Viper1 on 05 August 2012
| Khuutra said: Nintendo is often more about using tricks than legitimately crazy tech. One of my favorite examples of these tricks is Mario's hands in Super Mario Galaxy. When he closes his hand into a fist, it looks like his fingers are casting shadows on his palm. But they're not. Nintendo just made a separate texture that applies when Mario's making a fist. I always like learning about that kind of thing |
That's a common light map trick called pre-baked lighting. For a while, that's what every studio did to simulate real time lighting changes. It's still used by most studios today...even in conjunction with real time lighting.
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