[video member=cmuratori stream_platform=twitch stream_username=handmade_hero project=code title="Improving Light Distribution" vod_platform=youtube id=tKi-DkS0YVo annotator=Miblo]
[0:06][Recap and set the stage for the day][:speech]
[0:30][Plug the SendOwl-powered contribution page[ref
    site="Handmade Hero"
    page="Handmade Community Recurring Contributions"
    url=https://handmadehero.org/patreon.html]][:admin]
[7:44][:Run the game to see our current :lighting solution][:"debug visualisation" :rendering]
[11:25][Read through ComputeLightPropagation()][:lighting :rendering :research]
[15:37][Bouncing light between emitters and reflectors][:blackboard :lighting :rendering]
[18:03][Try to make ComputeLightPropagation() reduce the ray count per iteration][:lighting :rendering]
[18:54][:Run the game to see how that looks][:lighting :rendering]
[22:54][Try to decrease the voxel resolution][:lighting :rendering]
[23:30][:Run the game to see much smoother :lighting][:rendering]
[24:23][Make RayCast() tint the scene grey][:lighting :rendering]
[24:54][:Run the game to see how that looks with the skylight][:lighting :rendering]
[25:48][:Lighting Improvement][:blackboard :rendering]
[29:22][Check out Ward's 'Irradiance Caching Algorithm'[ref
    author="Gregory J. Ward"
    title="Irradiance Caching Algorithm"
    url=http://cgg.mff.cuni.cz/~jaroslav/papers/2008-irradiance_caching_class/03-greg-ic.pdf]][:lighting :rendering :research]
[31:36][Irradiance cache][:blackboard :lighting :rendering]
[33:21][Photon tracing][:blackboard :lighting :rendering]
[34:07][Replace the notion of next emission weight from ComputeLightPropagation() with an ever-decreasing accumulation of colour per ray cast iteration][:lighting :rendering]
[35:46][:Run the game to see that the light looks a little more correct][:lighting :rendering]
[36:16][Prevent RayCast() from producing ambient light][:lighting :rendering]
[36:36][:Run the game to check out the :lighting solution without the ambient light][:rendering]
[37:06][Remove NextEmitW from lighting_element][:lighting :rendering]
[37:39][:Run the game to see the straight photon distribution][:lighting :rendering]
[39:36][Consider how to record the photon distribution][:lighting :rendering]
[40:24][Try to make ComputeLightPropagation() accumulate the emittance colour][:lighting :rendering]
[42:17][:Run the game to see the scene getting brighter with each iteration][:lighting :rendering]
[45:46][Try toggling off the hero in AddPlayer()][:"entity system" :rendering]
[46:19][:Run the game to see the :lighting solution without the hero obscuring great swathes of it][:rendering]
[47:10][Try to prevent GatherFinalLighting() from accumulating light but just use the emitter colour and destination normal directly][:lighting :rendering]
[48:46][:Run the game to see the :lighting solution without the final gather][:rendering]
[50:00][Try to make ComputeLightPropagation() modify the AverageDirectionToLight by its power][:lighting :rendering]
[53:02][:Run the game to see how that looks, and consider improving the voxel scheme, hemisphere sampling and sprite cards][:lighting :rendering]
[56:37][Enable ComputeLightPropagation() to apply skylight contribution specially][:lighting :rendering]
[1:02:46][:Run the game with our skylight in place][:lighting :rendering]
[1:05:09][Make ExtractReflectorsFromQuads() clear the IncidentLight and AverageDirectionToLight][:lighting :rendering]
[1:06:38][:Run the game to see the more correct :lighting solution][:rendering]
[1:07:31][Check out CodeItNow's 'Better Sampling' article[ref
    site=CodeItNow
    page="Better Sampling"
    url=http://www.rorydriscoll.com/2009/01/07/better-sampling/]][:lighting :rendering :research]
[1:12:31][Make SampleHemisphere() merely flip the result if the randomly chosen sample is in the reverse hemisphere][:lighting :rendering]
[1:14:34][:Run the game to see how that looks][:lighting :rendering]
[1:15:35][Consider adding a Sun-style light to ComputeLightPropagation()][:lighting :rendering]
[1:16:58][Install ColorCop[ref
    site=ColorCop
    url=http://colorcop.net/]][:admin]
[1:18:49][Introduce the notion of a Sun-style light in ComputeLightPropagation()][:lighting :rendering]
[1:23:15][:Run the game to see our sunlit scene][:lighting :rendering]
[1:24:25][Make ComputeLightPropagation() create a more powerful sun, and sample its direction][:lighting :rendering]
[1:29:37][:Run the game to see how that looks][:lighting :rendering]
[1:29:57][Prevent ComputeLightPropagation() from bundling the sky color into the sun color][:lighting :rendering]
[1:30:29][:Run the game to see this more directional sun][:lighting :rendering]
[1:31:59][Introduce AccumulateSample() for ComputeLightPropagation() to call][:lighting :rendering]
[1:37:23][:Run the game to see no change][:lighting :rendering]
[1:37:54][Temporarily try to get rid of the sunlight][:lighting :rendering]
[1:38:10][:Run the game without the sunlight][:lighting :rendering]
[1:38:39][Replace IncidentLight from lighting_element with the Hadamard product of EmitC][:lighting :rendering]
[1:41:01][:Run the game to see how that looks][:lighting :rendering]
[1:41:27][Toggle off most of ComputeLightPropagation()][:lighting :rendering]
[1:41:56][:Run the game to see no light][:lighting :rendering]
[1:42:03][Reenable UpdateAndRenderWorld() to call PushLight()][:lighting :rendering]
[1:42:17][:Run the game to see the current :lighting solution][:rendering]
[1:42:51][Glimpse into the future][:speech]
[1:43:20][Q&A][:speech]
[1:43:43][@praet_a51][Q: Why is there a dark horizontal band on the Red / Blue voxels (approximately at the height of bottom of the push light box)? Note: Possibly fixed at the end of stream render]
[1:45:23][Try to increase the voxel resolution][:lighting :rendering]
[1:45:36][:Run the game to see that our :lighting samples are now too isolated][:rendering]
[1:46:58][@ataradov][Q: Is there a good tutorial for using (modern) OpenGL in CAD-like applications, where you need to draw many sharp and precise lines and filled planes, mostly in 2D?[ref
    author="Nicolas P. Rougier"
    title="Antialiased 2D Grid, Marker, and Arrow Shaders"
    url=http://jcgt.org/published/0003/04/01/paper.pdf]]
[1:49:14][@onanymous][Q: Has anyone tried to give you an actual 3D model of a cartoon spruce by now?]
[1:49:25][@inked_in_java][Q: I remember you mentioning you didn't go to college... how did you learn C?][:language]
[1:50:30][@pytzy][Q: In how much time did you learn :"game development"?][quote 606]
[1:52:03][@sired22][Q: What's the most "oops, I may have deleted the database" thing you have seen?]
[1:53:01][@onanymous][Q: Does C++17 bring anything you like? Do your metaprograms output templates at all?][:language]
[1:54:57][@sneakybob_wot][Q: What's your favourite game from your youth? M.U.L.E. on the Atari 8-bit for me]
[1:55:44][@demiplume][Q: I'm looking for the best tools to begin learning coding / :"game design" from scratch. Is visual studio, in your opinion, a good start?]
[1:56:33][@quickshift_][Q: Did you have any input on JAI?][:language]
[1:58:24][@winter_squirrel][Q: Do you have any :language in mind to replace C++?]
[2:01:27][@printf_armin][Q: What is your experience with macOS, especially their “cocoa :API”?]
[2:01:31][@inked_in_java][Q: I see you switched to ~4coder from emacs. How do you like 4coder compared to emacs?]
[2:02:34][@onanymous][Q: Do you agree with those who say "source code is text" or do you think we should push for more structure awareness in editors and tools?]
[2:02:44][@quiensab3][Q: What will come next after we're done with :lighting?]
[2:03:05][@winter_squirrel][Q: Is there ever gonna be a handmade compiler?]
[2:03:29][Close this down with another plug of the SendOwl-powered contribution page[ref
    site="Handmade Hero"
    page="Handmade Community Recurring Contributions"
    url=https://handmadehero.org/patreon.html]][:speech]
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