Talk:Kappa Shader
Discussion page for sharing ideas and asking questions on the development of the Kappa Shader wiki
Beanie 04/04/21: I'm guessing the main page should be relevant to the current published release, i.e. Kappa 3.1a. How do you feel about having another page or section for Kappa 4.0?
Beanie: Do you want to aim for a complete list of EVERY setting option? At the moment (10/04/21 10:43 BST) the table jumps from Air Coefficients to Clouds, missing out all the other options on the Air menu (Fog Sea Level, Mist, etc). Do we need to think about how the table is to be structured so that the settings hierarchy is followed?
I feel a two column table may not be sufficient.
Yeah i'd have it cover all settings since it kinda seems reasonable to just go for the full thing, and the jump from Air Coefficients to Clouds is because thats the settings order in 4.0, and since the release will happen fairly soon I'd rather update it to 4.0 already. RRe36 (talk) 12:24, 10 April 2021 (CEST)
I'm happy to switch to Kappa 4.0 Beanie (talk) 12:42, 10 April 2021 (CEST)
Question: in order to create or edit the tables did you have to type/copy in all the plain text script that produces the table, or is there an easier way? I can't seem to find the toolbar! -- Beanie (talk) 15:00, 10 April 2021 (CEST)
I think I'm getting the hang of it a bit now.
Do you think we should signify which are the "go to" key settings that average users may want to tweak for maximum quality vs performance trade-off? And any ideas how?
Strikes me that launching into the detail of Air Coefficients so early might put casual users off??? "I only wanted to know how to make it run faster/get path tracing!!!" -- Beanie (talk) 22:34, 10 April 2021 (CEST)
I would reckon that I'd put the FAQ above the settings and then it can point at specific settings if necessary. Maybe also a short paragraph before the settings table that is like a quick start guide. I might try a few of these ideas to see whats best. RRe36 (talk) 22:54, 12 April 2021 (CEST)
I like what you've done Rre36. It's coming along! Beanie (talk) 07:51, 14 April 2021 (CEST)
Suggestions
- in Clouds menu I think having target resolution first is odd, it feels a bit back to front - how about:
| Volumetric Clouds | Planar Clouds |
| Temporal Upscaling | Cloud Reflections |
| Target Resolution | Cloud Shadows |
Beanie (talk) 07:51, 14 April 2021 (CEST)
Yeah I'll have to come up with some sort of sensible layout for the cloud settings in general tbh RRe36 (talk) 11:07, 14 April 2021 (CEST)
- The default profile is "Ultra", yet Lighting > Directional Lightmaps > Off is the default. Might it be better to default On? Seems inconsistent with default Terrain > Normalmaps On