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dynamic lighting on map entity help #12088 03/12/03 03:17 03/12/03 03:17
A Anonymous OP Unregistered
Anonymous OP Unregistered A	Hello there We are facing a major problem now. We have a very huge level in our game and thats why many parts of the level are being constucted as seperate WMBs and then placed into the main level. We also have a flashlite in our game which the player can use to look into dark areas. The dynamic light of the flashlight works fine on the level blocks but not on the map entities:(. (Dynamic lights light up the whole map entity when it touches the center of the map entity if I'm correct). How can we have a torch light that can light up the map entities just like the level blocks ?. Thank you in advance. zazang

Re: dynamic lighting on map entity help #12089 03/13/03 01:22 03/13/03 01:22
A Anonymous OP Unregistered
Anonymous OP Unregistered A	Hello anyone ? Please help! regards zazang

Re: dynamic lighting on map entity help #12090 03/13/03 01:37 03/13/03 01:37
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,835 Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Nardulus Serious User
Nardulus Serious User Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,835 Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Hi Zazang Look at how Dan cast shadows on his model in this thread. http://www.conitecserver.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=20;t=000896 You could use a simular technique. Ken

Re: dynamic lighting on map entity help #12091 03/13/03 02:13 03/13/03 02:13
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 2,037 Lafayette, LA USA J James Snydstrup Senior Expert
James Snydstrup Senior Expert J Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 2,037 Lafayette, LA USA	quote: You could use a simular technique. Actually, there is no similiarity between what Zazang wants to do and what Dan did. Dan is dealing with static lights (standard WED stuff), Zazang is dealing with a dynamic light that must move. Zazang needs dynamic lights to illuminate map entities the same way they do WED blocks. I can't see this happening anytime soon unless there is a change in the engine. Of course the obvious solution would be to not use map entities except that there is probably a good reason why he choose that approach.

Re: dynamic lighting on map entity help #12092 03/13/03 02:45 03/13/03 02:45
A Anonymous OP Unregistered
Anonymous OP Unregistered A	Thanks James for the answer and I also think it won't be possible unless we have a upgrade in the engine.So unfortunately we might have to drop the flashlite. Thanks anyway Ken:) regards zazang

Re: dynamic lighting on map entity help #12093 03/13/03 05:10 03/13/03 05:10
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 7,490 O Orange Brat Senior Expert
Orange Brat Senior Expert O Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 7,490	Well, according to one other thread, the engine is getting changed. The BSP is going and something about portals going away, too. There's been specific info. about A6 inserted into BETA, so maybe there's something there about it. My User Contributions master list - my initial post links are down but scroll down page to find list to active links

Re: dynamic lighting on map entity help #12094 03/22/03 02:38 03/22/03 02:38
A Anonymous OP Unregistered
Anonymous OP Unregistered A	zazang, I have recently started working on a "treadmill" based world as well and was running into the same problem as you with my torch light. The only work around I found for it was to use terrain maps instead of entity maps. Terrains light up fine with dynamic light... Might be a bit late for you, depending on where you are on your development cycle though..

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