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What is the difference between GL and GLSL?

SzarkSzark Posts: 10,634
edited December 1969 in The Commons

I tried looking up the difference between these two and as of yet found nothing that explains it in plain English so in the meantime while I am searching I though it might be easier to ask.

In DS in the General Renders setting Quality V Speed settings panel. Level 4 3Delight (no problems with that) but the next are labelled as thus:
Level 3 Open GL GLSL Hardware Assisted Render
Level 2 Open GL with shadows Hardware Assisted Render
and
Level 1 Open GL Preview no Shadows

My Q is what is the difference between level 3 and 2. I see no difference when I render.

Comments

  • CypherFOXCypherFOX Posts: 3,401
    edited December 1969

    Greetings,
    Theoretically it should give you more accurate shader actions, since GLSL is the Open GL Shader Language. But I don't ever render in it, so I have no idea if it's actually doing that, or if it did once but doesn't now. :)

    I have to admit, I almost never use the other render modes than 'level 4', the 3Delight renderer. I suppose I should, maybe it'd catch certain issues quicker than spot-rendering.

    -- Morgan

  • SzarkSzark Posts: 10,634
    edited December 1969

    Thanks Cypherfox

    I suppose I will keep on searching for the answer.

  • Kevin SandersonKevin Sanderson Posts: 1,643
    edited December 1969

    Hey Szark, check this thread http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/18285/#269211

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