Hello there,

I'm not sure if this is a bug, so I postet it before
here but without any result.
I defined a sky with sun by the following script:

Code:

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sky my_tgasky1 {
type = <skydome04.tga>;
flags = dome,visible;
layer = 1;
scale_x = 4;
scale_y = 4;
speed_u = 0;
speed_v = 0;
}

sky my_tgasky2 {
type = <sky2_s.tga>;
flags = dome,visible,transparent,bright;
layer = 2;
scale_x = 4;
scale_y = 4;
speed_u = 2;
speed_v = 2;
}

sky my_tgasun {
type = <sun_yelow.tga>;
flags = visible,flare,bright;
layer = 3;
scale_x = 0.3;
scale_y = 0.3;
speed_u = 0;
speed_v = 0;
X = 90;
Y = 15;
Z = 60;
}
 

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Now the sun sprite is rendered over the level geometry! This happens whenever I define a 'sky' without setting the dome or scene flag.

P_G

Did you try to change the my_tgasun.x position?
Try this: Code:

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my_tgasun.x = (sun_pos.x/3);// x/8; x/1.5;  

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Sorcerer is right. your x/y/z possition is too close

sky entitys such as sprites/models thier X/Y/Z location is absolute reltive possition to the view location in the level coordinate system

so if you want it to be clipped by your level geometry, you need to move it outards beyond your level geometry but still inside your skybox ( to be visible)

Thanks a lot Sorcerer and Grimber. You are right. The documentation in the manual doesn't tell about this.

Best regards, P_G.

It does, but admittedly too indirect. We'll make it more clear in the next version of the manual. Thanks for notifying us.

Is there a way to simply turn off the sun sprite permanently? I'm making a night game, and it looks really odd, seeing the sun up there in the sky

Did you set up the sun in properties as 0,0,0?

It is at 0,0,0 -- but the elevation was greater than 0. Setting it all to zero did the trick. Amazing, I use gamestudio nearly every day, and there's always something new to learn.

hello

jo man look for the flags

not the my_tgasun.x ...