secondlife / secondlife/viewer

Legacy hair becomes black when rendered as a imposter

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Description

  1. Use any legacy hair

  2. Observe that it looks normal

  3. Zoom out so that it becomes a imposter

  4. Observe that it becomes black

First image is normal rendering, second image is a imposter rendering.

https://secondlife.canny.io/admin/board/bug-reports/p/legacy-hair-becomes-black-when-rendered-as-a-imposter


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Research direction

Reproduce the issue with legacy hair and observe the transition from normal rendering to an impostor when zooming out. Trace the rendering path responsible for the impostor appearance and compare it with normal hair rendering. Done means legacy hair retains its expected appearance instead of becoming black as an impostor.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
computer-graphics, game-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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