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AppGameKit Classic Chat / Problems controlling light levels with open meshes

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blink0k
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Posted: 15th Nov 2018 23:32 Edited at: 16th Nov 2018 03:31
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I'm trying to get absolute control of the light levels in my game.
In the example here you have two meshes, the one on the left is open (It has no faces on the back). The one on the right is closed.
The model on the left is washed out (Notice the white on the upper left point). Is there anything i can do to change this? Are there any other settings i should look at maybe?

I would like to be able to set the sun off and the ambient to blac or white (depending on how it is processed) and just use texture to control the appearance of the models but nothing i do seems to change the light levels.

If you download the project you can see it in action by changing the values

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fubarpk
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Posted: 16th Nov 2018 00:38
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I wonder if using one of Janbos shaders would help
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Green7
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Posted: 20th Nov 2018 14:14
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Looks like the normals are different on the left one. For lighting control try to use the emissive commands.
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Posted: 20th Nov 2018 18:00 Edited at: 20th Nov 2018 18:05
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After investigation using my model viewer I found that basically both of your objects are "open".
Let me explain:
You load the object without moving it, but you move the camera below the model and point the camera to it.
If you move the camera above the model you can see that...well you can't see much as there are no faces...
But wait if I turn on wireframes I can see some edges which belong to faces on the top side of the left star.
After moving into the model and looking up you can see the faces facing in the wrong direction.
Also your UV's and normals seem to suffer from it.
Hope that all wasn't intentional, but let me know if you still have lighting problems after revisiting your model

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blink0k
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Posted: 20th Nov 2018 22:51 Edited at: 21st Nov 2018 01:45
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Yeah they are different Janbo. The texture on the left one was wonky. I get the same results now
Thank you so much

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puzzler2018
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Posted: 20th Nov 2018 22:58
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So what do we wanna do? get rid of the top left star?
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puzzler2018
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Posted: 20th Nov 2018 23:02
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looks ok to me, but you maybe a perfectionist
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Posted: 21st Nov 2018 01:45
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Just trying to understand what's going on puzzle dude
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