Sorry, I should have written
Isn’t pom just an algorithm which modifes vertex coordinates?
So the question is, if it’s POM (parallax occlusion mapping) or SPOM (steep parallax occlusion mapping).
http://sunandblackcat.com/tipFullView.php?topicid=28
simple POM, so basically steep parallax with an interpolation step.
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Ok, nice link!
I will look into it to figure out, which technique has which name 
Maybe I will post some screenshots later also 
do u mind to share how you to do POM and cutout?
Cutout simply discards if texcoord.x or y is <0 or >1
Do you mind to share the pom source code in ur shader.?
am on mobile but it’s a straight copy from the link
Edit:
here you go
float3 viewDir = normalize(cameraPositionTS - positionTS);
//steepness
float steepness = (1 - viewDir.z);
//float height = HeightMap.SampleLevel(TextureSampler, texCoords, sampleLevel);
//texCoords = texCoords + viewDir.xy * height * height_scale;
// number of depth layers
float numLayers = lerp(10, 40, steepness) * POMQuality;
// calculate the size of each layer
float layerDepth = 1.0 / numLayers;
// depth of current layer
float currentLayerDepth = 0.0;
float2 P = viewDir.xy/(max(viewDir.z, 0.2f)) * abs(height_scale);
float2 deltaTexCoords = P / numLayers;
float f1 = saturate(sign(height_scale));
float f2 = sign(-height_scale);
float2 currentTexCoords = texCoords;
float currentDepthMapValue = f1 + f2 *HeightMap.SampleLevel(TextureSampler, currentTexCoords, sampleLevel).r;
[loop]
while (currentLayerDepth < currentDepthMapValue)
{
// shift texture coordinates along direction of P
currentTexCoords -= deltaTexCoords;
// get depthmap value at current texture coordinates
currentDepthMapValue = f1 + f2 *HeightMap.SampleLevel(TextureSampler, currentTexCoords, sampleLevel).r;
// get depth of next layer
currentLayerDepth += layerDepth;
}
float2 prevTexCoords = currentTexCoords + deltaTexCoords;
// get depth after and before collision for linear interpolation
float afterDepth = currentDepthMapValue - currentLayerDepth;
float beforeDepth = f1 + f2 *HeightMap.SampleLevel(TextureSampler, prevTexCoords, sampleLevel).r - currentLayerDepth + layerDepth;
// interpolation of texture coordinates
float weight = afterDepth / (afterDepth - beforeDepth);
float2 finalTexCoords = lerp(currentTexCoords, prevTexCoords, weight); /* prevTexCoords * weight + currentTexCoords * (1.0 - weight);*/
if (POMCutoff)
if (finalTexCoords.x != saturate(finalTexCoords.x) || finalTexCoords.y != saturate(finalTexCoords.y))
{
discard;
}
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this is for the texcoord, wat about Gbuffer depth &normal?
This is forward rendered
Ok. I am in!
Here’s a viewer I build to test if fbx files were exported correctly.
Also had a modified version to test for overdraw
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an fbx model viewer? What a curious idea!
Looks pretty professional!
Ha! I know it’s not very original but there was a good reason for it.
The artist could test quickly if the fbx was exported with the correct setting that won’t cause any problems on the pipeline importer. scaling, bones, etc.
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same reason for me too
and here’s my live-editing content pipeline.
Only works with Textures and sounds at the moment, there are still a couple of things to smooth out.
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Is that your game editor?
Yeap!
…
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For me at the moment it takes some time to write a new class for a model which I want to test in my engine. I apply the textures “by hand”. I had some cases where the preview on the page where I downloaded the model looked pretty good but when imported into my engine it looked not as expected. So I threw some away. On the other hand it is a little boring to have the same test models all the time 
So a model viewer would be helpful for a quick preview of what the model would look like.
It’s funny how useful this is. I’ve installed 3 FBX viewers, and ALL of them stopped working after a day or so (the process starts, but the program is AWOL). I would love to test my animations in this! Did you use BetterSkinned for the animation?
No, it’s probably using the SkinningSample. I have to dig out the project files and update it to my current animation library. I can upload it as a sample if that’s gonna help others.
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