Added ShadowSettings::s/getMaximumShadowMapDistance(double) property, usage of these property in ViewDependentShadowMap,

and setting of it with --max-shadow-distance <double> in the osgshadow example.

src/osgShadow/ShadowSettings.cpp

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 */
 
 #include <osgShadow/ShadowSettings>
+#include <float.h>
 
 using namespace osgShadow;
 
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ ShadowSettings::ShadowSettings():
     _useShadowMapTextureOverride(true),
     _textureSize(2048,2048),
     _minimumShadowMapNearFarRatio(0.05),
+    _maximumShadowMapDistance(DBL_MAX),
     _shadowMapProjectionHint(PERSPECTIVE_SHADOW_MAP),
     _perspectiveShadowMapCutOffAngle(2.0),
     _numShadowMapsPerLight(1),
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ ShadowSettings::ShadowSettings(const ShadowSettings& ss, const osg::CopyOp& copy
     _useShadowMapTextureOverride(ss._useShadowMapTextureOverride),
     _textureSize(ss._textureSize),
     _minimumShadowMapNearFarRatio(ss._minimumShadowMapNearFarRatio),
+    _maximumShadowMapDistance(ss._maximumShadowMapDistance),
     _shadowMapProjectionHint(ss._shadowMapProjectionHint),
     _perspectiveShadowMapCutOffAngle(ss._perspectiveShadowMapCutOffAngle),
     _numShadowMapsPerLight(ss._numShadowMapsPerLight),

src/osgShadow/ViewDependentShadowMap.cpp

@@ -799,9 +799,12 @@ void ViewDependentShadowMap::cull(osgUtil::CullVisitor& cv)
         cv.computeNearPlane();
     }
 
-    //minZNear = osg::maximum(10.0,minZNear);
-    //maxZFar = osg::minimum(60.0,maxZFar);
+    // clamp the minZNear and maxZFar to those provided by ShadowSettings
+    maxZFar = osg::minimum(settings->getMaximumShadowMapDistance(),maxZFar);
+    if (minZNear>maxZFar) minZNear = maxZFar*settings->getMinimumShadowMapNearFarRatio();
 
+    //OSG_NOTICE<<"maxZFar "<<maxZFar<<std::endl;
+    
     Frustum frustum(&cv, minZNear, maxZFar);
 
     // return compute near far mode back to it's original settings