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FPSC Classic Product Chat / Flickering lights

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Hockeykid
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I was wondering how do i make flickering lights? i tried making a dynamic light and applying light2.fpi but it worked once and now for some reason (i didn't even touch anything)the color of the light surrounds entities and thats it.ex) a red dynamic light with light2.fpi a box in the game would be red every thing else is just a bright regular everyday surrounding light except for entities.

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Posted: 15th Nov 2008 04:38
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Can you post some screenies to show us what you are talking about here? Also, have you tried adjusting the ambient lighting in the game?
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Posted: 15th Nov 2008 05:37 Edited at: 15th Nov 2008 05:49
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yep, just give me a second.

EDIT: here i set the ambiance to 0 to make it easier to see.

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Posted: 15th Nov 2008 08:03 Edited at: 15th Nov 2008 08:03
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Do you mean that objects 'shine' in the dark? Dynamic entities will 'shine' brighter than static ones, it's always been like that I'm afraid, that's why you get 'shiny' doors in dark corridors. You'll just have to play around with the positioning of the objects away from the light if you can.

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Posted: 15th Nov 2008 18:24
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no thats not it im trying to get flickering lights but as you can see in the picture its not giving off the light the light's just surrounding entities.

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Did you set the light to Dynamic? Static lights won't flicker.
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yep i set it to dynamic

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here this pic attached is a better example the rooms dark and their are no flickering lights its just surrounding the entities with the color of the light.

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I get what you mean (I think) You mean flickering lights won't appear flicking on entities. instead, it just shows it like a soild light was there. Am I right?

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not exactly their solid on entities but they wont even flicker in the room like the room will be all dark and then go over to and entities and their just a solid color.

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0o0o0o maybe you set the radius of the light too small. I get this when its set to about 80 or lower with dymanic flickering lights. but it may be something else? try clening all .DBO and .BIN files and rebuild the game and see what happens. If that doens't work then I don't know whats the problem...

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well i'm trying it in test game i havent built game yet

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yeah build it in test after your clean

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ok give me a minute

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nope but it works if i actually build the game

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Check your preferences (see attached image), make sure Dynamic Lighting is ticked.

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it worked but now the enemies are transparent.

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never mind its not working it worked once but not anymore

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