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Tantive Techroom Lighting

Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:43 pm
by Null_1138
I've done a search on this, but apparently nobody likes the Tantive models :| .

I noticed the Tantive tech room, and only the tech room, is a lot darker ingame than it is in Tipam's MSH Viewer. I've done a reskin for it for my map, to make it darker (match the rest of the ship). Looking in the MSH Viewer, it looks like I thought it would, navy blue with a silver trim. However, ingame, it looks pitch black. Maybe pictures could describe this better:

This is what it looks like in the MSH Viewer:
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This is ingame:
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This is a reference shot of the hallway just outside, because both models use tan4_bldg_front_deck02.tga.
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Is there a way to make the ingame techroom brighter? Is there a specific file or code somewhere that makes it this way?

Re: Tantive Techroom Lighting

Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 2:04 pm
by DarthD.U.C.K.
you can change the texturname of the mesh via hexediting, then you can use seperate textures for hall and techroom (and a brighter one for the techroom)tutorial in the everything you need thread (how to you same model with different texture)

Re: Tantive Techroom Lighting

Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 2:15 pm
by YaNkFaN
i looked through the .odf and there are no attached lights so the best bet i can tell you is to add a light manually in ZE specifically a white omni light in the room that should brighten it up.

the omni light is a circle and i suggest the rgb values being 255 255 255

Re: Tantive Techroom Lighting

Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 4:13 pm
by Null_1138
Ok, I will try both ways to see which works best. Thanks Yank and Duck.

EDIT: Lighting is sweet! I just have one question, is there a limit to the number of spot-type lights I can use in a map?

Re: Tantive Techroom Lighting

Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 5:44 pm
by RepSharpshooter
Yes there is a limit to lighting. If you add too many they will begin to flicker. I don't know the exact number but it's around 6-8.

The tantive msh is probably vertex lit, dark in some spots, lit on the monitors.

Re: Tantive Techroom Lighting

Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 5:47 pm
by Null_1138
Yes, the screens have a creepy green glow on the sides. I'll have to research what vertex lighting is though.