Glaring sun?

[Glo-Boy]

As we've seen in the Bink Videos, the sunlight can be powerful, creating extremely bright soft edges coming through the windows... you know what I mean?

My question is... will this happen to players if that bright sun is behind them... will parts of them seem to be obscured by powerful light? Look at the attachment with a still from black hawk down. Could we potentially see something like this in HL2 or an HL2 mod? Thanks.

 

[Apos]

It's possible I guess. It all depends on whether character models are rendered in the same way as the HDR effect on map geometry. I don't see why they wouldn't be, but then, I really have no idea what the technology involved does.

 

[CrazyHarij]

Of course that's possible.. Just look at the HDR vid, like Apos said, there already is this kind of effect in like Splinter Cell etc.

 

[Glo-Boy]

great - thanks.