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FPSC Classic Models and Media / how do i create shadow fx?

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sic1ne
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i noticed in alot of games people have shadows like lights beamin threw a fence or maybe a grate in the cieling that leaves the shadows of the grates on the walls or floors? here is an example of what i mean below -link and picture attached!!! how do i do this sorry 2 ask i have tried different light combinations and movin the lights around but i cannot figure this out?

http://www.thegamecreators.com/?m=gallery_view&i=1614&p=7

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Go to setup.int and change light map quality to like 50 or something.

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Quote: "Go to setup.int and change light map quality to like 50 or something."

quality=200 and texsize=4096
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Posted: 21st Sep 2011 08:58
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lightmaptextsize doesn't effect the quality.
Set the quality to 25-75.


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Posted: 21st Sep 2011 16:21 Edited at: 21st Sep 2011 16:45
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@uziidiot what should i do change lightmaptextsize to 25-75 and change the quality=200 or whatbigglesworth said and change it to textsize=4096? lightquality =200

lol also is there a certain way to place lights or objects to get this shadow fx? because i still cannot get the shadow fxs like in the pics i bumped up my settings but nothing happens it just seems like it made the area were i place the light hava a brighter distance like the circle around the light? i tried placing the lights above a grate and under a grate but no shadows of the grate on the floors or walls? how can i pull this off? im using theese settings below right now ....

lightmaptexsize=75

lightmapquality=200


also what is the stock settings for lightmapquality and lightmaptextsize?)just incase i mess something up hehee. sorry guys lol

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Posted: 21st Sep 2011 16:50
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Lightmaptexsize has to be 512 and lightmapquality 50 this should be perfect

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sic1ne
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ok thats 3 different people with 3 different settings lol? what is the correct settings please? also i have changed my settings to all 3 settings from above and still no shadows? i will post screenshots of my attempts asap.. is there a certain way to place the lights above or below the objects to get the shadow fx ? i do not mean regular shadows like when u walk torwards a corner it gets darker i mean shadows that cast off of objects like in the video link below


http://www.youtube.com/user/Nomad5oul#p/a/u/1/0ljsRTMyZ7g

now the shadows do not have to be this crisp but this is what i am trying to achive? if somebody could post some scrrenshots on how to do this or a video i would be gratefull as i have been tryin this for a while now and no luck! sic1ne

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Posted: 21st Sep 2011 18:58 Edited at: 21st Sep 2011 18:58
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sic1ne

A good alround value to change to in the FPSC setup file is:
lightmaptexsize=1024
lightmapquality=100

To get the crisp shadows your talking about you can place a light marker above a 'Static' model with no transparency on the texture.
The model of the 'let's say' ceiling grate must be a solid model and be in FPSC 'Static' mode.
This should create nice crisp shadow casts using light markers when using the the values above.

Check out the screenie here to see the results that I got when creating a room with my ceiling fan models from MP41.

Hope this makes sense and all the best of luck.
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sic1ne
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@ ross tra damus

whats up hey thanks man ima give it another try but what did u mean bye (no transparency on the texture)?

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sic1ne

One method of creating a 'lower' poly model is to have a single flat plane instead of 'let's say' criss cross bars. On the texture for that plain the bars will be drawn and the gaps inbetween the bars will be made transparent for the final texture.
Unfortunatly, when a light is placed above the final model done with this method crisp shadows cannot be created.
It's best to have fully 3D modeled bars on the model but as you might guess the poly count for the model will be much more.

Hope this helps.
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Check this out

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Posted: 21st Sep 2011 21:51 Edited at: 21st Sep 2011 21:52
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Here is my Directional lighting tutorial. It may help you.


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if its not still working?

ok have you done the Basic thing, and turn your ambiance light down to about 10, and add a just single light in just one room that is set to about 30%

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thanks for the help everybody!!!

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Quote: "A good alround value to change to in the FPSC setup file is:lightmaptexsize=1024lightmapquality=100"


i tried this high setting and my small map of 680mb shot up to well over the 1.800mb and fpsc editor crashed, as it reached the cap limit,
And so it increases the level by over 3 times the size.

may be ok for show box maps but as i tend to us more on the out door scenes,
and i use these settings

lightmaptexsize=256
lightmapquality=5
And just to mention is that i do rather have a few indoor maps and all shadows still work just fine, i did get a bit of a corner wall segment blur in one room at the top of corner but i don't have a light there and is not realy noticable.
But i will increase and keep the lightmaptexsize=256 @ 512.

And so now i now how to reduce a map size if i need more contents

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