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FPSC Classic Models and Media / 3D Alive Tutorial: Lighting

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Dr Parsnips
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Hey guys,
So I just finished a quick tip tutorial on Lighting. Its more a technique that I use from time to time. It explains how to use a Bounce light efefctively.

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Take a look if your interested.

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Red Eye
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Nice tut mate!


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Wolf
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Hey man! haven`t ever thought about this!

Thanks a lot!

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Dr Parsnips
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Posted: 16th Mar 2010 18:55
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Quote: "Nice tut mate!"


Thanks buddy!

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Thanks a lot!

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No Problem! Glad I can help!

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The Master Dinasty
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Never ever would think about this, thanks man!



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Thx!!


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Bugsy
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Posted: 16th Mar 2010 20:51
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I've been doing this for a while, just a bit different (and not on every light)


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Snipesoul
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Posted: 16th Mar 2010 21:03
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Nice tutorial dude! I would have never thought of this concept before! Thanks!

Also checked out your other tutorials such as the "Real Textures for Games" one and they were very helpful too!

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Dr Parsnips
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Posted: 17th Mar 2010 16:43
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Quote: "Never ever would think about this, thanks man!



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Glad I could help!

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No Problem

Quote: "I've been doing this for a while, just a bit different (and not on every light)"

Ahh good to know, I would love to know how you do it?

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Also checked out your other tutorials such as the "Real Textures for Games" one and they were very helpful too!"


Ahh well I'm glad they were helpful!

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JLMoondog
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This may sound like a noobish question..wait I am one...but how do I set the intensity of the light? I don't see an option for it in the settings box for the lights.


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Posted: 17th Mar 2010 20:57 Edited at: 17th Mar 2010 20:57
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Awesome tutorial.

Edit: At Josh, he means range I believe.

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Cyborg ART
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Posted: 17th Mar 2010 21:05
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Great tutorial, never tought of that.

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Niiiiice....hadn't thought of doing that before. I wish the lights in FPSC had more control over falloff and intensity - so this is a cool tip for brightening things up without using horrible flat ambient light.

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Dr Parsnips
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Quote: "This may sound like a noobish question..wait I am one...but how do I set the intensity of the light? I don't see an option for it in the settings box for the lights."


Ahh sorry about that, my Mistake I should have said range! I will fix that so no one else has any problems! I tend to just waffle on thinking everyone will understand me! Good catch!

Quote: "Awesome tutorial.

Edit: At Josh, he means range I believe."


Thanks AaronG! And thanks for clearing that up!

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Thanks Cyborg! Glad I can help!

Quote: "Niiiiice....hadn't thought of doing that before. I wish the lights in FPSC had more control over falloff and intensity - so this is a cool tip for brightening things up without using horrible flat ambient light."


Thanks buddy! Yeah I too wish that the lights would see an update. Its not a bad system but I just want more control. Maybe even volumetric lighting, now that would be something!

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Posted: 18th Mar 2010 09:24 Edited at: 18th Mar 2010 09:26
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Ah very cool, too bad there isn't a setting for intensity...isn't it standard in DBP? Wonder if you could mod FPSC, change how lights are handled. I'm pretty sure Evolve has also released a volumetric shader, wonder if that could be incorporated.

Anyway, wasn't high-jacking, just thinking out loud. Also is that a standard ratio for the lights then, Normal light/Shadow light=2/5? Just wondering encase peps what to create larger ranged lights. I was actually looking for a global illumination setting in FPSC because my levels tend to turn out dark sometimes. This is some good knowledge.


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Quote: "Ah very cool, too bad there isn't a setting for intensity...isn't it standard in DBP? Wonder if you could mod FPSC, change how lights are handled. I'm pretty sure Evolve has also released a volumetric shader, wonder if that could be incorporated.

Anyway, wasn't high-jacking, just thinking out loud. Also is that a standard ratio for the lights then, Normal light/Shadow light=2/5? Just wondering encase peps what to create larger ranged lights. I was actually looking for a global illumination setting in FPSC because my levels tend to turn out dark sometimes. This is some good knowledge.
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No worries Bro,

I would have to say it depends on your layout, sometimes this tends to lighten up my levels beyond that of shadows and just gives me a very bright area. If you had a 3x9 room with three lights, I would probably have the bounce lights inbetween the Ordinary lights.



This fills in the gaps and makes this:



Into This:




But in the end its all about experimenting to suite your needs. It's really time consuming to constantly be changing a small value here and there but I find that it really helps make the level seem more professional, but thats just me!

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