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Jmahmood
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Posted: 6th Aug 2007 10:41
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can anyone tell me how can i create a spotlight like the one in the picture.it will be a flashlight thing attached with the hand.
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Libervurto
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Posted: 6th Aug 2007 17:10 Edited at: 6th Aug 2007 17:11
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SET LIGHT TO SPOT or something like that, check the 3D LIGHT commands in the help file. If you want a light trail: make a cone, fix it to the end of the flashlight and ghost it.

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Jmahmood
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@OBese87,
i have tried with the cone,It dosent look much real..I need to use a real spotlight.
Anyway,I did look at the examples from DB help..There was a nice one what i could use.But it didn't work in my game!
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Jmahmood
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Posted: 7th Aug 2007 06:03
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Is there anyone out there who can help me?
I m only 16 and it's hard for me to do it by myself..PLZ HELP
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RUCCUS
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1. Dont post your age.
2. The majority of the users here are around 16 as well, so thats no excuse.

Look for the shader thread (search "shader", it'll be the big "Ultimate Shader Thread". Download the shader packs, and try out evolved's flashlight shader.


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Libervurto
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Posted: 7th Aug 2007 17:42 Edited at: 7th Aug 2007 17:42
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Can you use shaders in DBC?
I dont know what BOOH has
You could make a plain of a spotlight and position it just in front of walls and stuff. Though thats a sucky way of doing it
erm... I've found lighting only works well in db if it's pointed at an object with many polygons, there's a "grid cube" in one of the DB examples that you could use as a wall.

I am rubbish at 3D though

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TDK
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Posted: 7th Aug 2007 18:55
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Attached zip file.

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Jmahmood
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Posted: 8th Aug 2007 06:21
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TDK,
You have saved me again..Thank u very much
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Jmahmood
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TDK_MAN,
There is a problem!
the light works fine in the wall but whenever i load a .3ds file into the program the light dosent work in it. I converted the .3ds into .x but still no luck..

Anyway, The light works fine in the models from darkmatter.
what do u think is the problem in this case.
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It just needs objects with lots of poly's like OBese87 mentioned. The more poly's the better.

Just add more poly's to objects you use in dark rooms.

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