Toon shader without shadows?

[user_deleted]

Hey There!

Just trying to play with the toon shader and toon ink lense of XSI. it works fine, but it doesnt create shadows on the floor. am i missing something or does the shader itselfdon't compute shadows?
thx in advance

[atyss]

There is a bug with the toon shader.

You have to create a shadow shader (or simple shadow, or constant node, I don't remember exactly) and use connect it the Shadow input of the material.

Hope this helps
Salutations - Cheers
Bernard Lebel

[devdoka]

The bug only applies to XSI v2.x. It should be working fine in v3.0 and later.

Make sure the toon shader is plugged into the shadow input of your object's base material node. Also verify your light is casting shadows. Both are inactive by default.

Matt

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Matt Lind
Animator / Technical Director
Softimage certified instructor:
Softimage|3D
Softimage|XSI
Matt@Mantom.net

[user_deleted]

hey there,
i tried both. the list cast shadows (with or without shadowmap ). the toon shader correctly connects with surface and shadow to the objects base material. it creats the dark sided of the toon object allright, all i meant was a shadow on the floor (toon shader aswell) from the toon ball.

could i send you the scene?
would be great ;.)
thx in advance.
Sasquatch

[devdoka]

Don't send me your scene, I'm not tech support.

Restart XSI from scratch, then run this script from the script editor (Jscript):

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// Delete the default light
DeleteObj("light", null, null);

// Create a ground plane
CreatePrim("Grid", "NurbsSurface", null, null);
SetValue("grid.surfmsh.geom.subdivu", 3, null);
SetValue("grid.surfmsh.geom.subdivv", 3, null);
SetValue("grid.grid.ulength", 15, null);
SetValue("grid.grid.vlength", 15, null);

// Create a sphere with toon shader applied
CreatePrim("Sphere", "NurbsSurface", null, null);
SetValue("sphere.surfmsh.geom.subdivu", 6, null);
SetValue("sphere.surfmsh.geom.subdivv", 4, null);
SetValue("sphere.sphere.radius", 1.5, null);
Translate(null, 0, 2, 0, siAbsolute, siParent, siObj, siY, null, null, null, null, null);
ApplyShader("MaterialToon_Paint_and_Host", "", null, "");

// Create a point light casting raytraced shadows
GetPrimLight("Point.Preset", "Point", "");
Translate(null, 5, 15, 5, siAbsolute, siParent, siObj, siXYZ, null, null, null, null, null);
SetValue("Point.light.soft_light.shadow", true, null);
SetValue("Point.light.soft_light.factor", 0.125, null);
SetValue("Point.light.soft_light.intensity", 1, null);

// Adjust render settings
InspectObj("ViewRenderOptions", "", null, 1, null);
SetValue("ViewRenderOptions.MinSamplingLevel", 0, null);
SetValue("ViewRenderOptions.MaxSamplingLevel", 2, null);
SetValue("ViewRenderOptions.SamplingThresholdRed", 0.05, null);
SetValue("ViewRenderOptions.SamplingThresholdGreen", 0.05, null);
SetValue("ViewRenderOptions.SamplingThresholdBlue", 0.05, null);
SetValue("ViewRenderOptions.SamplingThresholdAlpha", 0.05, null);

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Make sure you're on v3. If this doesn't work, then something's broken.

Matt

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Matt Lind
Animator / Technical Director
Softimage certified instructor:
Softimage|3D
Softimage|XSI
Matt@Mantom.net

[cee]

Hello. I am actually looking for a Toon shader for Maya. WOuld you happen to know where I can get a plugin for that?
Thank you very much

[devdoka]

Ask in the Maya forums.