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FPSC Classic Product Chat / FPSC X9 sunlight & Lightrays [Tutorial]

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Bestorio
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Posted: 25th Oct 2011 20:59 Edited at: 26th Oct 2011 14:33
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Hi, I noticed this just lately and wanted to share.

REMEMBER TO UPDATE TO LATEST VERSION OF FPSC

HERE IS THE SUNLIGHT TUTORIAL
Open setup.ini and change the lines as following:

if you want to include this when you build your game, also edit buildsetup.ini

The sun will now be on the left side of the editor.
For realism you can edit the location of the light to mach your skybox by changing the .ini file

HERE IS THE LIGHTRAY TUTORIAL
Again, open setup.ini
And edit the following:

Now you have lightrays!

These will be positioned to the top of the map editor.
This can be changed in-game with "page up" and "page down" buttons.

hope this help

EDIT: examples can be seen HERE: http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=187573&b=25

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Dark Frager
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Posted: 25th Oct 2011 21:12
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Also, as a sidenote, I found out that lightrays may somewhat drop your fps by about 5-10 depending on the size/detail of your level.

Thanks for the sun tutorial, will come in handy.

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Ched80
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Posted: 25th Oct 2011 21:39
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Useful info Bestorio, cheers!

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Bestorio
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Posted: 26th Oct 2011 14:25
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The lightrays cause another problem (besides the lower framerate)
for some objects, such as doors and other entities.
it creates a strange look to them.
(I think this only happens to dynamic objects.)
The lightrays take the color of the object and "drag" it.

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Dark Goblin
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Posted: 26th Oct 2011 23:35
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-.- because they have not the needed shader.
that's what I'm telling everytime, as TGC has not included all needed files!

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Bestorio
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Posted: 27th Oct 2011 13:58
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Don't get cranky about it! i didn't know!
Thank you Dark Goblin for the information.

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Red Eye
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Quote: "-.- because they have not the needed shader.
that's what I'm telling everytime, as TGC has not included all needed files!"


That is funny, I am assumming they aren't using Evolved's lightrays shader then, as that one works with any object. (Dynamic or Static, with or without any shader.)

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Bestorio
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Posted: 3rd Dec 2011 12:43
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UPDATE:
If you have used the "sunlight" you have probably noticed that your guns are dark. (depending on your ambiance settings)

This can simply be fixed by putting a static light under your level.
this allows shaders to work correctly, and the guns won't be dark anymore!


Blackline development thread:
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=187573&b=25
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FLAME123
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Posted: 3rd Dec 2011 13:34
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Thanks

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Teabone
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Any screen shots of these in use?

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Bestorio
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Quote: "examples can be seen HERE: http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=187573&b=25"
not clear enough?
please: READ THE FULL POST


Blackline development thread:
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=187573&b=25
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Bestorio
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Posted: 7th Dec 2011 19:43 Edited at: 8th Dec 2011 19:15
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EVEN SIMPLIER


[TEST EDIT, PLEASE IGNORE]


Blackline development thread:
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=187573&b=25
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