Calibre's Cosmetic Lighting Tutorial
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V for Vendetta
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Whoa, amazing :O
I didn't read the other guide, but that's excellent, i'll try to incorporate it in my game!
B4 reading this i always thought that lights were very tricky but this made the things pretty easier.
I didn't read the other guide, but that's excellent, i'll try to incorporate it in my game!
B4 reading this i always thought that lights were very tricky but this made the things pretty easier.
Firestalker5
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Can someone write a tutorial for larger maps? I've tried the way Rieves described, but I still can't get it to work right.
Pictures and a tutorial will help out a lot.
Pictures and a tutorial will help out a lot.
Sorry, I said I'd get round to it along time ago. The way Reives says does work, it is just a little hit and miss / trial and error. I use larger maps fogs a lot in Cell Chamber and they are rarely 100% perfectly measured, but near enough that only a hawkeye would spot it.
Firestalker5
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I really suck at this..... The regular size maps are fine. I can get those no problem. The larger maps are near impossible for me. I can't even get them in the ball park, even trying Rieves way. Maybe I just don't understand Rieves way.
I have shrunk my map to Half size in the Map editor and taken a screen shot. Then I placed it into photoshop and cropped the screen to remove the rest of the editor and just leave the map. I then changed the image size to 640 x 480 and start making the lights.
When I place the Fog in to the game I put it twice zoom [400] and leave everything else the same. It's crazy how off it is. Just in case it was the Image size thing I went back into Photoshop and did the fog again, only this time i left the image size the same [I cropped and the started the lighing]. I placed it in the game and it was closer but still off by a large amount.
Help please... What am I doing wrong? I really like the way the lighting turns out. If only I get this to work then my game will be even better.
I have shrunk my map to Half size in the Map editor and taken a screen shot. Then I placed it into photoshop and cropped the screen to remove the rest of the editor and just leave the map. I then changed the image size to 640 x 480 and start making the lights.
When I place the Fog in to the game I put it twice zoom [400] and leave everything else the same. It's crazy how off it is. Just in case it was the Image size thing I went back into Photoshop and did the fog again, only this time i left the image size the same [I cropped and the started the lighing]. I placed it in the game and it was closer but still off by a large amount.
Help please... What am I doing wrong? I really like the way the lighting turns out. If only I get this to work then my game will be even better.
Don't shoot me if I'm wrong cos' I haven't tried anything out in ages so can't remember whatsoever, but if you are taking a screen at half size, then shouldn't you be displaying it as 200% rather than 400%. Try that.
Another way that may work is take individual screens in game of all the areas then piece them together in photoshop like a jigsaw. Make the lighting over that and display it in game set at 100%.
Another way that may work is take individual screens in game of all the areas then piece them together in photoshop like a jigsaw. Make the lighting over that and display it in game set at 100%.
Firestalker5
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Calibre;282894 said:
OK.... that confused the hell out of me. besides I tried at 100, 200, 300, etc... as well as everything inbetween. It still was anywhere near what it's supposed to look like.
How about I take some screenshots and I'll post them to let you guys see what I'm doing and maybe you can see what I'm doing wrong.
LosAngeles
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I use this method for larger maps. It's the easiest in my opinion.Calibre;282894 said:
You should try that Firestalker, just put multiple screenshots together until you have the complete map like Calibre said.
Firestalker5
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Ok... i'll try that method.
Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
Anonymous
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Dude, I just practically pissed my pants...This is great...I am definitely going to see what I can do, since I have Photoshop...I'm afraid that it may be hard for me, but I'm going to try...I really like this man!!:thumb:
Nemesisâ„¢
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O.o Nice tut for lighting effects
Hey is there anyway to add more than a single fog effect? I mean something like a lighting layer and a moving fog layer on sub together o.O
Hey is there anyway to add more than a single fog effect? I mean something like a lighting layer and a moving fog layer on sub together o.O
Yes there is... I nearly always use it too. Look for a script by a guy (screen name: Daniel) called dual fogs or perhaps multiple fogs. If you really can't find it I shall post it but try looking first!
On a sidenote - have the moving fog as the base and the light effects as the additional fog - it looks screwy the other way around.
On a sidenote - have the moving fog as the base and the light effects as the additional fog - it looks screwy the other way around.
Nemesisâ„¢
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O.o I got it :D Weeee~ Thanks for the quick and prompt reply...
Here's what I did - A combination of graphical events and lighting :P
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/4789/screenieut8.png[/img]
Needs a lil' refining tho
Here's what I did - A combination of graphical events and lighting :P
http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/4789/screenieut8.png[/img]
Needs a lil' refining tho
That's one pink rug.
You might want to scale down the brightness a little; as things look, it's as if Sol itself is outside that poor man's window. Of course, that's a matter of opinion, and you could keep it that way without hurting your game a bit. It'd be good in a desert residence, for instance. Also, the light should be fanning out from the window more; just take a look at how sunlight goes through your windows at home to get an idea of the angle you need.
Aside from that, just remember to cut off the light effect where it's supposed to be covered by the wall, and keep in mind that those square things are windows and not wall fixtures. The effect looks odd, coming from an interior dividing wall. XD
Nice start, though. The mapping might need some tweaks, but the lighting is pretty solid, once you fix things up a little bit.
You might want to scale down the brightness a little; as things look, it's as if Sol itself is outside that poor man's window. Of course, that's a matter of opinion, and you could keep it that way without hurting your game a bit. It'd be good in a desert residence, for instance. Also, the light should be fanning out from the window more; just take a look at how sunlight goes through your windows at home to get an idea of the angle you need.
Aside from that, just remember to cut off the light effect where it's supposed to be covered by the wall, and keep in mind that those square things are windows and not wall fixtures. The effect looks odd, coming from an interior dividing wall. XD
Nice start, though. The mapping might need some tweaks, but the lighting is pretty solid, once you fix things up a little bit.
I agree with Gearpunk Nemesis, it's great that you used the techniques but there is also the necessity for logic when you use it.
The light shining through at the bottom is coming from inside the house. Obviously though it looks like sunlight.
You also need more contrast between the darkness of the room and the light coming in. To me, it seems that room should be darker - like the way I did in the tutorial is, the light is actually made up by removing parts of the black film covering the screen - the black makes up the rooms darkness, the erased parts the light.
Your mapping really needs to be improved too, to benefit from additional atmospherics.
The light shining through at the bottom is coming from inside the house. Obviously though it looks like sunlight.
You also need more contrast between the darkness of the room and the light coming in. To me, it seems that room should be darker - like the way I did in the tutorial is, the light is actually made up by removing parts of the black film covering the screen - the black makes up the rooms darkness, the erased parts the light.
Your mapping really needs to be improved too, to benefit from additional atmospherics.
Gamecreatin
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For me it also works on a basic map size...
when i'm using a bigger map, lets say 35X25 and I do:
shrink map in creator to 50%
screen shot and paste in photoshop..
cut out my map.. and resize it to 640 X 480
than make the lighting and save it as a .PNG file.!! that works !! :straightthumb:
than I make a event that displays the picture at 200 %Â blending normal... :thumb:
when I test my game it is there "my picture" ..but if character moves... the picture of the lighting moves with me...
the ball of light by a torch, comes of the torch and follows me... the image is not frozen to the place he belongs... :pissed:
what am i'm doing wrong. :down:... are there some things I must put in the same event.. or do I need to do something with the picture???
please help me who can...
Please don't Necropost. :\ ~Asch
when i'm using a bigger map, lets say 35X25 and I do:
shrink map in creator to 50%
screen shot and paste in photoshop..
cut out my map.. and resize it to 640 X 480
than make the lighting and save it as a .PNG file.!! that works !! :straightthumb:
than I make a event that displays the picture at 200 %Â blending normal... :thumb:
when I test my game it is there "my picture" ..but if character moves... the picture of the lighting moves with me...
the ball of light by a torch, comes of the torch and follows me... the image is not frozen to the place he belongs... :pissed:
what am i'm doing wrong. :down:... are there some things I must put in the same event.. or do I need to do something with the picture???
please help me who can...
Please don't Necropost. :\ ~Asch