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King Of Khaos
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Posted: 22nd Oct 2009 01:24
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The title says it all. When everything is dark, the enemies are the only things lit up. Can somebody please help?

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AdrianoJones Wannabe
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Posted: 22nd Oct 2009 02:09
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Turn on full shaders, and apply COZ's horror FX shader to it, and it will react to the light and no longer glow in the dark.
Yes, this is annoying in FPSC.

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Posted: 22nd Oct 2009 02:09
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Are any of them zombies?



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Posted: 22nd Oct 2009 02:21
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Quote: "Are any of them zombies?"



I dont know, i just know it happens with faceless horror and soul feeder, (both from the dungeon pack). It probably happens with others too.



@Adrian- Thanks!

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Then you see dead people!

sorry, couldn't resist!

Yes, it's due to FPSC's dynamic lighting. Do you have shaders turned on?



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This might help.

Quote: "Just a quick tip for you. I was playing with new character submissions from future FPSC artists and noticed some of the characters relied heavily on strong lighting for the best effect. Currently X9 users cannot control this, and currently rely on a fixed shader. I just wanted to to point you to the file which will allow you to change the ratio a little:

Ensure you make suitable backups, then navigate to this folder:

FPS Creator Files effectbank fastbone

And open the shader file FASTBONE.FX, then locate the line:

gogo = (max(0, dot(netNormal, L))*SurfColor*0.25) + (SurfColor*0.75) + AmbiColor;

And replace it with:

// gogo = (max(0, dot(netNormal, L))*SurfColor*0.25) + (SurfColor*0.75) + AmbiColor;
gogo = (max(0, dot(netNormal, L))*SurfColor*0.9) + (SurfColor*0.1) + AmbiColor;

This will change the ratio of directed light vs area lighting from 25/75 to 90/10, meaning 90% of the characters illumination will come from the point light in the local area, and only 10% will come from the general average lighting irrespective of whether the polygon is facing those light sources.

A great way to learn shaders is to change little things inside working shaders and see the results. If the shader fails to load, that means you have changed too much and so always maintain backups before radically changing your shader. Although NOTEPAD is great, it does not have very good undo/redo features. Find a nice text editor with great undo/redo and you are on your way to playing with shaders and making your visuals unique to your game!"


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King Of Khaos
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Posted: 22nd Oct 2009 02:32
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@Nickydude- Lol... Yes i have shaders turned on. Also, i just applied Coz's horror fx shader, but they still glow.

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Posted: 22nd Oct 2009 06:05
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Quote: "@Nickydude- Lol... Yes i have shaders turned on. Also, i just applied Coz's horror fx shader, but they still glow."

Did you try what Xplosys just posted? It works very well.

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Yes, i tried it, and it didnt work for me. Nothing ever works for me. I edited the script, saved it, turned full shader effects on, went to the enemies properties and chose the edited file. Did i do anything wrong?

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Posted: 22nd Oct 2009 22:57
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Quote: "I can see enemies in the dark... "


I figured that would be a good thing.


If you haven't already, try cleaning your BIN and DBO files. After that, make sure your enemies are moving. To my knowledge, unless you're using PBUM, entity lighting is only altered when they move a certain distance.


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Posted: 23rd Oct 2009 00:33
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Quote: "If you haven't already, try cleaning your BIN and DBO files. After that, make sure your enemies are moving. To my knowledge, unless you're using PBUM, entity lighting is only altered when they move a certain distance."



Um, how would i do that? I know, I know, i don't know anything, as i'm always asking how to do things...

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Posted: 23rd Oct 2009 16:11
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In your root directory for FPSC, you should see a program cald FPSC Cleaner, just run that.

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Posted: 23rd Oct 2009 19:06 Edited at: 23rd Oct 2009 19:18
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Maybe you have been eating too many carrots.


http://www.thegamecreators.com/data/newsletter/newsletter_issue_63.html

Look at the lee tip of the month section.


EDIT: Oh wait, Xplosys beat me to it.

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Posted: 23rd Oct 2009 19:38
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Quote: "Then you see dead people!

sorry, couldn't resist!"

l0l

I spent around 3 days trying to find a solution for this with no luck at all, u'll also probably see enemies through fog as well..

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Posted: 23rd Oct 2009 19:51
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Ok i cleaned the files, and i can no longer see them in the dark. But when they are in light, theyre just completely black figures.

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Quote: "Ok i cleaned the files, and i can no longer see them in the dark. But when they are in light, theyre just completely black figures.
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Same with me.

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Posted: 24th Oct 2009 00:58
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It should help if you turn on Dynamic lighting.

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Ok theyre glowing again, so i cleaned the files again, but nothing changed. So i turned on dynamic lighting, but still nothing different. This is really getting on my nerves... I can't just eccept this, i need them to react properly.

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Posted: 24th Oct 2009 15:18
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You need to change the actual shader of the characters. Apply the fastbone fix xplosys and I showed you, and then apply the fastbone shader to the characters. They should then be vertex lit.

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Posted: 25th Oct 2009 00:08 Edited at: 25th Oct 2009 00:08
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Quote: "You need to change the actual shader of the characters. Apply the fastbone fix xplosys and I showed you, and then apply the fastbone shader to the characters. They should then be vertex lit."


I can still see them in the dark. I just have bad luck, whenever i'm having problems with something, and people try to help me, nothing ever works!

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