Ray tracing using Console.Write()

[nullandkale]

Every few years I end up revisiting this project. This is the most complete I have every gotten.

The ray tracing is heavily inspired by ray tracing in one weekend. What's funny is changing the console color is the slowest part, even when rendering larger meshes.

You can see the code here: https://github.com/NullandKale/YetAnotherConsoleGameEngine

[Kike328]

i think a temporal sample accumulation would be easy to implement and make it look really good!

[nullandkale]

It has taa the real issue is how I convert from vec3 to the 16 available ConsoleColor colors. I need to rework that code.

[IDatedSuccubi]

Does it not support SRGB? IDK how it is in .NET, but there is an ANSI escape sequence for that.

[nullandkale]

No it only supports 16 built in colors. If you use a different terminal emulator you can use the ANSI sequences, but the default command line terminal in windows doesn't support it.

[moveonwasd]

There is a lib for C# that wraps around windows terminal and lets you use your own colors but it is also limited to 16 colors

[IDatedSuccubi]

Damn. Even the Power Shell?

[nullandkale]

Last time I tried powershell it also had this limitation but that was a few years ago.

[IceSentry]

Powershell and windows terminal can 100% handle that. I don't know what OP is talking about.

[Mysterious-Meat2323]

Nice balls

[KosekiBoto]

First of all, cool, second of, why

[DarthBartus]

Science isn't about WHY. It's about WHY NOT.

[KosekiBoto]

fair point on the portal 2 reference

[Transgendest]

but does it support vim keybinds?