shaders

Shaders are an element of visual rendering that controls how something appears on a screen via coded instructions. Shaders dictate how something appears lit or unlit, transparent, or how it visually behaves in the world on your screen. Star Wars Galaxies' shaders are very exposed and easily...

For whatever reason, SWG has had some issue rendering environment maps onto certain materials that are reflective, such as chrome or glass surfaces. When using older shader versions, you can bring back these environment reflections, but they were static, and painted onto the model instead of...