Hi there,

I like to show a model with specular colors in my 3D-world. If I add this to an empty project it looks nice. But when I add a script like the walk-through script it suddenly turns black.

What am I doing wrong?

I am not sure whether I understood what you mean...
Have you made a model with skript changed material options? Then you need a sun for making specular light effects. May be your skript changes the sun or ambient parameters of the level. Please describe your problem more precisely

Right click the light and goto properties. Set the range if needed.

Hi there,
thanks for your replies. Unfortunately I was very busy the last weeks.
I'll try to describe my problem a little bit more precisely.

I importet ad .3ds Model into the MED. There were no diffuse,ambient or emissive colors (all set to 0,0,0). Just specular colors (125,125,125). When I do the engiene preview the model appears like I expect it to and like it does in 3DSmax.

When I create a new project in WED and insert just the model it looks exactly like in the engine preview of MED. - like I expect it to. (the background is blue) I don't set any ambient or sun light nor do I have any light source in my world.

Now I add an empty script. When I compile and run the project the screen is black. This doesn't change when I add ambient or sun light in the Map properties. Even if I add a light object this doesn't change.
The screen is black because there are no blocks or anything that reflect the ligth. But my model should do this.

As soon as I remove the script the background is blue again and the model has the right colors.

Are there any default settings for lights and the refelction of lights that a model does, that are overridden as soon as I attach a script to the project?

Or are there any settings I do have to change for my importetd model entity?

Thanks in advance

Yes there are. If I understood you right the reflection abilities of your models were only set in the preview window of med/wed. These values are only for the preview mode, to set them to your model in the real game you have to write a new material for your model and set it to the model like this:

MATERIAL my_special_mat {
ambient = 50;
//now set the diffuse, specular, ambient and emissive as you want
}

ACTION entities_action { My.Material = my_special_mat; }

Quote:

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Now I add an empty script.

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Does that script load your level?

function main
{
level_load("levelname.wmb");
}

You´ll get a black screen, if you don´t load your level in the attached script.

@ RedPhoenix:
Setting a material doesn't have any effect to my model. Maybe because the material is overriden by the material I specified within MED.

@ fogman:
You were right about loading my world in the main procedure. Although this didn't solve my problem it at least helped me to localize the problem.


I found the line that causes the problem when I add a template-script. It's in the display00.wdl in line 117:

// enable: Dynamic Sun?
// help: Use directional light for sun?
// help: Note: This will use one of the dynamic lights.
// id: 11
var sun_light = 1;

If I comment this line out and save the file the colors of my model are displayed like I expect them to.

Can anyone tell me why this line disables the specular light?