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DarkBASIC Discussion / Making a Torch Glow

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WTCoder
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I've made a 3d torch with flickering fire but I can't figure out how to make it 'glow' so that the player can see it from a distance in a darkened area. I've tried changing ambient light levels and using point lights, but nothing works. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks.
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Murdock743
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Posted: 24th Nov 2003 00:51
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I dunno if pissable but try setting the magnatude of the light.

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Christian
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Carlitos
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Have you tried to position the light at the spot of the torch? And then give it a distance to emit the light. And then you could change the color every loop to give it a flickering effect.
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WTCoder
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Thanks for the help.

Well, I found out I needed to set the ambient light flag to 0 in order to see the flames once the room was darkened. So the effect works pretty good now.

I do have a point light in the flame which 'hit's the surrounding area. I have it changing so that it matches the flicker of the flame.

For those curious on how I did my torch, it was pretty simple yet the effect is kind of cool. I used about 7 different fire textures that looked like a lit match or lighter. I textured them onto small plains and set the transparancy flag to 0. Then all I did was shuffle slowly through the 7 textures at random. The player always sees the torch flame (plain) because I set it's orientation to the camera lol.
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