Why name variables when you can use padding?

if (data.lights[id]._padding[1] == NOSPECULAR)
{
...
}

(Thanks Tomasz)

PS3 Shadows Mark II - Style through acne

wrt burning, cute chickens in games are not supposed to

(Thanks Marco)

Step 1: misalign UVs. Step 2: Kill it with fire!

(Thanks Simon)

High quality DOF with extra ringing and evil eye?

(Thanks Peter)

functionality where being correctly

// emit a particle
// This should NOT be done here, it there should

(Thanks Pat)

Giving New Meaning to Destructors

LRUCacheModel::~LRUCacheModel()
{
   for( LRUCacheEntry* entry; entry != NULL; )
   {
      LRUCacheEntry* next = entry->next;
      delete entry;
      entry = next;
   }
}

(Thanks to Pat)

Forget normals, we have lovely hearts!

As in, who needs proper packing of normals into the g-buffer... when you can have those lovely heart shapes instead?



(Thanks Aras)

Black Hole Crossroads

(Thanks Assen)

For those times when (int)(v + 0.5f) just isn't enough

inline int MyMath::floatToIntRounded(hkReal value)
{
       const hkReal lowerWhole = floor(value);
       const hkReal upperWhole = ceil(value);

       if((value - lowerWhole) < (upperWhole - value))
       {
               return floatToInt(lowerWhole + MY_EPSILON);
       }
       else
       {
               return floatToInt(upperWhole + MY_EPSILON);
       }
}

(Thanks Dan)

isNumber - Special optimized version

bool isNumber(const char number)
{
 std::string tmp;

 tmp += number;

 return std::string::npos != findIgnoreCase("0123456789", tmp);
}

I sure hope it'll grow into proper deferred shading some day

(Thanks Robert)

Do Colombians have cautiousness?

(Thanks ReJ)

Beta graphics drivers at play

(Thanks Jonathan)

The Googly Eyed Trike

Googly Eyed Trike from Tom Spilman on Vimeo.

A happy accident while developing the simulation for the Be The Dinosaur traveling exhibit.

(Thanks Russell)