blcks vs models

Hello.
why are models brighter than blocks from WED? Expample:


There is no sun in the level. How can I make models as bright as level blocks? I havent found it in manual...

oh that s much:

Look at this lines:

http://manual.3dgamestudio.net/acknex.htm

I think it is because there is no sun the blocks are just black

so do I have to adjust material properties for models in MED to achieve same brightness?

first you should try to activate the sun to see if i was right or wrong ^^

you were right but i knew that blocks are black without sun or other light source. they are slightly visible in that picture because i set up ambient 44 44 44 for map. so you know how to set up models to be lit like blocks? could it be diffuse or ambient material property?

this is a simple fix (at least its easy with A6). if you go to the project manager and add the materials, you can adjust the blocks, models, sprites, etc. this way, you can change the ambients, albedo, and so on. i had that same issue until i started playing around with the customizations in the project manager. now mind you, i dont know how it works with A7, but thats how its fixed in A6.

taht wont work, because I use .c files, not wdl. But I found out something else...


I used this:
my.material = mat_shaded;

mat_shaded should be default material of the level blocks.

The first problem was, that it didnt work, when the model was created by exporting from WED. I had to reskin it in MED, than it worked.
But the blocks are still a little bit different. Is it because of lighting engine? I use just static lights, no sun, no ambient.

AFAIK,if you want to use model as level, dont forget to add a block of "floor" below the model.
Model affected by static light as a whole, so you cant have partially bright and partially dark, not without lightmapping at least->Use lightmapper software). So I think you should set thedynamic flag on the light.

Thanks for answer. So there is no way to make models look same as blocks without additional lightmap.
I am trying to create building with 2 floors and use top down camera. So when the player is at the bottom floor, everythig above ceiling should be invisible. I wanted to make whole floor and roof from models to achieve this. Or is it possible to clip level blocks at some conditions?

For game like that, I'll choose using shadow mapping shader or just stencil shadow with dynamic lights. That will give almost the same result.

or maybe I should divide level into several parts, interiors and exterior separated

If you don't want to do lightmapping, you may adjust the ambient of the model in its action.
This way you can solve the problem of brighter models, but not partial lightning.

jop, i solved it similar way. but i also realized that it wont work as i first thought so i made one level for upfloor and one for down floor. simple and effective