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Posted: 6th May 2014 12:18
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Not sure if this is what its called but you will know what i mean ok the thing i want to know is say one makes a cave or even a house and outside is sunny but inside the cave/house would be dark will there be anyway for it to automatically change without you having to change the entire level as this makes more sense.





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Posted: 6th May 2014 13:07
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I'm sure you'll be able to change the lighting on the fly using scripting sometime down the line I suspect.

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Posted: 6th May 2014 15:44
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I hope so as for me this is a big thing im wondering how the light is set up as it goes through everything so to me all it does is change what you are seeing on screen.





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Posted: 6th May 2014 22:19 Edited at: 6th May 2014 22:20
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This is what i mean i want it to be day outside and dark inside the sun should not go through walls



EDIT: in the video i had to set the whole level dark









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Posted: 6th May 2014 22:41
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Awesome cavern system. Did you custom make the tunnel system? It looks great.
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Posted: 6th May 2014 22:54 Edited at: 6th May 2014 22:55
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still got some way to go yet few texture problems but will sort it out i was wanting something like this but bigger under my level but will need to figure out how i can get in and out. Now if the terrain would go around the mesh of your model this would make me happy



EDIT: will be cool when i can finally put my animated stuff in like bats ect





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Posted: 6th May 2014 23:56
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That's awesome Tattie ! So many good things on the forum at the moment



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Posted: 6th May 2014 23:58
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I'm jealous. I have a similar type thing planned for my contest level, but not quite so elaborate. I've tried a couple of techniques so far and failed on all counts. Trying something new for my next attempt.
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Posted: 8th May 2014 19:56
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@TattieBoJangle : I cannot promise a whole internal lighting system, but if there is something relatively quick I can provide which will help you with your cave level let me know. I really do like to support this kind of creativity!!

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Posted: 8th May 2014 20:28 Edited at: 8th May 2014 20:36
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@lee what is the lighting system used



point light

sphere light

spot light

directional light

area light



Or is it just changing what you see onscreen



Im unsure what you could do as i need it dark inside and light outside will this be
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Posted: 8th May 2014 22:45
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The dynamic lights right now are point lights and when inside / under canopy, you will be in full shadow as the sun light hits whatever is above you. To have your cave dark and the outside light, I decided to take an hour off my former plan to play FALLOUT3 for a few hours and added the following LUA script commands:



SetFogNearest(500)

SetFogDistance(2000)

SetFogRed(32)

SetFogGreen(32)

SetFogBlue(64)

SetAmbienceIntensity(65)

SetAmbienceRed(64)

SetAmbienceGreen(64)

SetAmbienceBlue(128)

SetSurfaceRed(64)

SetSurfaceGreen(64)

SetSurfaceBlue(128)



With these in the next build, you will be able to control your own DAY/NIGHT cycles using scripting, and also fade down/up the global colour values as you enter and leave the cave system, which will allow you to have very bright lighting outside and dark gritty colors in your cave network.

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Posted: 8th May 2014 22:51
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@lee this is aw-sum news im sure this will make allot of people very happy indeed and will be used in almost all games thanks for taking the time out to do this





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Posted: 8th May 2014 23:00
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@Lee, I concur. That is awesome news. That just allowed me to do something I really, really wanted to do in my test game. I can now start the game with it early evening and then transition to a night setting as the player progresses. Thanks so much. The e
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Posted: 8th May 2014 23:02
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@Lee, I sent you a PM as well.
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Posted: 11th May 2014 14:02
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Awesome cave system, and great news on the Lua front! Things are starting to move at a pace now it seems!



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Posted: 11th May 2014 15:49
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Did you make all the tunnel sections yourself? If so I'd really like to see those make their way into the store or something at some point, they look really good

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Posted: 11th May 2014 16:01
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WOW tattie m8, so damn good looking in that cave tunnels man .. and I have to agree with sparrowhawk... they must make it into the store if not that actual cave then something along those lines.. their just to good not to have access to lol .

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Posted: 11th May 2014 16:11
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They are part of a pack from somewhere. so can't make it onto the store

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Posted: 12th May 2014 12:58
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Id make a nice contribution for a cave like that. Its absolutely gorgeous. Any ideas as to where it came from?

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Posted: 12th May 2014 18:06
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This is where the cave system is from: http://www.3dmodels-textures.com/store/CaveCreator?search=cave

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Posted: 12th May 2014 18:32
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That is one place i got mines from a dvd a while back the model its self has some problems like holes in the walls and texture problems but when they are fixed it looks great.





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Posted: 12th May 2014 22:04
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I see that this is exportable in .x and others, does that mean that once a cave system is built, its an easy import to reloaded?

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Posted: 12th May 2014 23:22
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yea use the .x and the scale = 4000 and it will be ok it may have been updated but there are a few holes in the model but easy fixed





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ah I see, so you didn't make the tunnels ok.

so I might have to pick this up at some point in time perhaps lol.. thanks for the link to it and nice find tattie m8 they are good looking models.



just how easy are they to fix though if your not a modelling/artist type?

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Posted: 12th May 2014 23:40
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not that hard m8 2 secs and ill show you





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Posted: 12th May 2014 23:41
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They have tons of packs ready to go. If I can use the .x to make em work, I'm buying stuff there and building my entity bank. TGC is slow to put stuff out and I'll not get from here what they have there. I recommend the look at their site. I'll give it a go and hopefully get help here if I get stuck!

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Posted: 12th May 2014 23:46
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This is what they looks like but an easy fix













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Posted: 12th May 2014 23:54
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Quote: "TGC is slow to put stuff out"




I agree i would like to see a flood of items as some of the work are great and saves the hassle buying 3rd party.





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I also agree, but what can you do?.



ah that's not to sad really, a keen eye and a few small holes will soon be fixed haha thanks m8.

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Posted: 13th May 2014 00:29
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np m8 added tattieb0jangle





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Hello,

I am quite interested in Dynamic lighting as it certainly would add atmosphere to a scene.
For example a torch is a typical source (or even a flashlight).
I read the Blog entries and learned that texture based lighting is one possible thing, but that would not work if a light source is travelling, would it?

Especially in regard with the Construction Kit I am interested if moving lights are placed inside a building.
E.g. the typical swinging light bulb.

Will this be possible e.g. within buildings made by the Construction Kit?
Using zombies within a building usually needs some eerie lighting. It seems DirectX 9 Lighting lib supports dynamic lighting. But is it possible e.g. to attach it to an moveable object (e.g. player, or e.g. a NPC wielding a flashlight)?
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Posted: 5th Aug 2014 11:05
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Anything is possible m8 look at this video Rolfy did






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Thank you very much TattieBoJangle. That video covered quite all questions I had. Looks very promising!
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ok.. but Rolfy is ROLFY...

but for us common mortals??

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Posted: 10th Aug 2014 20:08
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Quote: "but for us common mortals??"


There is no hope jk well it will come later down the line or Rolfy may add it to the store (hint) (hint)





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