the latest stories tagged with 'Shaders' from GameDevKicks.com http://www.gamedevkicks.com/ en-us Atweb Publishing Ltd. http://backend.userland.com/rss GameDevKicks.com - Game Dev links by the community 30 v1.6 Changes: * Added Procedural Texture Generators and Fractals * Added Heat Haze post process effect. * Added Environmental Reflections <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.gamedevkicks.com/kick/?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.codeplex.com%2fGraphiXNA%2fRelease%2fProjectReleases.aspx%3fReleaseId%3d14431"><img src="http://www.gamedevkicks.com/Services/Images/KickItImageGenerator.ashx?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.codeplex.com%2fGraphiXNA%2fRelease%2fProjectReleases.aspx%3fReleaseId%3d14431" border="0" alt="kick it on GameDevKicks.com" /></a> http://www.gamedevkicks.com/xna/GraphiXNA_Shading_Library_Release_v1_6 http://www.gamedevkicks.com/xna/GraphiXNA_Shading_Library_Release_v1_6 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:05:38 GMT This article defines a method using shader technology to more physically represent these volumetric particles. This method will give a more accurate visual representation of the simulated volumes as well as potentially decreasing the necessary number of particles, which in turn will help to improve render performance. <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.gamedevkicks.com/kick/?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.gamasutra.com%2fview%2ffeature%2f3680%2fa_more_accurate_volumetric_.php"><img src="http://www.gamedevkicks.com/Services/Images/KickItImageGenerator.ashx?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.gamasutra.com%2fview%2ffeature%2f3680%2fa_more_accurate_volumetric_.php" border="0" alt="kick it on GameDevKicks.com" /></a> http://www.gamedevkicks.com/general/A_More_Accurate_Volumetric_Particle_Rendering_Method http://www.gamedevkicks.com/general/A_More_Accurate_Volumetric_Particle_Rendering_Method Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:46:56 GMT