From: ehofman <ehofman>
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 17:16:45 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Harald JOHNSEN:
X-Git-Url: https://git.mxchange.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f62ff0ad66383ad0416a60337827098f48522664;p=simgear.git

Harald JOHNSEN:

Changes
=======

New volumetric shadows for FlightGear.

There is now two new checkboxes in the rendering dialog to enable/disable shadows
for the user aircraft and for static scenery objects (ie those defined in the .stg files).
AI and random objects are not handled for the moment.


known bugs
==========
- ghost objects
---

diff --git a/simgear/environment/visual_enviro.hxx b/simgear/environment/visual_enviro.hxx
index e3740b6c..946c169c 100644
--- a/simgear/environment/visual_enviro.hxx
+++ b/simgear/environment/visual_enviro.hxx
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
 
 #include <simgear/compiler.h>
 #include STL_STRING
+#include <vector>
 
+SG_USING_STD(vector);
 SG_USING_STD(string);
 
 class SGLightning;
@@ -217,6 +219,8 @@ public:
 	void getFOV( float &w, float &h );
 
 	list_of_SGWxRadarEcho *get_radar_echo(void);
+
+	sgMat4 *get_transform(void) { return &transform; }
 };
 
 extern SGEnviro sgEnviro;
diff --git a/simgear/scene/model/Makefile.am b/simgear/scene/model/Makefile.am
index e12c5829..d05744c1 100644
--- a/simgear/scene/model/Makefile.am
+++ b/simgear/scene/model/Makefile.am
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ include_HEADERS = \
 	modellib.hxx \
 	personality.hxx \
 	placement.hxx \
-	placementtrans.hxx
+	placementtrans.hxx \
+	shadowvolume.hxx
 
 libsgmodel_a_SOURCES = \
 	animation.cxx \
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ libsgmodel_a_SOURCES = \
 	modellib.cxx \
 	personality.cxx \
 	placement.cxx \
-	placementtrans.cxx
+	placementtrans.cxx \
+	shadowvolume.cxx
 
 INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)
diff --git a/simgear/scene/model/shadowvolume.cxx b/simgear/scene/model/shadowvolume.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..de106bcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/simgear/scene/model/shadowvolume.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,900 @@
+// Shadow volume class
+//
+// Written by Harald JOHNSEN, started June 2005.
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2005  Harald JOHNSEN - hjohnsen@evc.net
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+// published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+// License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+// WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+// General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
+//
+//
+
+#include <plib/sg.h>
+#include <plib/ssg.h>
+#include <simgear/props/props.hxx>
+#include <simgear/debug/logstream.hxx>
+#include SG_GLU_H
+
+#include "shadowvolume.hxx"
+
+/*
+ geometry and edge list
+ - traverse object graph until leaf to get geometry
+ - what about transform and selection ?
+	- use sub objects rather then objects
+	- get local transform and selection
+		- range anim : ssgRangeSelector ( min, max ) => ssgSelector ( true/false )
+			=> selection [0..n], kids [0..n]
+		- select/timed anim : ssgSelector ( true/false )
+			=> isSelected( nkid )
+		- spin/rotate/trans/scale/... : ssgTransform ( matrix )
+			=> getNetTransform
+ - on new object :
+	- for one object branch
+		- for each leaf
+			- save geometry
+			- save address in cache
+ - when rendering object
+	- for each leaf
+		- getNetTransform + object global rotation (ac) => transform for light position
+		- go up in tree and check isSelected( self )
+ - generate connectivity each time the geometry change
+	=> using local light so connectivity never changes
+ - generate active edge list when :
+	- light moves
+	- subpart moves (animation code)
+	- ac rotate
+		=> cache rotation matrix and generate edge list only if something change
+		=> even if it changes, no need to do that every frame
+
+ - static objects have static edge list if light does not move
+
+ shadowing a scene
+ - render full scene as normal
+ - render occluder in stencil buffer with their shadow volumes
+ - apply stencil to framebuffer (darkens shadowed parts)
+
+*/
+
+// TODO
+//	- shadow for objects
+//		* aircraft
+//		* tile objects (from .stg)
+//		- ai objects
+//		- random objects => tie shadow geometry to lib objects and reuse them
+//	- zfail if camera inside shadow
+//	- queue geometry work if lot of objects
+//	* add a render property on/off (for aircraft, for scene objects, for ai)
+//	* add a render property in rendering dialog
+//	* filter : halo, light, shadow, disc, disk, flame, (exhaust), noshadow
+// BUG
+//	- ghost objects ?
+//	- no shadow : check static 737/747
+// why has the ggb an alpha animation = 0.01 ?
+
+static int statSilhouette=0;
+static int statGeom=0;
+static int statObj=0;
+
+static SGShadowVolume *states;
+
+
+SGShadowVolume::ShadowCaster::ShadowCaster( int _num_tri, ssgBranch * _geometry_leaf ) : 
+	geometry_leaf ( _geometry_leaf ),
+	scenery_object ( 0 ),
+	first_select ( 0 ),
+	frameNumber ( 0 ),
+	numTriangles ( 0 ),
+	indices ( 0 ),
+	vertices ( 0 ),
+	planeEquations ( 0 ),
+	isFacingLight ( 0 ),
+	neighbourIndices ( 0 ),
+	isSilhouetteEdge ( 0 )
+{
+	int num_tri = _num_tri;
+	numTriangles = num_tri;
+	indices = new int[num_tri * 3];
+	vertices = new sgVec3[num_tri * 3];
+	planeEquations = new sgVec4[num_tri];
+	neighbourIndices = new int[num_tri * 3];
+	isSilhouetteEdge = new bool[num_tri * 3];
+	isFacingLight = new bool[num_tri];
+	sgSetVec3(last_lightpos, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
+	statGeom ++;
+
+	ssgBranch *branch = (ssgBranch *) _geometry_leaf;
+	while( branch && branch->getNumParents() > 0 ) {
+		if( !first_select && branch->isA(ssgTypeSelector())) {
+			first_select = branch;
+			break;
+		}
+		branch = branch->getParent(0);
+	}
+}
+
+void SGShadowVolume::ShadowCaster::addLeaf( int & tri_idx, ssgLeaf *geometry_leaf ) {
+	int num_tri = geometry_leaf->getNumTriangles();
+	for(int i = 0; i < num_tri ; i ++ ) {
+		short v1, v2, v3;
+		sgVec3 a, b, c;
+		geometry_leaf->getTriangle( i, &v1, &v2, &v3 );
+		sgCopyVec3(a, geometry_leaf->getVertex(v1));
+		sgCopyVec3(b, geometry_leaf->getVertex(v2));
+		sgCopyVec3(c, geometry_leaf->getVertex(v3));
+		addTri( tri_idx++, a, b, c);
+	}
+}
+
+SGShadowVolume::ShadowCaster::~ShadowCaster() {
+	delete [] indices ;
+	delete [] vertices ;
+	delete [] planeEquations ;
+	delete [] isFacingLight ;
+	delete [] neighbourIndices ;
+	delete [] isSilhouetteEdge ;
+}
+
+
+void SGShadowVolume::ShadowCaster::addTri(int p, sgVec3 a, sgVec3 b, sgVec3 c) {
+	sgVec4 tri_plane;
+	assert( p >= 0 && p < numTriangles );
+
+	sgMakePlane ( tri_plane, a, b, c );
+	sgCopyVec4(planeEquations[p], tri_plane);
+	sgCopyVec3(vertices[p*3], a);
+	sgCopyVec3(vertices[p*3+1], b);
+	sgCopyVec3(vertices[p*3+2], c);
+	indices[p*3] = p*3;
+	indices[p*3+1] = p*3+1;
+	indices[p*3+2] = p*3+2;
+}
+
+bool SGShadowVolume::ShadowCaster::sameVertex(int edge1, int edge2) {
+//	const float epsilon = 0.01;	// 1cm
+//	const float epsilon = 0.0;	// 1cm
+//return false;
+	if( edge1 == edge2)
+		return true;
+	sgVec3 delta_v;
+	sgSubVec3( delta_v, vertices[edge1], vertices[edge2]);
+	if( delta_v[SG_X] != 0.0)	return false;
+	if( delta_v[SG_Y] != 0.0)	return false;
+	if( delta_v[SG_Z] != 0.0)	return false;
+	return true;
+}
+
+
+//Calculate neighbour faces for each edge
+// caution, this is O(n2)
+void SGShadowVolume::ShadowCaster::SetConnectivity(void)
+{
+	int edgeCount = 0;
+
+	//set the neighbour indices to be -1
+	for(int ii=0; ii<numTriangles*3; ++ii)
+		neighbourIndices[ii]=-1;
+
+	//loop through triangles
+	for(int i=0; i<numTriangles-1; ++i)
+	{
+		//loop through edges on the first triangle
+		for(int edgeI=0; edgeI<3; ++edgeI)
+		{
+			//continue if this edge already has a neighbour set
+			if(neighbourIndices[ i*3+edgeI ]!=-1)
+				continue;
+
+			//get the vertex indices on each edge
+			int edgeI1=indices[i*3+edgeI];
+			int edgeI2=indices[i*3+(edgeI+1)%3];
+
+			//loop through triangles with greater indices than this one
+			for(int j=i+1; j<numTriangles; ++j)
+			{
+				//loop through edges on triangle j
+				for(int edgeJ=0; edgeJ<3; ++edgeJ)
+				{
+					//get the vertex indices on each edge
+					int edgeJ1=indices[j*3+edgeJ];
+					int edgeJ2=indices[j*3+(edgeJ == 2 ? 0 : edgeJ+1)];
+
+					//if these are the same (possibly reversed order), these faces are neighbours
+					//no, we only use reverse order because same order means that
+					//the triangle is wrongly oriented and that will cause shadow artifact
+					if(	sameVertex(edgeI1, edgeJ1) && sameVertex(edgeI2, edgeJ2) ) {
+							// can happens with 'bad' geometry
+//							printf("flipped triangle detected...check your model\n");
+						continue;
+					}
+					if(	false && sameVertex(edgeI1, edgeJ1) && sameVertex(edgeI2, edgeJ2)
+						|| sameVertex(edgeI1, edgeJ2) && sameVertex(edgeI2, edgeJ1) )
+					{
+						int edgeI3=indices[i*3+(edgeI+2)%3];
+						int edgeJ3=indices[j*3+(edgeJ+2)%3];
+						if(	sameVertex(edgeI3, edgeJ3) ) {
+							// can happens with 'bad' geometry
+//							printf("duplicated tri...check your model\n");
+							// exit loop
+							break;
+						}
+						//continue if this edge already has a neighbour set
+						// can happens with 'bad' geometry
+						if(neighbourIndices[ j*3+edgeJ ]!=-1) {
+//							printf("bad edge detected\n");
+							continue;
+						}
+						neighbourIndices[i*3+edgeI]=j;
+						neighbourIndices[j*3+edgeJ]=i;
+						edgeCount ++;
+						// exit loop
+						j = numTriangles;
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+//	printf("submodel has %d triangles and %d shared edges\n", numTriangles, edgeCount);
+}
+
+//calculate silhouette edges
+void SGShadowVolume::ShadowCaster::CalculateSilhouetteEdges(sgVec3 lightPosition)
+{
+	//Calculate which faces face the light
+	for(int i=0; i<numTriangles; ++i)
+	{
+		if( sgDistToPlaneVec3 ( planeEquations[i], lightPosition ) > 0.0 )
+			isFacingLight[i]=true;
+		else
+			isFacingLight[i]=false;
+	}
+
+	//loop through faces
+
+	for(int t=0; t < numTriangles; t++) {
+		int v = t * 3;
+		//if this face is not facing the light, not a silhouette edge
+		if(!isFacingLight[t])
+		{
+			isSilhouetteEdge[v+0]=false;
+			isSilhouetteEdge[v+1]=false;
+			isSilhouetteEdge[v+2]=false;
+			continue;
+		}
+		//loop through edges
+		for(int i = v ; i < v+3 ; i++) {
+			//this face is facing the light
+			//if the neighbouring face is not facing the light, or there is no neighbouring face,
+			//then this is a silhouette edge
+			if(neighbourIndices[i]==-1 || !isFacingLight[neighbourIndices[i]])
+				isSilhouetteEdge[i]=true;
+			else 
+				isSilhouetteEdge[i]=false;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TODO: everyhting here is constant, store the vertex in a cache buffer and call drawelements
+void SGShadowVolume::ShadowCaster::DrawInfiniteShadowVolume(sgVec3 lightPosition, bool drawCaps)
+{
+  	glColor4f(1.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.5);
+	//TODO: no need for a quad here
+//	glBegin(GL_QUADS);
+	glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES);
+	{
+		for(int i=0; i<numTriangles; ++i)
+		{
+			//if this face does not face the light, continue
+			if(!isFacingLight[i])
+				continue;
+
+			int v = i*3;
+			//Loop through edges on this face
+			for(int j=0; j<3; ++j)
+			{
+				//Draw the shadow volume "edge" if this is a silhouette edge
+				if(isSilhouetteEdge[v+j])
+				{
+					sgVec3 vertex1, vertex2;
+					sgCopyVec3(vertex1, vertices[indices[v+j]]);
+					sgCopyVec3(vertex2, vertices[indices[v+(j == 2 ? 0 : j+1)]]);
+
+					glVertex3fv(vertex2);
+ 					glVertex3fv(vertex1);
+					// w == 0 for infinite shadow
+#if 0
+					glVertex4f(	vertex1[SG_X]-lightPosition[SG_X],
+								vertex1[SG_Y]-lightPosition[SG_Y],
+								vertex1[SG_Z]-lightPosition[SG_Z], 0.0f);
+//					glVertex4f(	vertex2[SG_X]-lightPosition[SG_X],
+//								vertex2[SG_Y]-lightPosition[SG_Y],
+//								vertex2[SG_Z]-lightPosition[SG_Z], 0.0f);
+#else
+					glVertex3f(	vertex1[SG_X]-lightPosition[SG_X],
+								vertex1[SG_Y]-lightPosition[SG_Y],
+								vertex1[SG_Z]-lightPosition[SG_Z]);
+//					glVertex3f(	vertex2[SG_X]-lightPosition[SG_X],
+//								vertex2[SG_Y]-lightPosition[SG_Y],
+//								vertex2[SG_Z]-lightPosition[SG_Z]);
+#endif
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	glEnd();
+
+	//Draw caps if required
+	if(drawCaps)
+	{
+		glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES);
+		{
+			for(int i=0; i<numTriangles; ++i)
+			{
+				int v = i*3;
+				for(int j=0; j<3; ++j)
+				{
+					sgVec3 vertex;
+					sgCopyVec3(vertex, vertices[indices[v+j]]);
+
+					if(isFacingLight[i])
+						glVertex3fv(vertex);
+					else
+						glVertex4f(	vertex[SG_X]-lightPosition[SG_X],
+									vertex[SG_Y]-lightPosition[SG_Y],
+									vertex[SG_Z]-lightPosition[SG_Z], 0.0f);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		glEnd();
+	}
+}
+
+
+void SGShadowVolume::ShadowCaster::getNetTransform ( ssgBranch * branch, sgMat4 xform )
+{
+	// one less matmult...
+	bool first = true;
+//	sgMakeIdentMat4 ( xform ) ;
+	while( branch && branch != lib_object ) {
+		if( branch->isA(ssgTypeTransform()) ) {
+			sgMat4 transform;
+			if( first ) {
+				((ssgTransform *) branch)->getTransform( xform );
+				first = false;
+			} else {
+				((ssgTransform *) branch)->getTransform(transform);
+				sgPostMultMat4 ( xform, transform ) ;
+			}
+		}
+		branch = branch->getParent( 0 );
+	}
+	if( first )
+		sgMakeIdentMat4 ( xform ) ;
+}
+
+// check the value of <select> and <range> animation
+// wich have been computed during the rendering
+bool SGShadowVolume::ShadowCaster::isSelected (  ssgBranch * branch ) {
+	while( branch && branch != lib_object) {
+		if( branch->isA(ssgTypeSelector()) )
+			if( !((ssgSelector *) branch)->isSelected(0) )
+				return false;
+		branch = branch->getParent(0);
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+/*
+	trans ----- personality ---- shared object
+	perso1 *-----
+	             \
+	              *--------* shared object
+	             /
+	perso2 *-----
+*/
+void SGShadowVolume::ShadowCaster::computeShadows(sgMat4 rotation, sgMat4 rotation_translation) {
+  
+	// check the select and range ssgSelector node
+	// object can't cast shadow if it is not visible
+
+  	if( first_select && ! isSelected( first_select) )
+		return;
+
+		sgMat4 transform ;
+		sgMat4 invTransform;
+		// get the transformations : this comes from animation code for example
+		// or static transf
+  		getNetTransform( (ssgBranch *) geometry_leaf, transform );
+		sgMat4 transf;
+		sgCopyMat4( transf, transform );
+		sgPostMultMat4( transf, rotation_translation );
+		sgPostMultMat4( transform, rotation );
+//   	 	sgInvertMat4( invTransform, transform ); 
+		sgTransposeNegateMat4 ( invTransform, transform ); 
+
+  		glLoadMatrixf ( (float *) states->CameraViewM ) ;
+   		glMultMatrixf( (float *) transf );
+
+ 		sgVec3 lightPos;
+  		sgCopyVec3( lightPos, states->sunPos );
+ 		sgXformPnt3( lightPos, invTransform );
+
+		sgVec3 lightPosNorm;
+		sgNormaliseVec3( lightPosNorm, lightPos );
+		float deltaPos = sgAbs(lightPosNorm[0] - last_lightpos[0]) + 
+				sgAbs(lightPosNorm[1] - last_lightpos[1]) +
+				sgAbs(lightPosNorm[2] - last_lightpos[2]);
+		// if the geometry has rotated/moved enought then
+		// we need to recompute the silhouette
+		// but this computation does not need to be done each frame
+		// -6 fps
+   		if( (deltaPos > 0.0) && ( states->frameNumber - frameNumber > 0)) {
+			CalculateSilhouetteEdges( lightPos );
+			sgCopyVec3( last_lightpos, lightPosNorm );
+			frameNumber = states->frameNumber ;
+			statSilhouette ++;
+		}
+
+	if( states->shadowsDebug_enabled )
+	{
+   		glStencilFunc(GL_ALWAYS, 0, ~0);
+	  	glDisable( GL_CULL_FACE  );
+		glDisable( GL_DEPTH_TEST );
+		glDisable(GL_STENCIL_TEST);
+		glColorMask(1, 1, 1, 1);
+  		glColor4f(0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.8);
+	  	glBegin(GL_LINES);
+		for(int i=0; i<numTriangles; ++i)
+		{
+			if(!isFacingLight[i])
+				continue;
+			int v = i*3;
+			//Loop through edges on this face
+			sgVec3 vertex1, vertex2, vertex3;
+			sgCopyVec3(vertex1, vertices[indices[v+0]]);
+			sgCopyVec3(vertex2, vertices[indices[v+1]]);
+			sgCopyVec3(vertex3, vertices[indices[v+2]]);
+
+			if(isSilhouetteEdge[i*3+0]) {
+				glVertex3fv(vertex2);
+ 				glVertex3fv(vertex1);
+			}
+			if(isSilhouetteEdge[i*3+1]) {
+				glVertex3fv(vertex2);
+ 				glVertex3fv(vertex3);
+			}
+			if(isSilhouetteEdge[i*3+2]) {
+				glVertex3fv(vertex3);
+ 				glVertex3fv(vertex1);
+			}
+		}
+			glEnd();
+		glColorMask(0, 0, 0, 0);
+ 	  	glEnable( GL_CULL_FACE  );
+		glEnable( GL_DEPTH_TEST );
+		glEnable(GL_STENCIL_TEST);
+	}
+
+	// -11 fps
+
+		// TODO:compute intersection with near clip plane...
+ 		bool needZFail=false;
+
+		// GL_INCR_WRAP_EXT, GL_DECR_WRAP_EXT
+
+ 		if(needZFail)
+		{
+			//Increment stencil buffer for back face depth fail
+			glStencilFunc(GL_ALWAYS, 0, ~0);
+			glStencilOp(GL_KEEP, GL_INCR, GL_KEEP);
+			glCullFace(GL_FRONT);
+
+			DrawInfiniteShadowVolume( lightPos, true);
+
+			//Decrement stencil buffer for front face depth fail
+			glStencilOp(GL_KEEP, GL_DECR, GL_KEEP);
+			glCullFace(GL_BACK);
+
+			DrawInfiniteShadowVolume( lightPos, true);
+		}
+		else	//using zpass
+		{
+			//Increment stencil buffer for front face depth pass
+			glStencilFunc(GL_ALWAYS, 0, ~0);
+			glStencilOp(GL_KEEP, GL_KEEP, GL_INCR);
+			glCullFace(GL_BACK);
+
+			DrawInfiniteShadowVolume( lightPos, false);
+
+			//Decrement stencil buffer for back face depth pass
+			glStencilOp(GL_KEEP, GL_KEEP, GL_DECR);
+			glCullFace(GL_FRONT);
+
+			DrawInfiniteShadowVolume( lightPos, false);
+		}
+	// -15 fps
+}
+
+
+void SGShadowVolume::SceneryObject::computeShadows(void) {
+
+ 	bool intersect = true;
+	// compute intersection with view frustum
+	// use pending_object (pointer on obj transform) & tile transform
+	// to get position
+	sgMat4 position, CamXpos;
+	sgFrustum *f = ssgGetFrustum();
+	pending_object->getParent(0)->getNetTransform( position );
+	sgCopyMat4 ( CamXpos, states->CameraViewM ) ;
+	sgPreMultMat4 ( CamXpos, position ) ;
+
+   	sgSphere tmp = *(pending_object->getBSphere()) ;
+	if ( tmp.isEmpty () )
+		intersect = false;
+	else {
+		// 7000
+		float max_dist = 5000.0f;
+		tmp . orthoXform ( CamXpos ) ;
+		// cull if too far
+		if ( -tmp.center[2] - tmp.radius > max_dist )
+			intersect = false;
+		else if( tmp.center[2] == 0.0 )
+			intersect = true;
+		// cull if too small on screen
+		else if ( tmp.radius / sgAbs(tmp.center[2]) < 1.0 / 40.0 )
+			intersect = false;
+		else
+			intersect = SSG_OUTSIDE != (ssgCullResult) f -> contains ( &tmp );
+	}
+
+ 	if( intersect ) {
+		if( !scenery_object ) {
+			find_trans();
+			if( scenery_object )
+				traverseTree( pending_object );
+			else
+				return;
+		}
+		sgMat4 rotation, rotation_translation;
+		scenery_object->getNetTransform ( rotation_translation );
+		// split placement offset into rotation and offset
+		// rotation from model inside world
+		// we are not interested in translation since the light is very far away
+		// without translation we reduce the frequency of updates of the silouhette
+		sgCopyMat4( rotation, rotation_translation );
+   		sgSetVec4( rotation[3], 0, 0, 0, 1);
+
+		ShadowCaster_list::iterator iShadowCaster;
+		for(iShadowCaster = parts.begin() ; iShadowCaster != parts.end() ; iShadowCaster ++ ) {
+			(*iShadowCaster)->computeShadows(rotation, rotation_translation);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+	1) starting at the root of a scene object we follow all branch to find vertex leaf.
+	each vertex leaf will create a shadow sub object so that the shadow casted by this
+	geometry can be correctly rendered according to select or transform nodes.
+	2) models are not optimized for shadows because the geometry is cut by
+		- select / transform nodes
+		- material differences
+	since we are not interested in the geometry material we try to merge same level
+	leafs. this can divide the number of shadow sub models by a lot (reducing the cpu
+	overhead for matrix computation) and at the end this will reduce the number of
+	silouhette edge by a lot too.
+*/
+static bool filterName(const char *leaf_name) {
+	if( ! leaf_name )
+		return true;
+	char lname[20];
+	int l = 0;
+	    char *buff;
+	for( buff = lname; *leaf_name && l < (sizeof( lname )-1); ++buff, l++ )
+	     *buff = tolower(*leaf_name++);
+	*buff = 0;
+	if( strstr(lname, "shadow") || strstr(lname, "light") || strstr(lname, "disk") ||
+		strstr(lname, "disk") || strstr(lname, "flame") || strstr(lname, "halo"))
+		return false;
+	return true;
+}
+void SGShadowVolume::SceneryObject::traverseTree(ssgBranch *branch) {
+	int num_tri = 0;
+	int num_leaf = 0;
+	for(int i = 0 ; i < branch->getNumKids() ; i++) {
+		ssgEntity *this_kid = branch->getKid( i );
+		if( this_kid->isAKindOf(ssgTypeLeaf()) ) {
+			if( filterName( this_kid->getName()) ) {
+				num_tri += ((ssgLeaf *) this_kid)->getNumTriangles();
+				num_leaf ++;
+			}
+		} else
+			traverseTree( (ssgBranch *) this_kid );
+	}
+	if( num_tri > 0) {
+		int tri_idx = 0;
+		ShadowCaster *new_part = new ShadowCaster( num_tri, branch);
+		new_part->scenery_object = scenery_object;
+		new_part->lib_object = lib_object;
+		for(int i = 0 ; i < branch->getNumKids() ; i++) {
+			ssgEntity *this_kid = branch->getKid( i );
+			if( this_kid->isAKindOf(ssgTypeLeaf()) ) {
+				if( filterName( this_kid->getName()) )
+					new_part->addLeaf( tri_idx, (ssgLeaf *) this_kid );
+			}
+		}
+		new_part->SetConnectivity();
+		parts.push_back( new_part );
+	}
+}
+
+void SGShadowVolume::SceneryObject::find_trans(void) {
+	ssgBranch *branch = pending_object;
+	ssgBranch *prev_branch = pending_object;
+	// check the existence of the root node
+	while( branch && branch->getNumParents() > 0 ) {
+		prev_branch = branch;
+		branch = branch->getParent(0);
+	}
+	// check if we are connected to the scene graph
+	if( !branch->isA(ssgTypeRoot() ) )
+		return;
+	scenery_object = pending_object;
+}
+
+SGShadowVolume::SceneryObject::SceneryObject(ssgBranch *_scenery_object, OccluderType _occluder_type) :
+	pending_object ( _scenery_object ),
+	occluder_type ( _occluder_type ),
+	scenery_object ( 0 )
+{
+	// queue objects, don't do all the work in the first frames because of
+	// massive cpu power needed
+	statObj++;
+	if( occluder_type == SGShadowVolume::occluderTypeAircraft )
+		lib_object = _scenery_object;
+	else
+		lib_object = (ssgBranch *) ((ssgBranch *)_scenery_object->getKid(0))->getKid(0);
+#if 0
+	find_trans();
+	if( scenery_object )
+		traverseTree( pending_object );
+#endif
+}
+
+SGShadowVolume::SceneryObject::~SceneryObject()
+{
+//	parts.erase();
+}
+
+void SGShadowVolume::computeShadows(void) {
+
+	// intensity = ambient + lights
+	// lights = sun_const * (sun_angle . normal)
+	double dot_light = cos(sun_angle);
+	// do nothing if sun is under horizon
+	if( dot_light < 0.2 )
+		return;
+
+	//Draw shadow volumes
+	glPushAttrib(GL_ALL_ATTRIB_BITS);
+	glClear(GL_STENCIL_BUFFER_BIT);
+
+	glDisable( GL_LIGHTING );
+	glDisable( GL_FOG );
+	glDisable(GL_ALPHA);
+	glDisable(GL_BLEND);
+  	glEnable( GL_CULL_FACE  );
+	glPolygonMode(GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL_FILL);
+
+	glColorMask(0, 0, 0, 0);
+ 	glShadeModel(GL_FLAT);
+
+	glDepthMask( false );
+	glEnable( GL_DEPTH_TEST );
+	glDepthFunc(GL_LESS);
+	glEnable(GL_STENCIL_TEST);
+
+	SceneryObject_map::iterator iSceneryObject;
+	// compute shadows for each objects
+	for(iSceneryObject = sceneryObjects.begin() ; iSceneryObject != sceneryObjects.end(); iSceneryObject++ ) {
+		SceneryObject *an_occluder = iSceneryObject->second;
+		if( shadowsTO_enabled && (an_occluder->occluder_type == occluderTypeTileObject) ||
+			shadowsAI_enabled && (an_occluder->occluder_type == occluderTypeAI ) ||
+			shadowsAC_enabled && (an_occluder->occluder_type == occluderTypeAircraft ) )
+				an_occluder->computeShadows();
+	}
+
+	// now the stencil contains 0 for scenery in light and != 0 for parts in shadow
+	// draw a quad covering the screen, the stencil will be the mask
+	// we darken the shadowed parts
+	glStencilFunc(GL_NOTEQUAL, 0, ~0);
+	glStencilOp(GL_KEEP, GL_KEEP, GL_KEEP);
+	glEnable(GL_STENCIL_TEST);
+	glColorMask(1, 1, 1, 1);
+
+	glMatrixMode   ( GL_PROJECTION ) ;
+	glPushMatrix   () ;
+	glLoadIdentity () ;
+	glOrtho        ( -100, 100, -100, 100, -1, 1 ) ;
+	glMatrixMode   ( GL_MODELVIEW ) ;
+	glPushMatrix   () ;
+	glLoadIdentity () ;
+
+	glDisable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
+	glDisable(GL_CULL_FACE);
+//	glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0);
+	glPolygonMode(GL_FRONT, GL_FILL);
+	glEnable(GL_ALPHA);
+	glAlphaFunc(GL_GREATER, 0.0f);
+	glEnable(GL_BLEND);
+	glBlendFunc ( GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA ) ;
+  	glColor4f(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, sgLerp(0.1, 0.3, dot_light) );
+	// fixed value is better, the previous line is surely wrong
+  	glColor4f(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.3 );
+//   	glColor4f(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.5);
+	glRectf(-100,-100,100,100);
+
+	glMatrixMode   ( GL_PROJECTION ) ;
+	glPopMatrix    () ;
+	glMatrixMode   ( GL_MODELVIEW ) ;
+	glPopMatrix    () ;
+
+	glDisable(GL_STENCIL_TEST);
+	glPopAttrib();
+}
+
+SGShadowVolume::SGShadowVolume() : 
+	init_done( false ),
+	shadows_enabled( false ),
+	frameNumber( 0 )
+{
+	states = this;
+}
+
+SGShadowVolume::~SGShadowVolume() {
+//	sceneryObjects.erase();
+}
+
+void SGShadowVolume::init(SGPropertyNode *sim_rendering_options) {
+	init_done = true;
+	shadows_enabled = true;
+	sim_rendering = sim_rendering_options;
+}
+
+void SGShadowVolume::startOfFrame(void) {
+}
+void SGShadowVolume::deleteOccluderFromTile(ssgBranch *tile) {
+	SceneryObject_map::iterator iSceneryObject, iPrevious;
+	iPrevious = sceneryObjects.begin();
+	for(iSceneryObject = sceneryObjects.begin() ; iSceneryObject != sceneryObjects.end(); iSceneryObject++ ) {
+		if( iSceneryObject->second->tile == tile ) {
+			delete iSceneryObject->second;
+			sceneryObjects.erase( iSceneryObject );
+			iSceneryObject = iPrevious;
+		}
+		iPrevious = iSceneryObject;
+	}
+}
+
+void SGShadowVolume::deleteOccluder(ssgBranch *occluder) {
+	ssgBranch *branch = occluder;
+	// skip first node and go to first transform (placement)
+	while( occluder && !occluder->isA(ssgTypeTransform()))
+		occluder = (ssgBranch *) occluder->getKid(0);
+
+	// check if we allready know this object
+	SceneryObject_map::iterator iSceneryObject = sceneryObjects.find( occluder );
+	if( iSceneryObject != sceneryObjects.end() ) {
+		delete iSceneryObject->second;
+		sceneryObjects.erase( occluder );
+	}
+}
+
+void SGShadowVolume::addOccluder(ssgBranch *occluder, OccluderType occluder_type, ssgBranch *tile) {
+
+	ssgBranch *branch = occluder;
+
+	// skip first node and go to first transform (placement)
+	while( occluder && !occluder->isA(ssgTypeTransform()))
+		occluder = (ssgBranch *) occluder->getKid(0);
+
+	// check if we allready know this object
+	SceneryObject_map::iterator iSceneryObject = sceneryObjects.find( occluder );
+	if( iSceneryObject == sceneryObjects.end() ) {
+//		printf("adding model %x %x\n", occluder, tile);
+		SceneryObject *entry = new SceneryObject( occluder, occluder_type );
+		entry->tile = tile;
+		sceneryObjects[ occluder ] = entry;
+	}
+
+}
+
+void SGShadowVolume::setupShadows( double lon, double lat,
+		double gst, double SunRightAscension, double SunDeclination, double sunAngle) {
+
+	shadowsAC_enabled = sim_rendering->getBoolValue("shadows-ac", false);
+	shadowsAI_enabled = sim_rendering->getBoolValue("shadows-ai", false);
+	shadowsTO_enabled = sim_rendering->getBoolValue("shadows-to", false);
+	shadowsDebug_enabled = sim_rendering->getBoolValue("shadows-debug", false);
+//	shadows_enabled   = sim_rendering->getBoolValue("shadows", false);
+	shadows_enabled = shadowsAC_enabled || shadowsAI_enabled || shadowsTO_enabled;
+
+	if( ! shadows_enabled )
+		return;
+
+	sgMat4 view_angle;
+	sun_angle = sunAngle;
+	{
+		sgMat4 LON, LAT;
+		sgVec3 axis;
+
+		sgSetVec3( axis, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0 );
+		sgMakeRotMat4( LON, lon, axis );
+
+		sgSetVec3( axis, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0 );
+		sgMakeRotMat4( LAT, 90.0 - lat, axis );
+
+		sgMat4 TRANSFORM;
+
+		sgMakeIdentMat4 ( TRANSFORM );
+		sgPreMultMat4( TRANSFORM, LON );
+		sgPreMultMat4( TRANSFORM, LAT );
+
+		sgCoord pos;
+		sgSetCoord( &pos, TRANSFORM );
+
+ 		sgMakeCoordMat4( view_angle, &pos );
+	}
+	{
+	sgMat4 GST, RA, DEC;
+	sgVec3 axis;
+
+
+	sgSetVec3( axis, 0.0, 0.0, -1.0 );
+	sgMakeRotMat4( GST, (gst) * 15.0, axis );
+
+	sgSetVec3( axis, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0 );
+	sgMakeRotMat4( RA, (SunRightAscension * SGD_RADIANS_TO_DEGREES) - 90.0, axis );
+
+	sgSetVec3( axis, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0 );
+	sgMakeRotMat4( DEC, SunDeclination * SGD_RADIANS_TO_DEGREES, axis );
+
+	sgInvertMat4( invViewAngle, view_angle); 
+
+	sgMat4 TRANSFORM;
+	sgMakeIdentMat4( TRANSFORM );
+	sgPreMultMat4( TRANSFORM, GST );
+	sgPreMultMat4( TRANSFORM, RA );
+	sgPreMultMat4( TRANSFORM, DEC );
+//   	sgSetVec3( sunPos, 0.0, 99000.0, 0.0);
+   	sgSetVec3( sunPos, 0.0, 9900000.0, 0.0);
+	sgXformPnt3( sunPos, TRANSFORM );
+	}
+
+	ssgGetModelviewMatrix( CameraViewM );
+
+}
+
+void SGShadowVolume::endOfFrame(void) {
+	if( ! shadows_enabled )
+		return;
+	glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0);
+	glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_1D, 0);
+
+	glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
+
+	computeShadows();
+
+	frameNumber ++;
+}
+
diff --git a/simgear/scene/model/shadowvolume.hxx b/simgear/scene/model/shadowvolume.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..102da84d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/simgear/scene/model/shadowvolume.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+// Shadow volume class
+//
+// Written by Harald JOHNSEN, started June 2005.
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2005  Harald JOHNSEN - hjohnsen@evc.net
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+// published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+// License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+// WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+// General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
+//
+//
+
+#ifndef _SHADOWVOLUME_HXX
+#define _SHADOWVOLUME_HXX
+
+
+#include <plib/sg.h>
+#include <vector>
+#include <map>
+
+SG_USING_STD(vector);
+SG_USING_STD(map);
+
+class ssgBranch;
+class ssgLeaf;
+class SGPropertyNode;
+
+/**
+ * A class wich add shadows in a postprocess stage.
+ */
+class SGShadowVolume {
+
+public:
+	SGShadowVolume();
+	~SGShadowVolume();
+
+	typedef enum {
+		occluderTypeAircraft,
+		occluderTypeAI,
+		occluderTypeTileObject
+	} OccluderType;
+
+	void init(SGPropertyNode *sim_rendering_options);
+	void startOfFrame(void);
+	void addOccluder(ssgBranch *occluder, OccluderType occluder_type, ssgBranch *tile=0);
+	void deleteOccluder(ssgBranch *occluder);
+	void deleteOccluderFromTile(ssgBranch *tile);
+	void setupShadows(double lon, double lat,
+		double gst, double SunRightAscension, double SunDeclination, double sunAngle );
+	void endOfFrame(void);
+
+
+private:
+
+	class ShadowCaster
+	{
+	public:
+		ssgBranch *geometry_leaf;
+		ssgBranch *scenery_object;
+		ssgBranch *lib_object;
+		ssgBranch *first_select;
+		sgVec3 last_lightpos;
+		int frameNumber;
+
+		int *indices;
+		int numTriangles;
+		sgVec3 * vertices;
+
+		// plane equation of each face
+		sgVec4 * planeEquations;
+
+		bool * isFacingLight;
+
+		int * neighbourIndices;
+
+		bool * isSilhouetteEdge;
+
+		ShadowCaster( int _num_tri, ssgBranch * _geometry_leaf );
+		~ShadowCaster();
+		void addLeaf( int & tri_idx, ssgLeaf *_geometry_leaf );
+		void SetConnectivity();
+		void CalculateSilhouetteEdges(sgVec3 lightPosition);
+		void DrawInfiniteShadowVolume(sgVec3 lightPosition, bool drawCaps);
+		void computeShadows(sgMat4 rotation, sgMat4 rotation_translation);
+		void getNetTransform ( ssgBranch * branch, sgMat4 xform );
+		bool isSelected (  ssgBranch * branch );
+
+		bool sameVertex(int edge1, int edge2);
+		void addTri(int p, sgVec3 a, sgVec3 b, sgVec3 c);
+	};
+	typedef vector<ShadowCaster *> ShadowCaster_list;
+
+	class SceneryObject {
+	public:
+		SceneryObject(ssgBranch *_scenery_object, OccluderType _occluder_type);
+		~SceneryObject();
+		void computeShadows(void);
+		void traverseTree(ssgBranch *branch);
+		void find_trans(void);
+		ssgBranch *scenery_object;
+		ssgBranch *lib_object;
+		ssgBranch *pending_object;
+		ssgBranch *tile;
+		ShadowCaster_list parts;
+		OccluderType occluder_type;
+	};
+	typedef map<ssgBranch *, SceneryObject *> SceneryObject_map;
+
+
+private:
+	void update_light_view(void);
+	void computeShadows(void);
+
+	bool	init_done;
+	bool	shadows_enabled;
+	bool	shadowsAC_enabled, shadowsAI_enabled, shadowsTO_enabled, shadowsDebug_enabled;
+	SGPropertyNode *sim_rendering;
+
+	sgVec3 sunPos;
+	int frameNumber;
+	sgMat4 CameraViewM;
+	sgMat4 invViewAngle;
+	double	sun_angle;
+	SceneryObject_map sceneryObjects;
+	/** this sphere contains the visible scene and is used to cull shadow casters */
+	sgSphere frustumSphere;
+	/** this sphere contains the near clip plane and is used to check the need of a zfail */
+	sgSphere nearClipSphere;
+
+};
+
+#endif // _SHADOWVOLUME_HXX