Thanks again! @TheEmu. Yup, that's the part that was throwing me for ages! I noticed the white dot early on and guessed it was the centre of the screen in 2D mode. I played for ages with those parameters before realising they didn't do anything! :/ One more lesson learned today :)

You said the shaders are written in GLSL. Great. Got that link :) Normal .scn files are standard OpenGL tho right? I've found a great tutorial site for the latest OpenGL language (3.3 onwards) and I'll be getting to work studying it all asap :)

http://www.opengl-tutorial.org/

For anybody else that might want to learn the code properly :)

@TheEmu

I am just eyeballing your last VGPlayer shadertoy compatabiles. Outstanding effects.! I have to learn how to tilt a shader for combining with various sprite masks.

@HombreSinSombra

With regard to your use my Flame test scene you should delete the second quad from the .scn file. It's a piece of fossil code left over from an earlier test and its only purpose was to put a small white dot at the center of the screen. A ***** blemish, but it should not have been there.

On my system I have renamed the two files

Hombre Sin Sombra = Flame of Life.scn
Hombre Sin Sombra = Flame of Life.fsh

to reflect the H Rider Haggard reference to the Flame of Life in his novel She (on which the Ursula Andress film was based).

oh nice @Hombre good eye for balanced composition. Btw, on my system, I renamed both your SCNs with the prefix 'HSS - ', thats HSS space dash space, so they are easier to group click and watch auto-randomly later.
Keep coding guys ;)

Here is Anissa Kate one boob out.

Thanks guys. Oh, you want me to upload the code? Hehehe. Ok. Gimme a few mins to separate it from the rest of TheEmu's shaders :)

Edit: Ok, it's on GoogleDrive:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0q3PJ8LyTh8TElOU3FUbkNraDg/view?usp=sharing

Unless you have a rocket, this may make the clips a little jerky but on mine it's not so bad :)

Edit 2: Buzzy. Your memory is incredible and encyclopaedic! Some fantastic backgrounds there my friend :)

Edit3: Oops. Sorry guys. Rename the .fsh and the .scn files or they will overwrite TheEmu's orginal ZZZ Test files.

There was a thread once .. Lets the girls dance .. in new places. In case you're interested in finding new backgrounds for your scenes. It's an ancient one, but still full of pretty cool stuff ..

http://www.virtuagirl.com/forumPost.php?foId=9&ftId=15875

Somehow this Hombre's cave on the previous page looked familiar to me .. :)

Sorry that off topic ..

Exquisito @HSS ~ model, flame and sun together. It will be nice to see it moving ;)

@HombreSinSombra

I am glad that you could make good use of the flame and looking forward to seeing it in action - and any use you make of the other examples I have made available at TheEmusNest.eu. It is not, however "my" shader but was uploaded to the ShaderToy.com site by someone who identifies themselves as XT95, all I did was the very ***** job of making it use a pair of different names for two of its interface variables.

The language is GLSL, in particular the Fragment Shader part, as described on https://www.opengl.org/documentation/glsl/

Ok, I'll bite...

3 votes each: Viki, Sandra H, Little Caprice, Kami, Sabrisse
2 votes each: Nella, Lola, Katerina H, Subil Arch, Bailey Ryder
1 vote each: Alizee, Beatrix, Dayzee, Susan, Gracy-*****

Awesome work here, guys! I made another version of the Redroom myself but after seeing this, I thought... Nah! Can't get even close to this :(

However, I have been struggling all day to get my head around adding a background image to @TheEmu's Flame shader test. Just about figured out which bits to change and which not to now :) This is another awesome Yiming Hu landscape that I thought fit just about perfectly with your Flame shader. Reminds of the old 60's movie, 'She' with Ursula Andress ;) The cold flame of eternal youth...

One more silly question tho. What the hell is this programming language??? Is it C++ ? :/

Edit: Shifted stuff around so now the flame is bigger and the models dance IN the flame :)

un bon anniversaire à Axelle Parker

Wonderful, thankyou TheEmu. It will now be easy for everyone to experiment with these.
I agree some shaders can make heavy demands and using several shaders at once in a scene could very likely cause crashes also. The parameter tweaking is spelt out for easy reference over in the tutorial thread in Wyldanimal's examples //code comments.

Pressing on with Artshares. This time Zebrazuk steps up to the plate and, POW ~ hits a home run with our first shader scene (see pic). Best to Set your extract to UPDATE all. Congrats & thanks to all collabs.

http://scenes.virtuastripper.net/ArtShare04-07.zip

its worth it. only took one day to get my half credit back. not bad

I have just updated TheEmu's web site, TheEmusNest.eu, primarily to include a set of simple scenes using shaders obtained from ShaderToy.com. There is now a new directory containing the individual sources for this collection together with a zip file containing all of them. Both can be found by following the links on the Downloads page.

The ShaderToy Scenes directory currently contains 33 shaders. All credits for these shaders belongs to their originators, which are identified in the scene names. I have done the bare minimum to get them to work with the VGHD software.

Warning - some of these shaders make heavy demands on the GPU and depending on your system the scene may be jerky. In some cases this can be ameliorated by tweaking parameters clearly identified in the .fsh file, but in others you will have to work out the best thing to do for yourself.

Noticed others mentioned X-Art. IMHO a superior site with sensual, rather than smutty, scenes.
(Little) Caprice has been a featured performer for X-Art for several years now. Several other VGHD models also have appeared there.
Just in scenes from my collection are Erica Fontes, Caprice of course, Conny, Eufrat, Silvie Deluxe, Lorena and Ariel. I feel certain there will be others found there.

Still worth it. It's not blurry at all in 1080.

@EverthangForever - In this case the hard work was done whoever developed the shader and put it on ShaderToy.com. This particular shader required almost no work to adapt it to VGHD, it's a bit different for some of the others on that site. I have already adapted several of them and will probably upload them in a couple of days. I have 19 of them working but hope to get a few more ready in the next couple of days. After that my "real work" interferes and will have to slow up.

I like this girl and the look of the card, but from what I am seeing on these forums, I am wary of purchasing this card.
What is the verdict?
Is it worth it?

It works for me directly on firefox via:

http://www.theemusnest.eu/scenes/TheEmu/Experiments/Test Area/TheEmu = ZZZ Testing - Flame.fsh

and

http://www.theemusnest.eu/scenes/TheEmu/Experiments/Test Area/TheEmu = ZZZ Testing - Flame.scn

I just copy the screens to notepad & save. The hardest thing about shaders must be to ***** yourself away long enough to upload it. Thanks so much for your exceptional work ;)

Aye, there are some stability issues with the Russian currency at the moment and that always sucks. Then again us Finns get taxed to death so if that were to be factored in we should also pay a lot less than in some other European countries. But the world does not work like that. The Finns always get screwed in all things ;-)

The main problem is that most of russians dont have the ability to pay in any currency but roubles. And due to sanctions the amount you have to spend in roubles to qualify for "50$" is ridiculous, almost enough to get some russian VG models (like Nataly Von; Mandy Dee or Melena Tara want roughly 2-3 times more, but still) to perform for you live.

50$ is cheap. In Europe we pay 50 euro. This silly thing does not even support the euro symbol and that is funny. Shows up when you write it but in the actual post it is a '?'

You can't submit, if you haven't picked a subject .. I'd recommend to use "Contact us" given above. Probably goes much faster as well.

It is time for a pretty red head one boob out and she is>>>


Amber Cute

if u click customer service and pick a topic if it doesn't answer your question it lets u submit a request

Well, my guess is you have to contact them directly .. At the top of the page, at the left side, where are the country flags and T.O.S & E.U.L.A there is "Contact us".

Has been said also in FAQs, if you can't find an answer .. please contact ..

Yes i do like here sexy legs that Anissa Kate very nice there @stefnev1.

Where do I submit such a request? All I can find under "Customer Service" are pre-populated FAQs.

Rex said this days ago:
"Amber Cute's play time has been recorded slightly out of focus. We had to decide between not releasing her cards or releasing them only in 1080p and 720p and a lower price and we choose the second option. Looks like the price reduction was not there, it has just been fixed. If you bought her card at the regular price for 3K cards, please contact Customer Service Monday (not this week end) for a refund of the difference."

sorry still kinda new here. I was one who bought amber cute play time 0026 at 3k price. where do I direct my request for partial refund?

I have just added a new shader to TheEmusNest.eu - you can find it in the
/scenes/TheEmu/Experiments/Test Area/ directory

as the files

TheEmu = ZZZ Testing - Flame.fsh
TheEmu = ZZZ Testing - Flame.scn

I have not yet integrated it into the zip files so you will have to download the sources and install them yourself.

I have just found that my web host provider blocks direct linking to these directories so you will have to go via the TheEmusNest home page and Downloads page following the "Browse the scene source files" and the links down the directory tree until you come to the files.

My question is, why change the currency for the purchase of coupons? I used to buy 50 coupons for 500 rubles, and now they cost $ 50? It's much more expensive.

With the New Beta 1.2.0.56
This works even Better than it did before.
Now the Models will remember which VirtuaStage they were assigned to.
( Note: these are just a Normal Window, but in a Very small form.)

VG detects the Top and Bottom of the Window, and the Model will attache to one of these windows.

By allowing the Window to become Transparent. I can Hide the VirtuaStage from View, but VG still Detects the Top and Bottom of the Now Transparent Window.

Send me an E-mail
if you'd like to test the VirtuStage for me.
my E-mail can be found in this thread:

http://www.virtuagirl.com/forumPost.php?&foId=3&ftId=3821&pageNb=1


Pics:
1) a Diagnostic Version of VG showing the HotSpots where the model is Attached to the Window.
2) The Stages are Visible. ( running 4 copies of the VirtuaStage )
3) The Stages are Transparent. ( running 4 Copies of the VirtuaStage )

If it worked .. glad to hear that };-)

Personally, I don't think @Rita69's theory holds up. Sorry, Rita.

I am more interested in the different ways of polling. Would the result be different if we looked only at the number of members who mentioned each model? In other words, each mention gets one vote.

A quick look suggests no change in the top three, but Jana Cova would jump to 4th ahead of Sabrisse.

What would a poll asking each member to name their top 10 models, in no particular order, produce?

Is a model's popularity simply a function of the number of members who have purchased her cards?

Do polls such as this have any effect on sales of cards?

I would love to have access to Totem's records to resolve these questions.

@Rita69 asked me to post a theory she has, regarding the 30-Point Poll.

Theory:
(a) The rapid rise in popularity of (Little) Caprice has taken votes from Anna Tatu.
(b) Melisa's older fan base gave more votes to Caprice than to Anna T.

Rita says she'll be back tomorrow to explain, and, if necessary, defend her theory.

Love to see what others think about this.

found them, deleted them, rebuilt them, and there they are. thank you sir for your help

Data folder should be on the main (C) drive.

Go to My Computer .. Windows(C:) .. Users .. Your username .. AppData .. Local .. vghd .. and there are two folders: bin and data. Data is the one you need. There are all the picture cards.

But in case you can't see the AppData (it's hidden by default), go to Control Panel first .. Folder Options .. choose "view" and then mark the "show hidden files and folders". Your AppData should be visible now ..

see I am not sure where to find this folder. I have my models folder on an external hard drive and I do not see it in there. see its not your fault I am not good with computers

Then it's probably my fault .. Sometimes, when download gets interrupted it ends with a file, which has extension .dlmcdf. It's an indicator of incomplete download. When an image or whatsoever file is corrupted, might happen that the software won't fix it, if you choose to update or rebuild, 'cause it sees that the file already exists.

To fix this problem, you must delete these .dlmcdf files manually (if you have any) and then software will reload the card normally.

You say you deleted these cards .. what exactly did you delete?

A normal card's data (picture card) folder should look like this one above

Edit: I'm asking, 'cause the picture cards of the shows are stored in Data folder, animations in Models folder. If you deleted and reloaded animations, it won't fix the problem ..

i must be stupid cause I cant figure out what u r trying to say

Interesting .. have you checked the data folder of these cards .. what do you have in there .. is there a text document and three pictures or nothing? Or are there some files with .dlmcdf extension perhaps? If so, you must delete them. Quit VGHD and its Downloader and delete all these .dlmcdf files. Restart and then "check for updates" again.

@HSS thats a great first scene. I like your quest in attention to detail with perspective and proportions in all that you do. Tks lots for the shares interfaces tweeking.

@TheEmu, Entirely agree re needing a new clipsprite attribute 'shadow'. As a newbie I remember frustratingly ***** up a lot of time, as have many others treating shadows as independent clipsprites and reflections similarly have a nightmare of masking to do once taskbar clips drift Ypos lower :(

@Wyld thanks for the fragment shaders. Plenty of applications for those !

@Wyldanimal

I am sure that it would be possible, and probably rather simple, to use a fragment shader to create a shadow or a reflection though I have not yet looked into using shaders that way. The trouble is you would have to keep on doing it every time you wanted one that was just a little bit different - different size, different angle, different depth of shadow etc. Not a lot of extra work once you have done it once but rather more than it should be.

I think these sorts of effects ought to be offered as a standard option for a ClipSprite using a new attribute "Shadow" with parameters defining the direction, size and depth of shadow, preferably with animation support. A similar property could also be provided for reflections. Failing that adding a shear capability on top of rot and scale would allow you to do the same sort of thing working at a lower level. This sort of thing ought to be relatively simple to add to the current software.

Snow Scenes 1 & 2 were built partially from one of the other Shade scenes I had.
I just reused the same clipsrpites.

In scenes 3 and 4 I removed the rotating clips as they didn't really contribute to the scene I was working on.

@TheEmu
I do agree that there isn't a really good Shadow effect.
Although I haven't experimented enough with the fragment shaders.

I'm wondering if it's possible to create a shadow effect using texture0 in the shader?

I assume that no new votes are likely to be posted before the New Year, although there are still over three days left.

If anyone would like a copy of my Excel spreadsheet showing all votes cast, please send me a message with an email address to send it to. (Not here on the Forum.)

Is it too early to declare Melisa the winner, and still champion?

Happy New Year to all members. Oz

@Hombre Sin Sombra

It looks fine to me as well - and I recognise the building its based on, Sefridges in Birmingham.

@Wyldanimal

I have only just got round to installing your Snow scene, it is a beautiful Christmas card. The shadows got me thinking. There is no really good way to do shadows with the current software, and the rotated shadows in this scene ***** because of that shortcoming. This is a pity because shadows and reflections can add quite a lot to a scene.

It seems to me that better shadows and reflections of a clip might be obtained by shearing the clip's image rather than rotating it. For a standing performer this would leave the shadow's feet as close to the her feet as possible while moving the shadow of the head significantly. It would require that a shear option was added to the software to accompany rot and scale, but that should not be difficult for Totem to do.

@Hombre Sin Sombra

It looks fine to me. The first one is always the hardest. The next scenes seem to flow naturally from there. I think most of us on here started with relatively simple scenes and worked up to the more complex ones.

The back pole is a little tight with Jewel - the top of her head occasionally gets cropped slightly but I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. She looks as if she is about 9'6" but the stats say 1.82m which is just about 6'.

Unless there is something particular you want to add to this scene, I'd move on to your next one. You can experiment as you go along, maybe add some motion or lighting or background colour changes, dependent on the background you choose.

@Wyldanimal

Those shaders look great and they appear to work reasonably OK with my graphics card which is good (for me). It really struggles with some of the other shaders.

well that didn't work either lol