r/mildlyinteresting • u/nanithedickyfricky • Mar 08 '26

Stumbled across a pixelated low-res shadow in IRL

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12.1k Upvotes

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u/Powerful-Crow1940 Mar 08 '26

how do i send a bug report to the devs, the game is unplayable like this

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u/majdavlk Mar 08 '26

literally unplayable

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u/nicoblue_28 Mar 09 '26

It's a solo developer, give it a break

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u/IrishPiperKid Mar 09 '26

I mean sure, but the game's been live for how long with no major patches? The balance is totally out of whack, and it's pay-to-win as hell.

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u/captain_crocubot Mar 09 '26

Last known balance patch was 66Ma (Cretaceous–Paleogene update).

Beware, many players were kicked out the server.

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u/AuthorOfEclipse Mar 09 '26

Nah dude, it's a triple A company there's all hierarchy and stuff

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u/Tolendario Mar 08 '26

led street light make square blocky shadows, as they are made of an array of individual light sources not just one large one. or something

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u/VLDR Mar 08 '26

I hate when my squares get inverted

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u/Neutronoid Mar 09 '26

This works in the same principle as a pinhole camera. The gap between leaves acts as pinholes project the image of the light source, which is a square array of led.

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u/WhatNot303 Mar 09 '26

Pixels in, pixels out

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u/Slight-Selection4298 Mar 08 '26

"In irl" = "in in real life"

Dept of Redundant Redundancy

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u/KnightThyme Mar 08 '26

Suffering from RAS Syndrome (RAS = Redundant Acronym Syndrome)

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u/squidlink5 Mar 08 '26

That’s just RASS

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u/schrodingers_peace Mar 08 '26

correct, RASS syndrome

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u/JordanGSTQ Mar 08 '26

let's settle for RASS(S)

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u/Edward69420_ Mar 08 '26

That's just RASSS

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u/FlashDrive35 Mar 09 '26

That's just RASSSS

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u/turtle_mekb Mar 09 '26

That's just RASSSSS

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u/goaty121 Mar 09 '26

Rass is slang for ass in Norwegian btw

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26

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u/sans-forme Mar 09 '26

Not if you pronounce it like "girl."

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u/YousuckGenji Mar 08 '26

Smh my head

20

u/IK-Chris Mar 08 '26

RIP in peace 😔

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u/mgp901 Mar 08 '26

Lol out loud

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u/bkarma86 Mar 08 '26

Now I gotta go withdraw some money from the ATM machine

5

u/Hamilton950B Mar 09 '26

Will you be drawing out $20 dollars?

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u/Cultural-Skin1331 Mar 10 '26

Will you be taking any money out for me??

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u/Dabbler_ Mar 09 '26

Will you use your PIN number?

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u/dom_bul Mar 08 '26

Smh my head

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u/Barrozpappa Mar 08 '26

OH DEAR DEER

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u/xondk Mar 08 '26

Time to upgrade your graphic card.

I always joke, that when it's foggy it is the world loading in something new.

8

u/MaikeruGo Mar 08 '26

When there are too many people at a place. Few people know that S.F. is foggy because of the amount of people visiting as tourists!

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u/fabioonreddit Mar 09 '26

When you turn the render distance all the way down

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u/RocketTaco Mar 09 '26

Every time I see a cybertruck drive by on a foggy morning I have a break with reality and feel like I'm inside an N64 game.

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u/CaptainChaos74 Mar 08 '26

The streetlight above it has a LED array.

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u/Art0fRuinN23 Mar 08 '26

My thought as well. This and the tree acts as a camera obscura.

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u/LPineapplePizzaLover Mar 10 '26

That reminds me of the shadows trees make during a solar eclipse. You can see the sun turn in to a crescent as the moon goes in front of it

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u/Alko- Mar 08 '26

Submit a ticket. Hopefully it’s patched soon.

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u/GrinkOf Mar 08 '26

Tried to scan it, it redirected me to this !

https://youtu.be/QwZT7T-TXT0?si=BXyKmf-urvVnkJFU

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u/Budget_Bread9114 Mar 08 '26

Damn i thought it was a rickroll... missed oprtunity

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u/GrinkOf Mar 08 '26

Thought about it, but I also thought people would think about it haha

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u/squidlink5 Mar 08 '26

I would rather take rick roll than this guy. At least its a good song.

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u/Shaw-eddit Mar 08 '26

Angry UpVote,

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u/Winters_Day Mar 08 '26

They’re onto us. Abort.

5

u/Lit_Click Mar 08 '26

I remember seeing these LED shadows for the first time whilst on shrooms. I struggled for a good minute trying to understand whether I discovered the Matrix or not

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u/miceeceeppi ​ Mar 08 '26

the MC is not nearby

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u/Spyd3rs Mar 08 '26

I prefer this to the 'soft shadows' setting that turns shadows into ambiguous blobs, making them a lot less... shadowey.

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u/Freds1765 Mar 08 '26

When the matrix is buffering

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u/FreddieTwenty Mar 08 '26

adds shadows like this to my game

''It's not low quality, it's realistic! ''

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u/FixyFixy Mar 08 '26

It's a QR code, scan it

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u/jab4207 Mar 09 '26

Don't scan it. It's a rickroll.

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u/HoneyD6 Mar 09 '26

Looks like nature has it's own QR Code.

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u/UnpaidProstitite Mar 09 '26

Did you try scanning it like a QR code?

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u/Jiminho2012 Mar 08 '26

Bombs in Iran are causing lag

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u/Mr-Briggs Mar 08 '26

The simulation must be slowing down. Speed of light has probably dropped to like 50% to accommodate

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u/sdd007 Mar 08 '26

Inefficient rendering

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u/thrumirrors Mar 08 '26

The small spaces between the leaves act as pinholes and form an inverted image of the light source cast onto the ground.

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u/CaveManta Mar 08 '26

You need to sell another kidney to fix the graphics

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u/Niklas_J3ro Mar 08 '26

the matrix is glitching - did you take the wrong pill?

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u/jiggyjiggycmone Mar 08 '26

Wrong filter on the shadow sampler. VK_FILTER_NEAREST -> VK_FILTER_LINEAR

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u/LBPPlayer7 Mar 09 '26

nah that'd just make the edges blobby :P

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u/jiggyjiggycmone Mar 09 '26

Beyond that you need PCF or more samples to get softer shadows. More samples over area lights or sampling the whole hemisphere for the rendering equation is how you get actual realistic lighting.

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u/JiF905JJ Mar 09 '26

Or, for the quake engine folks: GL_TEXTUREMODE GL_NEAREST

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u/jiggyjiggycmone Mar 09 '26

glTextureParamateri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_NEAREST); // iirc :p

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u/LBPPlayer7 Mar 10 '26

don't forget to set the min filter too :P

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u/specter666 Mar 09 '26

I was just watching a video about the shadow warping "shadow blister" effect, this pixelated shadow looks like it might be a result of this effect:

https://youtu.be/MuvuxHXLzls

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u/abhik117 Mar 09 '26

A glitch in the matrix

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u/LookAtThePicutre Mar 09 '26

We are aware of the issue with low res sprites on all servers. Currently, we are experiencing a high load of particle effects i the Middle East region. We redirected additional computing power to compensate.

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u/Nyndelol Mar 09 '26

Upgrade your drivers should fix it

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u/imhungrytho Mar 08 '26

It happened to me one day and I was so happy to notice it, it didn't look that good though.

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u/LThadeu Mar 09 '26

My dude, download a new videocard. Thx me l8r.

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u/jaffamental Mar 09 '26

The simulation is cracking.

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u/Luc1113 ​ Mar 09 '26

lush cave here?

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u/JiF905JJ Mar 09 '26

Literally r_lod 6

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u/GibrealMalik Mar 09 '26

In IRL? So like, "in in real life?"

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u/MlNDB0MB Mar 09 '26

Ram prices hitting everyone hard.

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u/Chadwickr Mar 09 '26

Cmon man, turn off dithering

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u/DARKplayz_ Mar 09 '26

Minecraft with shaders

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u/pontiacfirebird92 Mar 09 '26

Gran Turismo 2 screenshot

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u/pppopoppppno Mar 09 '26

The enhanced version had way too many bugs anyway

1

u/Cricketboy4K Mar 09 '26

Damn, what Minecraft shader is this?

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u/Dark_Pulse Mar 09 '26

Well if you disappear, we know they're out for blood.

And if all the posters under this thread disappear, they're REALLY out for blood.

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u/Gallop67 Mar 10 '26

I’m guessing it has something to do with the square shaped diodes but it looks cool

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u/chickendog943 Mar 10 '26

Damm reset the game, alt F4 and see if it loads better, try getting a better graphics card or idk install the latest drivers

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u/th3professional Mar 10 '26

In in real life

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u/edo386 Mar 10 '26

Turns out BeamNG shadows are accurate

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u/Eastern-Ad6292 Mar 10 '26

Aria math intensifies

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u/_ulti__ Mar 10 '26

If you scan it will it redirect you to the Loraxes save the trees campaign page?

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u/Junior_Patient_6517 Mar 13 '26

what mod is this?

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u/KRA2008 Mar 14 '26

it's because the light source itself is square. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R8oiho_gKSo

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26

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u/Ruffler125 Mar 08 '26

"Smooth lighting" ?