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matt rochon
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Posted: 19th Apr 2003 04:33
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im having trouble controlling the lights in my game
what i have is a light aura around the main character abut for some reason it doesnt seem to be moving every time i do, it will show up in certain spots but not always like i want it to... anyone got an idea
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AlphaOmega
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Posted: 19th Apr 2003 13:56
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use the "Position light" option (see help for more details)

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KamaKase
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Posted: 19th Apr 2003 15:38
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"Light aura"??? Are you just trying to make the character brighter or have a light beam effect. If you're trying to do that you're gonna have to "ghost on" an cone shape.

If not, then position light and point light, as Alpha Omega said.
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matt rochon
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Posted: 19th Apr 2003 16:49
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yes i already tried position light and point light the problem is they arent working properly

its not moving every time i move but rather it shows up every once in a while while i walk around

and a light aura as in a big circle of light around my player
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Scorpyo
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That has to do with the normals orentation of the ground that make the light be more or less visible..i guess you should orient the polygon normals in the spot where the character is moving in order to show the maximum light right there ..no idea how to do that tho...
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matt rochon
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Posted: 19th Apr 2003 22:47
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hmm... the ground is perfectly flat though... wouldnt that mean all the normals face the same way?
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Scorpyo
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In theory yes..but there could be small variations.. i remember once i had a car with four rotating wheels and 2 of them would lit up at certain rotation angles..odd...and for sure the off center was infinitesimal..
Also..if you want the character to glow then you must consider it's own normals manipulation....
There are snippets around about terrains normalization and light effect..maybe , if you find one, you could get some hints for your case
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matt rochon
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Posted: 20th Apr 2003 02:13
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ok thanks
idont want the character to glow, just have light around him on the ground

ill try to figure it out
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indi
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Posted: 20th Apr 2003 06:19
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see the attached source mate

use the up/down kays to see the simple result

http://www.lunarpixel.com

http://www.lunarpixel.com/dt/
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matt rochon
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Posted: 20th Apr 2003 08:07 Edited at: 20th Apr 2003 08:08
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hmm it doesnt seem to be doing anything

but thats exactly the code im using for my moving lights...
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indi
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Posted: 20th Apr 2003 09:25
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it will look like a lit wireframe matrix in classic 113
and it will look lit and textured with green in DBP patch4

it could be your video card drivers or the card itself.

Does a normal light example work for you.?

if u have win 2k and classic u might need a cls at the start

http://www.lunarpixel.com

http://www.lunarpixel.com/dt/
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matt rochon
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Posted: 20th Apr 2003 10:28
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im usin winXP
classic 1.13
and a gforce4 that i updated the drivers for yesterday
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