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[SOLVED]Setting light as dynamic? #401107 05/13/12 18:12 05/13/12 18:12
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 62 wrekWIRED OP Junior Member
wrekWIRED OP Junior Member Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 62	I like to make a candle with flame to light a certain part of my level and it should be able to cast shadows when the light hits an object. When using set(my, LIGHT) on the flame entitie how do i make it dynamic just like how i set light properties on WED? Last edited by wrekWIRED; 05/15/12 16:39.

Re: Setting light as dynamic? [Re: wrekWIRED] #401108 05/13/12 18:16 05/13/12 18:16
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,993 Karlsruhe PadMalcom Serious User
PadMalcom Serious User Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,993 Karlsruhe	Set its lightrange to a value > 0. Terrain tutorial using Shade-C amBx-Plugin - use amBx in GameStudio 3D Tower Defence

Re: Setting light as dynamic? [Re: PadMalcom] #401125 05/14/12 03:56 05/14/12 03:56
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 62 wrekWIRED OP Junior Member
wrekWIRED OP Junior Member Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 62	Ow. So it's set to dynamic when lightrange is > 0. That's strange. I alredy set the light range using thses. But doesn't cast any shadows unlike the light i set using WED. Code: my.lightrange = 150 + random(20);

Re: Setting light as dynamic? [Re: wrekWIRED] #401126 05/14/12 06:35 05/14/12 06:35
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,247 Baden W�rttemberg, Germany Esp�r Expert
Esp�r Expert Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,247 Baden W�rttemberg, Germany	activate the CAST flag on the light, and the SHADOW flag on all objects that should have shadows Last edited by Esp�r; 05/14/12 06:35. Selling my Acknex Engine Editions (A7 Com & A8 Pro): >> click here if you are interested <<

Re: Setting light as dynamic? [Re: Esp�r] #401133 05/14/12 09:43 05/14/12 09:43
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 62 wrekWIRED OP Junior Member
wrekWIRED OP Junior Member Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 62	Negative. I tried setting SHADOW and CAST flags but still no shadow is cast. Here are the screenshots taken in two lights i use. One uses light set by WED and other one is set using lightrange. this one i set lightrange to 200 to an invisible object above the candle. this one i set using WED. Light is same sa the flare above the candle on the fist screenshot and flags set is dynamic and lightrange of 150. i set the following variable on main fuction to set the shadow. Code: shadow_offset = 5; shadow_range = 15; shadow_threshold = 60; shadow_stencil = 2; mat_shadow.alpha = 90; Is there something wrong with the way i set the light on the candle? Or is there a better way to add light using lite-C and set it's property just like in WED? I see that the light created by WED is quite different from setting it to a entity.

Re: Setting light as dynamic? [Re: wrekWIRED] #401148 05/14/12 13:30 05/14/12 13:30
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Aku_Aku User Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 993 Budapest	I can see a shadow on second picture. It belongs to the white box. An advise, try to increase the value of the lightrange, perhaps first time to 600.

Re: Setting light as dynamic? [Re: Aku_Aku] #401152 05/14/12 14:52 05/14/12 14:52
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 62 wrekWIRED OP Junior Member
wrekWIRED OP Junior Member Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 62	did that already but still the same result. Not to mention it also lits the other room where it it should not brcause of the wall. I was thinking of controlling the light i add using WED if it's posible.

Re: Setting light as dynamic? [Re: wrekWIRED] #401153 05/14/12 14:58 05/14/12 14:58
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,568 Germany, BW, Stuttgart MasterQ32 Expert
MasterQ32 Expert Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,568 Germany, BW, Stuttgart	is the lightbox a model or a block? if it's a block, dynamic light won't throw a shadow Visit my site: www.masterq32.de

Re: Setting light as dynamic? [Re: MasterQ32] #401157 05/14/12 15:43 05/14/12 15:43
Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 62 wrekWIRED OP Junior Member
wrekWIRED OP Junior Member Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 62	its a model. I add the model on top of the candle where the flame is and set it's light property. I use the following codes. Code: function candleflame() { set(my, PASSABLE); set(my, INVISIBLE); //set model to invisible set(my, LIGHT); vec_set(my.blue,vector(255,255,255)); //set light to white my.lightrange = 200; } //attached to the candle action ent_create ("nothing.mdl", vector(my.x,my.y,my.z+17), candleflame); Just not sure why it does that.

Re: Setting light as dynamic? [Re: MasterQ32] #401158 05/14/12 15:44 05/14/12 15:44
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GameScore Member Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 245	try something like this Code: action DynLight() { set(my,INVISIBLE); set(my,PASSABLE); my.red = 255; my.green = 255; my.blue = 255; my.lightrange = 1000; set(my,CAST); my.emask &= ~DYNAMIC; }

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