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FPSC Classic Product Chat / Entitiy lighting issue

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SBOVIS
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Posted: 22nd Sep 2007 19:12
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Hi,
I am doing some tests regarding level lighting, I have seen many posts regarding this and my level test looks good, ambient lighting down and overhead lighting through grills to add shadows etc.But then I put a weapon and some ammo in and an enemy and they all are not effected by the light settings.

Anyone had this issue? what I want is my zombie enemy to be in darkness and then walk out the shadows towards me, also the dark to effect the gun I am holding.......I think I have seen this on videos of FPSC so sure it can be done.


Many thanks
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Stoopid
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Posted: 22nd Sep 2007 19:23
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When objects are dynamic, they take on the ambiance of the closest light.


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SBOVIS
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Well I have one light in my corridor that is way above the ceiling it is bright but this is 4 segments higher than the dynamic entities. Surely these should be in darkness untill they meet the light?
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DarkFact
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You're thinking real-world lighting. Game lighting does what the programmer tells it to. If the programmer tells dynamic entities to illuminate when it's near a light, it will. No matter if it *should* be in the dark.

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Ah I found the issue, the overhead light was static not dynamic so entities that were dynamic were not affected.

Note to all, to light in game models properly make lighting dynamic
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Quote: "Note to all, to light in game models properly make lighting dynamic"


You're limited to the number of dynamic lights in a level and dynamic lights drain the CPU also. Just keep that in mind when designing.

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ok thanks, now regarding fog, I set this with a 1 in build but what about black shadowy fog? can this be done?
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Quote: "black shadowy fog"


Black = Dark so it wouldn't show up as fog. Try setting each RGB from 0 and higher to see what I mean.

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