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FPSC Classic Product Chat / Rouge's sunlight tutorial

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2 Rogues
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Posted: 29th Dec 2008 00:43
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Anyone ever played an FPSC outdoor level that has no sunlight?
Say no more, here's the remedy!

Rogue

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outlaw241
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Posted: 29th Dec 2008 02:41 Edited at: 29th Dec 2008 02:42
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... amazing

can you upload some screens(so we know were doing it right)

Going the extra mile...

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Seth Black
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Posted: 29th Dec 2008 11:47 Edited at: 29th Dec 2008 13:50
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...theory sounds pretty good.

Please do post a screenshot of the effect you've created...

EDIT: I'll do it for you...




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Avenging Eagle
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Posted: 29th Dec 2008 12:13 Edited at: 29th Dec 2008 12:14
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lol, I've been doing this for years


(The skybox is going to be changed on this pic btw)

Might I also suggest that you change the buildsetup.ini (in your FPS Creator folder) so that the lightmaptexsize is at least 1024, and the lightmapquality is between 20 and 40. Anymore, and the shadows start to look too sharp.

AE

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Seth Black
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Posted: 29th Dec 2008 12:22
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(LOL)

...looks great Avenging Eagle.

I've never really created an exclusively outdoor level, and haven't thought to try this yet.

Time to consider doing so, I'm thinking...


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Dark Goblin
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Posted: 29th Dec 2008 21:05
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^^
i also have done this sometimes, but at the moment i don`t have a lot of time to work with FPSC

... efxMod Developer!
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Posted: 29th Dec 2008 22:37
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Quote: "lol, I've been doing this for years"

Quote: "i also have done this sometimes"

I did too, with an ambiance of 40 set to a cool blue-ish washed out colour so the shadow areas of the map look realistic, too. Also see to edit the shadowmap quality if you can afford to wait a little longer....

I am Jacks complete lack of surprise.
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2 Rogues
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Posted: 30th Dec 2008 19:02
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cool, i'm glad u know this stuff, but did u post it? i dun think so! LOLOLOLOLOL

Rogue
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Hey thanks 2 Rogues. Dar13 pointed me here.

The past has a lot of memories to hold onto; but, today is chock full of new adventures, and, the future shouts out, "The best is yet to come!" -- TerryC
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Posted: 19th Mar 2009 02:25
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One awesome shot at night.

Some people say that I'm crazy... And I agree.
USE PLY'S MOD!

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KeithC
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Posted: 19th Mar 2009 03:13
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Great work on the initial poster, and I've got a few of my favorite people here all on this very topic!

@Daarboven; have you given any more thought to a complete demo for the showcase...using Sketchup? The sunlight would look great in one of yours.

@AE; still interested in that tutorial series you're doing, how's it coming?

@Terry; the sunlight would look great in your grandson's game.

@Seth; I've always meant to ask if you had anything in the works with FPSC, or are you still working with the "other" FPSC (which I hear is being remade now?)?

-Keith

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Posted: 19th Mar 2009 12:58
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Quote: "Daarboven; have you given any more thought to a complete demo for the showcase...using Sketchup?"

I did indeed, but at the moment I'm tearing myself apart a bit between the dayjob, the family(which has a new member since 8 weeks)and THE NEXT's scifi contest (where my entry, if I finish, will feature some SU work but will be mostly classic segment work).
But yes, I still dream of a larger demo with 4 or 5 levels entirely in SU...maybe when the summer comes.
@Seth what is the other FPSC (blinks curious)?

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Posted: 19th Mar 2009 13:22
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The other FPSC is "Silent Walk"; though it appears that it has been discontinued, and the developer is starting up something else.

Looking forward to what you have (I'll have to pay attention to your entry as well). Congratulations on the new member...we had one a few months back ourselves!

-Keith

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Posted: 19th Mar 2009 13:56
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Then you miss some sleep as well i guess...
I heard about Silent walk but I found it, well, a little too basic to dig in further...Thanks for the update.

I am Jacks complete lack of surprise.
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Posted: 19th Mar 2009 16:53 Edited at: 19th Mar 2009 16:55
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I didn't read the tut yet.

EDIT: I finished. Nice.

I can't texture. I'm not an artist.
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Is the sun always there or can you add it>

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its just a light

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An Angel visited this gray path And took the cube away.
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Cool

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How does this affect build times?

Say you have a level outdoors where you use several small lights to highlight areas of the environment where the sunlight is strongest. Because there are several lights instead of just one, would that method take longer to build and put more strain on the engine? I'm really not up to scratch with the inner-workings of FPSC so I don't know what is taken into account.
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Posted: 18th Apr 2009 14:32
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it might make it a little longer to load but not too bad.

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