.01f;
float Window::far_plane = 50.1f;
float camWidth = 10.f;
glm::mat4 Window::lightProj = glm::ortho(-10.f, 10.f, -10.f, 10.f, Window::near_plane, Window::far_plane);
glm::mat4 Window::lightProjView = lightProj * lightView;
shadow drawing logic:
void Renderer::drawWithShadow(Object* obj) {
//set shader uniforms
Shader* shader = shadowShader;
shader->bind();
shader->setUniformMat4("model", obj->model);
shader->setUniformMat4("projView", projView);
shader->setUniformVec3("viewPos", eyePos);
//need another projection matrix
shader->setUniformMat4("lightSpaceMatrix", shadowProjView);
glcheck(glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0));
glcheck(glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, textID));
//light uniforms
shader->setUniformVec3("directionalLightDir", directionalLightDir);
shader->setUniformVec3("lightColor", lightColor);
glcheck(glBindVertexArray(obj->vao));
for (auto i = 0; i < obj->meshList.size(); i++) {
Mesh* mesh = obj->meshList[i];
prepMaterial(mesh->material, shader);
glcheck(glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES, mesh->size, GL_UNSIGNED_INT, (GLvoid*)(sizeof(GLuint) * mesh->vertexOffset)));
}
}
vert and frag shaders to prepare shadow depth textures
//vertex shader
#version 330 core
layout (location = 0) in vec3 position;
uniform mat4 projView;
uniform mat4 model;
void main() {
gl_Position = projView * model * vec4(position, 1.0);
}
//fragment shader
#version 330 core
void main()
{
}
vert and frag shaders to draw shadows with Phong lighting
//vertex shader
#version 330 core
layout (location = 0) in vec3 position;
layout (location = 1) in vec3 normal;
layout (location = 2) in vec2 texCoord;
out VS_OUT {
vec4 fragPos;
vec3 normal;
vec2 texCoord;
vec4 fragPosLightSpace;
} vs_out;
uniform mat4 projView;
uniform mat4 model;
uniform mat4 lightSpaceMatrix;
void main()
{
vs_out.fragPos = model * vec4(position, 1.0);
vs_out.normal = transpose(inverse(mat3(model))) * normal;
vs_out.texCoord = texCoord;
vs_out.fragPosLightSpace = lightSpaceMatrix * vs_out.fragPos;
gl_Position = projView * vs_out.fragPos;
}
//fragment shader
#version 330 core
uniform vec3 viewPos; //just the eye pos
uniform vec3 diffuseFactor; //kd
uniform vec3 ambientColor; //ka
uniform vec3 specColor; //ks
uniform float specHighlight; //ns, the larger this value is, the more apparent the light dot on the surface
uniform float dissolve; //d
//lights
uniform vec3 directionalLightDir;
uniform vec3 pointLightPos;
uniform vec3 lightColor;
uniform sampler2D shadowMap;
//uniform sampler2DShadow shadowMap;
in VS_OUT {
vec4 fragPos;
vec3 normal;
vec2 texCoord;
vec4 fragPosLightSpace;
} fs_in;
out vec4 fragColor;
float ShadowCalculation(vec4 fragPosLightSpace)
{
vec3 projCoords = fragPosLightSpace.xyz / fragPosLightSpace.w;
vec2 shadowCoords;
shadowCoords.x = projCoords.x * 0.5 + 0.5;
shadowCoords.y = projCoords.y * 0.5 + 0.5;
float closestDepth = texture(shadowMap, shadowCoords).r;
float currentDepth = projCoords.z * 0.5 + 0.5;
float shadowValue = currentDepth + 0.00001 > closestDepth ? 1.0 : 0.0;
//if(currentDepth < 0.0)
//shadowValue = 0.0;
return shadowValue;
}
void main()
{
vec3 lightDir = normalize(-directionalLightDir);
vec3 norm = normalize(fs_in.normal);
//diffuse lighting
float diffStrength = max(dot(norm, lightDir), 0.0); // this calculates diffuse intensity based on angle
vec3 diffuse = lightColor * diffStrength * diffuseFactor;
//specular
vec3 viewDir = normalize(viewPos - fs_in.fragPos.xyz);
vec3 reflectDir = reflect(-lightDir, norm);
float spec = 0.0;
if(specHighlight > 0.0) { // if specHighlight is < 0, pow might produce undefined result if base is also 0
spec = pow(max(dot(viewDir, reflectDir), 0.0), specHighlight);
}
vec3 specular = spec * specColor * lightColor;
float shadow = ShadowCalculation(fs_in.fragPosLightSpace);
//float shadow = textureProj(shadowMap, fs_in.fragPosLightSpace);
//vec3 result = ambientColor * 0.05 * lightColor + (diffuse + specular)*(1-shadow);
vec3 result = (diffuse + specular)*(1.0 - shadow);
fragColor = vec4(result, 1);
}
with just Phong shading, the scene looks like this:
Phong shading
when the scene is seen from the light source as depth value:
depth texture on quad
when I finally render the scene, it is mostly black; I made sure the far plane covers all of the bunnies:
render shadow
I'm trying to figure out a way to light up my object in a pixelated fashion through the use of shaders.
To ilustrate, my goal is to turn this:
Into this:
I've tried looking up ways to do this through the fragment shader, however, there is no way I can access the local position of a fragment to determine the "fake pixel" it would belong to. I also had the idea to use a geometry shader to create a vertex for each of those boxes, but I'm under suspicion there could be a better way to do this. Would it be possible?
EDIT: These are the shaders currently being used for the object illustrated by the first image:
vertex shader:
#version 330 core
layout (location = 0) in vec3 aPos;
layout (location = 1) in vec3 aColor;
layout (location = 2) in vec2 aTex;
uniform mat4 model;
uniform mat4 view;
uniform mat4 projection;
out vec3 oColor; //Output of a color
out vec2 oTex; //Output of a Texture
out vec3 oPos; //Output of Position in space for light calculation
out vec3 oNormal; //Output of Normal vector for light calculation.
void main(){
gl_Position = projection * view * model * vec4(aPos, 1.0);
oColor = aColor;
oTex = aTex;
oPos = vec3(model * vec4(aPos, 1.0));
oNormal = vec3(0, 0, -1); //Not being calculated at the moment.
}
fragment shader:
#version 330 core
in vec3 oColor;
in vec2 oTex;
in vec3 oPos;
in vec3 oNormal;
out vec4 FragColor;
uniform sampler2D tex;
uniform vec3 lightColor; //Color of the light on the scene, there's only one
uniform vec3 lightPos; //Position of the light on the scene
void main(){
//Ambient Light Calculation
float ambientStrength = 0.1;
//vec3 ambient = ambientStrength * lightColor * vec3(texture(tex, oTex));
vec3 ambient = ambientStrength * lightColor;
//Diffuse Light Calculation
float diffuseStrength = 1.0;
vec3 norm = normalize(oNormal);
vec3 lightDir = normalize(lightPos - oPos);
float diff = max(dot(norm, lightDir), 0.0);
//vec3 diffuse = diff * lightColor* vec3(texture(tex, oTex)) * diffuseStrength;
vec3 diffuse = diff * lightColor;
//Specular Light Calculation
float specularStrength = 0.25;
float shinnyness = 8;
vec3 viewPos = vec3(0, 0, -10);
vec3 viewDir = normalize(viewPos - oPos);
vec3 reflectDir = reflect(-lightDir, norm);
float spec = pow(max(dot(viewDir, reflectDir), 0.0), shinnyness);
vec3 specular = specularStrength * spec * lightColor;
//Result Light
vec3 result = (ambient+diffuse+specular) * oColor;
FragColor = vec4(result, 1.0f);
}
The lighting depends on oPos. You need to "cascade" the position. e.g:
vec3 pos = vec3(round(oPos.xy * 10.0) / 10.0, oPos.z);
In the following use pos instead of oPos.
Note that this only works if oPos is a position in the view space, respectively if the XY plane of the oPos` coordinate system is parallel to the XY plane of the view.
Alternatively you can compute the a position depending on gl_FragCoord.
Add a uniform variable with the resolution of the screen:
uniform vec2 resolution;
Compute pos depending on resolution and gl_FragCoord:
vec3 pos = vec3(round(20.0 * gl_FragCoord.xy/resolution.y) / 20.0, oPos.z);
If you want to align the inner squares with the object you need to introduce texture coordinates. Where the bottom left coordinate of the object is (0, 0) and the top right is (1, 1).
I am implementing a basic phong lighting GLSL shader; I have looked up some things on the internet, and found that the phong effect was created by adding an ambient, diffuse, and specular layer on the object (see image below, from tom dalling's site); problem is I have seen a lot of examples, and none of them really suits my GLSL set-up. Can any of you give me a code example of the correct way to implement the phong effect which would fit my GLSL set-up ? :
PS : This question could be put on hold because of the fact that it may be based on user opinion : In my mind, it is not, because I would like to know the most effective, and better way of implementing it.
Here is my vertex shader :
#version 120
uniform mat4 modelView;
uniform mat4 MVP;
uniform float time;
attribute vec3 position;
attribute vec2 texCoord;
attribute vec3 normal;
varying vec3 position0;
varying vec2 texCoord0;
varying vec3 normal0;
varying mat4 modelView0;
void main()
{
//Updating varyings...
position0 = position;
texCoord0 = texCoord;
normal0 = (MVP * vec4(normal, 0.0)).xyz;
modelView0 = modelView;
//set position
gl_Position = MVP * vec4(position, 1.0);
}
and my fragment shader :
#version 120
varying vec3 position0;
varying vec2 texCoord0;
varying vec3 normal0;
varying mat4 modelView0;
uniform sampler2D diffuse;
void main()
{
vec4 surfaceColor = texture2D(diffuse, texCoord0);
gl_FragColor = (texture2D(diffuse, texCoord0))
* clamp(dot(-vec3(0.0, 0.5, 0.5), normal0), 0, 1.0);
}
try this:
void main()
{
vec4 texread = texture2D(diffuse, texCoord0);
vec3 normal = normalize(normal0);
vec3 material_kd = vec3(1.0,1.0,1.0);
vec3 material_ks = vec3(1.0,1.0,1.0);
vec3 material_ka = vec3(0.2,0.2,0.2);
vec3 material_ke = vec3(0.0,0.0,0.0);
float material_shininess = 60;
vec3 lightpos = vec3(0.0,10.0,5.0);
vec3 lightcolor = vec3(1.0,1.0,1.0);
vec3 lightdir = normalize(lightpos - worldPosition);
float shade = clamp(dot(lightdir, normal), 0.0, 1.0);
vec3 toWorldpos = normalize((worldPosition) - u_eyePos);
vec3 reflectDir = reflect( toWorldpos, normal );
vec4 specular = vec4(pow(clamp(dot(lightdir, reflectDir),0.0,1.0), material_shininess) * lightcolor * material_ks, 1.0);
vec4 shaded = texread * vec4(material_kd, 1.0) * vec4(lightcolor , 1.0) * shade;
vec4 ambient = texread * vec4(material_ka, 1.0);
vec4 emission = vec4(material_ke, 1.0);
gl_FragColor = shaded + specular + emission + ambient;
}
it may have some compilation errors though as i didnt run it...
you may need to upload your eye position as a uniform (u_eyePos), and calculate the worldposition (worldPosition) for it to work
I made my own sphong shader : here is the code :
fragment shader :
#version 150
uniform mat4 modelView;
uniform mat3 normalMatrix;
uniform vec3 cameraPosition;
uniform sampler2D materialTex;
uniform float materialShininess;
uniform vec3 materialSpecularColor;
uniform vec3 lightPosition;//light settings
uniform vec3 lightIntensities;
uniform float lightAttenuation;
uniform float lightAmbientCoeff;
in vec3 position0;
in vec2 texCoord0;
in vec3 normal0;
out vec4 fragmentColor;
void main()
{
//calculate normal in world coordinates
vec3 normal = normalize(normalMatrix * normal0);
//calculate the location of this fragment (pixel) in world coordinates
vec3 surfacePos = vec3(modelView * vec4(position0, 1));
//color of the current fragment
vec4 surfaceColor = texture(materialTex, texCoord0);
//calculate the vector from this pixels surface to the light source
vec3 surfaceToLight = normalize(lightPosition - surfacePos);
//cam distance
vec3 surfaceToCamera = normalize(cameraPosition - surfacePos);
///////////////////////////DIFUSE///////////////////////////////////////
//calculate the cosine of the angle of incidence
//float diffuseCoeff = dot(normal, surfaceToLight) / (length(surfaceToLight) * length(normal));
float diffuseCoeff = max(0.0, dot(normal, surfaceToLight));
vec3 diffuse = diffuseCoeff * surfaceColor.rgb * lightIntensities;
/////////////////////////AMBIENT////////////////////////////////////////
vec3 ambient = lightAmbientCoeff * surfaceColor.rgb * lightIntensities;
/////////////////////////SPECULAR//////////////////////////////////////
float specularCoeff = 0.0;
if(diffuseCoeff > 0.0)
specularCoeff = pow(max(0.0, dot(surfaceToCamera, reflect(-surfaceToLight, normal))), materialShininess);
vec3 specular = specularCoeff * materialSpecularColor * lightIntensities;
////////////////////////ATTENUATION///////////////////////////////////
float distanceToLight = length(lightPosition - surfacePos);
float attenuation = 1.0 / (1.0 + lightAttenuation * pow(distanceToLight, 2));
/////////////////////////////////FINAL/////////////////////////////////
vec3 linearColor = ambient + attenuation * (diffuse + specular);
//finalColor with gamma correction
vec3 gamma = vec3(1.0/2.2);
fragmentColor = vec4(pow(linearColor, gamma), surfaceColor.a);
//fragmentColor = vec4(diffuseCoeff * lightIntensities * surfaceColor.rgb, surfaceColor.a);
}
I was trying to add a normal map effect to a shader tutorial I have found here but with no luck.
UPDATE 1:
I updated the code adding a tangent space matrix
Vertex shader:
#version 330
in vec3 inPosition;
in vec3 vertNormal;
in vec2 vertTexCoord;
in vec4 vertNormalMapping;
out vec3 fragVert;
out vec3 fragNormal;
out vec2 fragTexCoord;
out vec4 fragNormalMapping;
out mat3 TBNMatrix;
uniform mat4 modelViewProjectionMatrix;
uniform mat4 camera;
void main(){
vec3 tangent;
vec3 binormal;
vec3 c1 = cross( vertNormal, vec3(0.0, 0.0, 1.0) );
vec3 c2 = cross( vertNormal, vec3(0.0, 1.0, 0.0) );
if( length(c1)>length(c2) )
{
tangent = c1;
}
else
{
tangent = c2;
}
tangent = normalize(tangent);
binormal = cross(vertNormal, tangent);
binormal = normalize(binormal);
mat3 normalMatrix = transpose(inverse(mat3(camera * modelViewProjectionMatrix )));
vec3 n = normalize(normalMatrix * vertNormal);
vec3 t = normalize(normalMatrix * tangent.xyz);
vec3 b = normalize(normalMatrix * binormal.xyz);
TBNMatrix = mat3(t, b, n);
fragTexCoord = vertTexCoord;
fragNormal = vertNormal;
fragVert = inPosition;
fragNormalMapping = vertNormalMapping;
gl_Position = camera * modelViewProjectionMatrix * vec4(inPosition, 1.0);
}
Fragment shader
#version 330
precision highp float;
uniform vec3 cameraPosition;
uniform mat4 modelViewProjectionMatrix;
uniform mat4 camera;
uniform sampler2D tex;
uniform sampler2D heightMap;
uniform float materialShininess;
uniform vec3 materialSpecularColor;
uniform struct Light {
vec3 position;
vec3 intensities; //a.k.a the color of the light
float attenuation;
float ambientCoefficient;
} light;
in vec3 fragNormal;
in vec3 fragVert;
in vec2 fragTexCoord;
in vec4 fragNormalMapping;
in mat3 TBNMatrix;
out vec4 finalColor;
void main() {
vec3 surfacePos = vec3(modelViewProjectionMatrix * vec4(fragVert, 1));
vec4 surfaceColor = texture(tex, fragTexCoord);
vec3 surfaceToLight = TBNMatrix * (light.position - surfacePos) ;
vec3 surfaceToCamera = TBNMatrix * (cameraPosition - surfacePos);
vec3 normal = normalize(texture(heightMap, fragTexCoord).xyz * 2.0 - 1.0);
//ambient
vec3 ambient = light.ambientCoefficient * surfaceColor.rgb * light.intensities;
//diffuse
float diffuseCoefficient = max(0.0, dot(normal, surfaceToLight));
vec3 diffuse = diffuseCoefficient * surfaceColor.rgb * light.intensities;
//specular
float specularCoefficient = 0.0;
if(diffuseCoefficient > 0.0)
specularCoefficient = pow(max(0.0, dot(surfaceToCamera, reflect(-surfaceToLight, normal))), materialShininess);
vec3 specular = specularCoefficient * materialSpecularColor * light.intensities;
//attenuation
float distanceToLight = length(light.position - surfacePos);
float attenuation = 1.0 / (1.0 + light.attenuation * pow(distanceToLight, 2));
//linear color (color before gamma correction)
vec3 linearColor = ambient + attenuation*(diffuse + specular);
//final color (after gamma correction)
vec3 gamma = vec3(1.0/2.2);
finalColor = vec4(pow(linearColor, gamma), surfaceColor.a);
}
The result is better but now the lighting is calculated wrong O.O
//OLD
I have tried with a blank color texture and a correct normal map texture and the result is this: The normal map is calculated correctly but... these lines are not so cool to see :-(
Any idea of what is the cause? thank you everyone for the help =D
posting here for clarity...
mv = camera * transform;//modelview
mvp = proj * camera * transform;//modelviewprojection
mvi = transpose(inverse(mv))//modelview inverse (=gl_NormalMatrix)
so you should have in place of modelViewProjectionMatrix passed to the shader the modelView and the projection separately, and compute the resulting mvp in the vertex shader.
(or precompute them all on cpu side)
the title says it all.. using opengls built in lighting system, specularlight does not increase or decrease with distance from the object, but by shader implementation does.
Vertex Shader:
#version 330
layout (location = 0) in vec3 position;
layout (location = 1) in vec2 texCoord;
layout (location = 2) in vec3 normal;
out vec2 texCoord0;
out vec3 normal0;
out vec3 worldPos0;
uniform mat4 transform;
uniform mat4 normalRotation;
uniform mat4 transformProjected;
void main()
{
gl_Position = transformProjected * vec4(position, 1.0);
texCoord0 = texCoord;
normal0 = normalize((normalRotation * vec4(normal, 0.0))).xyz;
worldPos0 = (transform * vec4(position, 1.0)).xyz;
}
Fragment Shader:
#version 330
in vec2 texCoord0;
in vec3 normal0;
in vec3 worldPos0;
out vec4 fragColor;
struct BaseLight
{
vec3 colorDiffuse;
vec3 colorSpecular;
float intensityDiffuse;
};
struct DirectionalLight
{
BaseLight base;
vec3 direction;
};
uniform vec3 tint;
uniform sampler2D sampler;
uniform vec3 eyePos; // camera pos
uniform vec3 ambientLight;
uniform vec3 emissiveLight;
//material
uniform float specularIntensity;
uniform float specularPower;
uniform DirectionalLight directionalLight;
vec4 calcLight(BaseLight base,vec3 direction, vec3 normal)
{
float diffuseFactor = dot(normal, -direction);
vec4 diffuseColorFinal = vec4(0,0,0,0);
vec4 specularColorFinal = vec4(0,0,0,0);
if(diffuseFactor > 0)
{
diffuseColorFinal = vec4(base.colorDiffuse,1) * diffuseFactor * base.intensityDiffuse;
vec3 directionToEye = normalize(eyePos - worldPos0);
vec3 reflectDirection = normalize(reflect(direction, normal));
float specularFactor = dot(directionToEye, reflectDirection);
specularFactor = pow(specularFactor, specularPower);
if(specularFactor > 0)
specularColorFinal = vec4(base.colorSpecular,1) * specularFactor * specularIntensity;
}
//
return diffuseColorFinal + specularColorFinal;
}
void main()
{
vec4 colorD = texture(sampler, texCoord0.xy) * vec4(tint,1);
vec3 normal = normal0;
vec4 totalLight = vec4(ambientLight,1) + vec4(emissiveLight,1);
totalLight += calcLight(directionalLight.base,-directionalLight.direction,normal);
fragColor = colorD * totalLight;
}
As you can see from the 2 images the specular light takes up a larger surface area the farther the camera gets from the plane.In my test with opengls built in lighting, this doesnt happen. is there a way to fix this? im new to lighting, maybe this is normal for directional light sources? thanks for the help!
Im also setting my eyePos uniform to my cameraPos. i dont know if that helps.
Basically you need to have distance between the fragment and the light dist . This can be a problem for directional light though because you have only the direction and distant is assumed to be infinite. Maybe switch to point light?
when youo have the 'dist' you use a formula
att = 1.0 / (Kc + Kl*dist + Kq*dist^2)
Kc - constant attenuation
Kl - linear attenuation
Kq - quadratic attenuation
simpler version (only Kq used, rest set to 1.0):
float attenuation = 1.0 / (1.0 + light.attenuation * pow(distanceToLight, 2));
then in the lighting equation you basically multiply calculated color by this att factor:
vec4 finalColor = ambient + (diffuseColorFinal + specularColorFinal)*att
http://www.ozone3d.net/tutorials/glsl_lighting_phong_p4.php#part_4
http://tomdalling.com/blog/modern-opengl/07-more-lighting-ambient-specular-attenuation-gamma/