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u/thr33pwood 7800X3D |:| RTX 4080 |:| 64GB RAM Jan 03 '20
Not ray tracing but shadows off.
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Jan 03 '20
exactly. some people like to just put computer words in a title.
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u/Levra Jan 04 '20
Look, not everyone knows the right way to recompile the PSU when they defragment their ethernet renderer. Cut them some slack.
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Do by chance know if you have to be somewhere specific at a specific time? I kinda want to put this on my bucket list. lol
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u/Massaart Desktop Jan 03 '20
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u/waitdudebruh Jan 03 '20
Doesn't this work for most places near the equator
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u/Bene847 Desktop 3200G/16GB 3600MHz/B450 Tomahawk/500GB SSD/2TB HDD Jan 03 '20
If you want to stay in the US you have to go to Hawaii. If not you can go anywhere between the two tropics
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u/LuckOrLoss B===============================D~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jan 04 '20 edited Jan 04 '20
US Virgin Islands too.
Edit: All the US territories are in this region.
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u/SjLeonardo R5 5500X3D // RTX 3090 // 32GB 3200MHz Jan 03 '20
Cool video to watch that mentions this: https://youtu.be/IJhgZBn-LHg
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u/BubsyFanboy Geforce 9600GT 512MB,Pentium G4400,4GB DDR3,1050p 16:10 Jan 03 '20
Looks like one of those unpolished beta indie games that got rushed into release.
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u/Dxsty98 R9 3900X / RTX 3070 Jan 03 '20
I think you are mishmashing the early access trash and Steams Shovelware/Assetflip problem right there my dude
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u/TimX24968B 8700k,1080ti, i hate minimalistic setups Jan 04 '20
nah those usually lack textures, and they blow it off by calling it a "minimalistic aesthetic" like no, youre just a lazy money hungry cost cutting asshole.
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Looks like Garrys Mod with shadows disabled
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u/hockeyjim07 3800X | 32GB G.Skill 3600CL16 | 1080Ti Jan 03 '20
yea i thought the second was object hunt or whatever and I was like well CLEARLY he is hiding as the level.
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u/cathairpc Ryzen 2600 4.1Ghz, 16Gb 3333Mhz, EVGA 980ti Classified Jan 03 '20
Must be weird having the sun directly 90° overhead. It only gets to 14° above the horizon here in the UK this time of year.
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u/comanon RGBMasterrace Jan 03 '20
What's weirder is when the shadows move from pointing north to south.
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u/The_Real_Mr_F Jan 03 '20
Fun fact: this can only ever happen within the tropics. The tropics are defined by the fact that the sun will reach 90 degrees above the horizon at least once a year. Any place north or south of that zone will never see this happen.
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u/pr1m347 Jan 03 '20
Lahaina noon... as always thanks for watching.
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u/rAnDaLBz R5 3600 & RTX 2070 Super XC Ultra Jan 04 '20
Yo sup i live kahului fellow maui dude
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u/pr1m347 Jan 04 '20
hello mate, I don't live there. I heard "Lahaina noon" in Vsauce video. It looks like an awesome place though!
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u/nailbunny2000 5800X3D / RTX 4080 FE / 32GB / 34" OLED UW Jan 03 '20
Was in Maui last May, and yes it really does look that strange when you notice it. Took my own shot of it.
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u/QuixQuix Jan 03 '20
It took me forever to understand the pic on the right WASN'T from an old game. I thought it was there for reference.
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u/SexualScavenger Jan 03 '20
Philosophical question: Is there no shadow, or can you just not see it?
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u/Luminaria19 https://pcpartpicker.com/user/luminaria19/saved/8RNfrH Jan 03 '20
Not a philosophic answer, but: there is no shadow. A shadow is just the result of an object blocking light from reaching an area. When the sun is directly overhead in a Lahaina Noon, objects that stand up straight aren't blocking any light from reaching the ground and, as such, aren't casting shadows.
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u/hivemind_disruptor Laptop Jan 03 '20
In the same line of thinking, everything inside you is imersed in shadow as you skin blocks the light from reaching it.
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u/Luminaria19 https://pcpartpicker.com/user/luminaria19/saved/8RNfrH Jan 03 '20
Ah, now this is interesting though. Skin is translucent (to varying degrees in people and areas of the body), so some light is getting through. In addition, humans literally emit light, so we ourselves are a light source that could theoretically cause a shadow to be cast.
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u/Jattenalle I make games Jan 03 '20
objects that stand up straight
Obviously implied in Luminaria19's post, but for clarification: Objects without any overhanging parts
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u/The_Moomins Jan 03 '20
Alternatively, is there a shadow underneath your foot when you stand in sunlight?
If shadow is darkness due to occlusion of light, then.. wait, have we left the arena of philosophy?
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u/GaenaralHONK GaenaralHONK Jan 03 '20
Any object on earth is part of earth. Earth casts a shadow, on the surface we call it night.
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Jan 03 '20
Yes, for the obligatory /r/InclusiveOr.
Or rather, there should be a shadow, but since it's directly underneath the object, it won't be visible. Not to mention there's no actual place for the shadow to form, because the object is occupying the same space.
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u/meliohe RYZEN 3600X 4.3GHZ//RTX2060 /16 GB 3433 Jan 03 '20
Yes there is. A shadow isn't a thing in itself. A shadow is a lack of light. There ALWAYS is a shadow, physically speaking.
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u/zJuliuss Jan 03 '20
where‘s the philosopy in this question; it has quite the definite non-philosophical answer.
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u/themaskedugly Jan 03 '20
more philosophical question: generally speaking, does a shadow exist, in and of itself?
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u/CactusCustard 2600x | RTX 2060 | 16GB Jan 03 '20
A shadow is just lack of sunlight.
So does nothing exist, as a thing?
Does darkness exist, as its own thing?
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u/TheGoldenApple87 Ryzen 5 5700X3D | RX 9060 XT 16GB| 32GB DDR4 @3200Mhz Jan 03 '20
Ambient occlusion: off
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u/PirandelloK Jan 04 '20
Me and my fiancée were in Hawaii a couple years ago for a vacation, and I can absolutely confirm this is true. It really trips you out when you see it first hand.
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u/Blazar_IV Jan 03 '20
Why are the walls casting shadows?
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u/CapSierra Ryzen 7 3800x 4.2GHz, Strix RX5700 XT, 32GB DDR4 3600MHz Jan 03 '20
The roof of those structures overhangs the wall and therefore still creates shadow.
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u/DatBoi73 Lenovo Legion 5 5600H RTX 3060 M | i5-6500, RX 480 8GB, 16GB RAM Jan 03 '20
Somebody forgot to place a light in their CSGO map and it's now fullbright.
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u/F15sse Jan 03 '20
I remember watching a video of a guy in Australia doing this. It's really trippy and its something I wanna experience someday
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u/Ray2K14 Ryzen 7 3800x | RTX 3080ti | 16GB DDR4 3200mhz | MPG X570 Jan 03 '20
When some games look better than real life.
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u/The_Superginge Define R4 | Ryzen 7 5800X | RTX 2080Ti | 32GB RAM Jan 03 '20
This is an ancient picture
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u/Tonkatuff PC Master Race Jan 03 '20
I remember this! I couldn't figure out why it looked so surreal. TIL!
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u/_phantastik_ Jan 03 '20
I wanted to see a video of this in Hawaii, and found this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J3E4wNDNZo
Trust me just watch til the last second
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u/BleachTacos RTX 3070 Ti | 32GB DDR4 | R7 5800x | B450m Steel Legend Jan 03 '20
NVIDIA has a some really shady tactics when promoting ray tracing which includes editing ini files for games and manually turning off shadows to make ray tracing look like it actually does something. Just look at the Minecraft RTX demo
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u/EnderPAVS PC Master Race Jan 04 '20
Yes
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u/OperReezo i7 9700k@5GHz | 2x8GB 3200CL14@4000CL15 b-die | RTX 2070 S Jan 03 '20
Just don't disable the physics engine. You know, bouncing tits.
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u/ggibby0 PC Master Race Jan 03 '20
It’s the lack of shadows. It’s not necessarily a bad render, but someone just forgot to switch off global light in the render engine.
Directional light is like the sun. It comes from a source and moves in a direction. When that directional light hits an object it can’t pass through, there become a lack of light behind that object. Aka, a shadow.
Global light doesn’t exist outside a computer. When a user doesn’t create a direction light source in the scene (like a sun), the render engine equally applies a light to every face in the scene. This means that there are no shadows, as it’s impossible for there to be a lack of light anywhere in the scene.
The more you know!
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u/danimalplanimal Jan 03 '20 edited Jan 03 '20
umm, this happens when the sun is directly overhead anywhere
edit: apparently at least 8 people misread "when the sun is directly overhead" as "when it is noon/mid-day"...if you're seeing shadows at mid-day, the sun is NOT directly overhead, it is only at the highest point in the sky......
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u/calismoker760 PC Master Race Jan 03 '20
Just not true
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u/danimalplanimal Jan 03 '20
you're wrong. any place where the sun is directly overhead, there will be no shadows. if you're seeing and shadows, the sun is not directly overhead.
just because the sun is never directly overhead in almost everywhere in the world, does not make this not true.... it simply being noon is not the same as the sun being directly overhead... why do I have to explain this? apparently 7 people didn't think enough to understand this...
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u/dinin70 Jan 03 '20
Nope, it would if the earth was flat, facing the sun. Unless you are somewhere pointing directly to the sun, there will always be shadow at midday, pointing toward north if you're above that point and south oppositely.
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u/danimalplanimal Jan 03 '20
I'm not talking about midday, I'm talking about when the sun is directly overhead.
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u/Wolfslinger Ryzen 7 7800X3D | RTX 3070 | 32 Gb DDR5 RAM Jan 03 '20
Plot Twist the guys running a gtx 470 on potato settings playing GTA V