Rejig deferred normal-map packing a little, to double its accuracy for free.

4 files changed, 15 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/indra/newview/app_settings/shaders/class3/deferred/giDownsampleF.glsl b/indra/newview/app_settings/shaders/class3/deferred/giDownsampleF.glsl
index 7325825d6d..66606233cd 100644
--- a/indra/newview/app_settings/shaders/class3/deferred/giDownsampleF.glsl
+++ b/indra/newview/app_settings/shaders/class3/deferred/giDownsampleF.glsl
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ float getDepth(vec2 pos_screen)
 
 void main() 
 {
-	vec3 norm = texture2DRect(normalMap, vary_fragcoord.xy).xyz*2.0-1.0;
+	vec3 norm = texture2DRect(normalMap, vary_fragcoord.xy).xyz;
+	norm = vec3((norm.xy-0.5)*2.0,norm.z); // unpack norm
 	float depth = getDepth(vary_fragcoord.xy);
 		
 	vec3 ccol = texture2DRect(giLightMap, vary_fragcoord.xy).rgb;
@@ -56,9 +57,10 @@ void main()
 	for (int i = 0; i < kern_length; i++)
 	{
 		vec2 tc = vary_fragcoord.xy + kern[i].y*dlt;
-	    vec3 sampNorm = texture2DRect(normalMap, tc.xy).xyz*2.0-1.0;
-	    
-	   float d = dot(norm.xyz, sampNorm);
+		vec3 sampNorm = texture2DRect(normalMap, tc.xy).xyz;
+		sampNorm = vec3((sampNorm.xy-0.5)*2.0,sampNorm.z); // unpack norm
+		
+		float d = dot(norm.xyz, sampNorm);
 		
 		if (d > 0.5)
 		{
diff --git a/indra/newview/app_settings/shaders/class3/deferred/giF.glsl b/indra/newview/app_settings/shaders/class3/deferred/giF.glsl
index 939710cb56..1b8354dbd1 100644
--- a/indra/newview/app_settings/shaders/class3/deferred/giF.glsl
+++ b/indra/newview/app_settings/shaders/class3/deferred/giF.glsl
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ void main()
 	
 	float rad = gi_range*0.5;
 	
-	vec3 norm = texture2DRect(normalMap, pos_screen).xyz*2.0-1.0;
+	vec3 norm = texture2DRect(normalMap, pos_screen).xyz;
+	norm = vec3((norm.xy-0.5)*2.0,norm.z); // unpack norm
 	float dist = max(length(pos.xyz)-rad, 0.0);
 	
 	float da = clamp(1.0-dist/rad, 0.0, 1.0);
diff --git a/indra/newview/app_settings/shaders/class3/deferred/softenLightF.glsl b/indra/newview/app_settings/shaders/class3/deferred/softenLightF.glsl
index 5298079af7..c88edd0a60 100644
--- a/indra/newview/app_settings/shaders/class3/deferred/softenLightF.glsl
+++ b/indra/newview/app_settings/shaders/class3/deferred/softenLightF.glsl
@@ -259,7 +259,8 @@ void main()
 	vec2 tc = vary_fragcoord.xy;
 	float depth = texture2DRect(depthMap, tc.xy).a;
 	vec3 pos = getPosition_d(tc, depth).xyz;
-	vec3 norm = texture2DRect(normalMap, tc).xyz*2.0-1.0;
+	vec3 norm = texture2DRect(normalMap, tc).xyz;
+	norm = vec3((norm.xy-0.5)*2.0,norm.z); // unpack norm
 	//vec3 nz = texture2D(noiseMap, vary_fragcoord.xy/128.0).xyz;
 	
 	float da = max(dot(norm.xyz, vary_light.xyz), 0.0);
@@ -314,7 +315,9 @@ void main()
 		float refdepth = texture2DRect(depthMap, ref2d).a;
 		vec3 refpos = getPosition_d(ref2d, refdepth).xyz;
 		float refshad = texture2DRect(lightMap, ref2d).r;
-		vec3 refn = normalize(texture2DRect(normalMap, ref2d).rgb * 2.0 - 1.0);
+		vec3 refn = texture2DRect(normalMap, ref2d).rgb;
+		refn = vec3((refn.xy-0.5)*2.0,refn.z); // unpack norm
+		refn = normalize(refn);
 		// figure out how appropriate our guess actually was
 		float refapprop = max(0.0, dot(-refnorm, normalize(pos - refpos)));
 		// darken reflections from points which face away from the reflected ray - our guess was a back-face
diff --git a/indra/newview/app_settings/shaders/class3/deferred/treeF.glsl b/indra/newview/app_settings/shaders/class3/deferred/treeF.glsl
index 258acee08c..5b33ea5bfe 100644
--- a/indra/newview/app_settings/shaders/class3/deferred/treeF.glsl
+++ b/indra/newview/app_settings/shaders/class3/deferred/treeF.glsl
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ void main()
 	vec4 col = texture2D(diffuseMap, gl_TexCoord[0].xy);
 	gl_FragData[0] = vec4(gl_Color.rgb*col.rgb, col.a <= 0.5 ? 0.0 : 0.005);
 	gl_FragData[1] = vec4(0,0,0,0);
-	gl_FragData[2] = vec4(normalize(vary_normal)*0.5+0.5, 0.0);
+	vec3 nvn = normalize(vary_normal);
+	gl_FragData[2] = vec4(nvn.xy * 0.5 + 0.5, nvn.z, 0.0);
 }