How can I put shadows inside houses?

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Zuchini

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Posted: 10th Jun 2014 15:49

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Hello,
first commendation to the Team, it's nice to see that updates coming regulry and soon.

Now the Question, how can I make the inner side of a house darker, it looks not very realistic when a house is bright inside and the grass outside is darker.
Must I do it with a shader for each object (house) ?
Does someone has an example for this.

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LeeBamber

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Posted: 11th Jun 2014 12:40

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We have not focused on interiors for the moment, which includes the question of how best to do shadows. I am open to suggestions and forum comments while I work on performance and stability.

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Posted: 13th Jun 2014 07:55

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My view is that the FPSCR engine should not have static light. What is needed is the introduction of a moving sun-light source with options of a day night cycle and ray tracing. So any space the sun's light is not reaching, is dark by default.

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Posted: 13th Jun 2014 12:25

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Quote: "My view is that the FPSCR engine should not have static light. What is needed is the introduction of a moving sun-light source with options of a day night cycle and ray tracing. So any space the sun's light is not reaching, is dark by default."

This.

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TattieBoJangle

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Posted: 13th Jun 2014 14:28

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I agree light going through my models is not good and using a script to change it to dark as you go inside a building is to obvious.

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Zuchini

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Posted: 14th Jun 2014 16:56

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I think with a future release of FPSCR the light handling will become better and shadows inside "open" houses can then easier be handled.
Bugfixing and better performance work is on first place and that is good.
So I can wait.
In the shader programming I am very very inexperienced, so I must learn some stuff in that area.

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LeeBamber

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Posted: 23rd Jun 2014 18:26

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Yes indeed, we are focusing on outdoor lighting at the moment. Once we're done with that world, we will look much much closer at interior spaces and lighting.

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Posted: 24th Jun 2014 01:23

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Quote: "Yes indeed, we are focusing on outdoor lighting at the moment. Once we're done with that world, we will look much much closer at interior spaces and lighting."

Sigh, Ill never get to create a realistic looking levels with out decent lighting and particle system. . . . . ***Kicking and screaming like my daughters used to***

Cant be that hard really, you already have the lighting thing I need by way of the invisible flashlight. (kind of) Now all I need to do is to be able to place it like any thing else and rotate and flip it. Might need to change the color too but I guess, Ill wait. . . . . Cant you just give me the invisible flashlight already. . . .