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moving sun in game? #330835 06/30/10 06:23 06/30/10 06:23
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 145 Doc_Savage OP Member
Doc_Savage OP Member Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 145	is there a way i can get the sun to move? ive tried this: Code: var MoveSun; function MoveSun_startup() { while(1) { if(MoveSun) { sun_angle.pan += 1.25 * time_frame; sun_angle.pan %= 360; sun_angle.tilt = fsin(sun_angle.pan, 45) + 45; //sun_light = 2 * sun_angle.tilt; sun_light = 500; } wait(1); } } nothing works... help? Do not concern yourself with my race, personality or origin. find my record in the pits, and then make your wager.

Re: moving sun in game? [Re: Doc_Savage] #330839 06/30/10 08:13 06/30/10 08:13
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 379 Flevoland, 5 meters under wate... Roel Senior Member
Roel Senior Member Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 379 Flevoland, 5 meters under wate...	first, sun light has a range of only 0....100 Let's assume that MoveSun is set I think the code works, but the sun is a dynamic light. so if you rotate the sun ingame, the rendered shadows on the blocks won't rotate with it. however, stencil and projected shadows will. This might be the problem. Check out the throwing game here: The throwing game

Re: moving sun in game? [Re: Roel] #330904 06/30/10 18:26 06/30/10 18:26
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 145 Doc_Savage OP Member
Doc_Savage OP Member Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 145	hm...... how can i get them to move? Do not concern yourself with my race, personality or origin. find my record in the pits, and then make your wager.

Re: moving sun in game? [Re: Doc_Savage] #330910 06/30/10 19:13 06/30/10 19:13
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 6,861 Kiel (Germany) Superku Senior Expert
Superku Senior Expert Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 6,861 Kiel (Germany)	"hm...... how can i get them to move?" What do you want to move, static shadows? "Falls das Resultat nicht einfach nur dermassen gut aussieht, sollten Sie nochmal von vorn anfangen..." - Manual Check out my new game: Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends

Re: moving sun in game? [Re: Superku] #330912 06/30/10 19:36 06/30/10 19:36
Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 379 Flevoland, 5 meters under wate... Roel Senior Member
Roel Senior Member Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 379 Flevoland, 5 meters under wate...	Static shadows are unmoveable, the name says static..... they are just baked into the level geometry. The only way to have a real moving sun, with moving shadows would be the using of realtime rendered shadows. For the upcoming contest there is lightfrog which does that, and there is shadeC which also does. but for these you need your edition to support shadows. Check out the throwing game here: The throwing game

Re: moving sun in game? [Re: Roel] #330925 06/30/10 20:51 06/30/10 20:51
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 2,113 NRW/Germany alibaba Expert
alibaba Expert Joined: May 2008 Posts: 2,113 NRW/Germany	And there is also a shadowmapping example in the folder of GStudio Professional Edition A8.47.1 -------------------- http://www.yueklet.de

Re: moving sun in game? [Re: alibaba] #330941 07/01/10 02:56 07/01/10 02:56
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Doc_Savage OP Member Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 145	shadowmapping... hm... i suppose i can get away with using this code in an open enviroment. because thats where i need it really, is there any way to rig this to some sort of sun object/glare sprite that represents the sun? Do not concern yourself with my race, personality or origin. find my record in the pits, and then make your wager.