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Soft Lamps [Last updated July 2018]

[APRIL 2020] Since I'm not really maintaining this, I've allowed another player to re-upload this packed with some other related tools (as long as I get proper credit). You can find it here: https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2044112738

This is an old, terrible-but-functional version of Soft Lamps. I'm planning a complete rewrite, but there is no release date planned quite yet.

WARNING: This addon is designed for taking screenshots of poses. SOFT LAMPS DON'T MAKE GOOD SOFT SHADOWS DURING GAMEPLAY - that would massively kill your FPS.

An unrelated guide including usage instructions for Soft Lamps can be found at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OQ5nK11qKaOCNBT66Jd8Njf8vOkCmZe8Eywmn7JT2z4/edit
Soft Lamps details are at around page 28.

More comprehensive documentation and usage instructions for Soft Lamps will come at a later date. For now, I will leave you with this advice:
1. Select your material and model from the tool menu
2. Spawn the soft lamp, the same way you would spawn a lamp
3. Hold C (or whatever button you assigned to the context menu), right-click the newly created Soft Lamp, and select Edit Properties. From here, experiment.
4. Console command for capturing a poster is poster_soft. It uses the same syntax as the normal poster command.

For best results, set r_projectedtexture_filter to 0.