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Spaddlewit · Last edited by Spaddlewit on Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:37 am; edited 2 times in total

When I run the lightmapper on this scene, it shows nothing in the DeleD render, and the texture files it outputs are strange and black/white blocky. Any idea why this occurs?

http://ssntails.srb2.org/level82.zip

Lightmapper options:
Lightmap Size: 2048x2048
Individual Texture Minimum Size: 32x32
Individual Texture Maximum Size: 128x128
Number of (Blur) Filter Passes: 0
Generate Shadows: true
Consider Non-Selected Objects: true
Bake Scene Ambient Color into Lightmap: false
Normal Auto Smooth Crease Angle: 0
File Format: TGA

Jeroen · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 7:40 am Post subject:

Ai, I'm afraid the lightmapper ain't my cup of tea (PJ made that part of DeleD), so I can't help you here. Anyone else?
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Spaddlewit · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 11:05 am Post subject:

If it helps, what's even weirder is if I delete all of the objects in that scene, then create two new objects, and try to lightmap THOSE, the same problem still occurs.

Is there an easy way I can copy all of my objects out of that scene and into a new one? (I have important info in the Comments fields that I'd like to retain...)

Jeroen · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 12:55 pm Post subject:

Spaddlewit · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:31 pm Post subject:

AWM Mars · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 8:14 am Post subject:

I don't have a solution for you, but I did carryout some testing on your model.

First I applied some textures (standard ones) to some of the elements, as the original didn't have any supplied.

I then lightmapped the scene and got nothing.

Then I raytraced the scene and got this:

I then disabled your light and added another directional light, in a different orientation and raytraced that and got this result:

I checked out both the dxs file content and could not see anything that would prevent this from lightmapping (albeit it I am limited in my knowledge in this field), and also each component of the scene, looking for clues, I drew a blank.

I can confirm the following observations:
No lightmaps were created in the 'Lightmaps' folder for the original level, albeit the folder was created 'level82'

A folder was created for my revised version, and a couple of lightmaps were created, albeit only one included any lightmap detail, from the area where I placed the standard textures. This doesn't however explain why the shadows would not show up in the lightmapped viewport.

Whilst this doesn't fix the problem, maybe seeing this, someone will be able to figure out what is the problem. Smile

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Spaddlewit · Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 5:44 pm Post subject:

Been playing with it a bit more...

I just removed all of my materials from the scene, then re-added a material and assigned it to the geometry. Now lightmapping works.

My guess is that there's a bug in DeleD somewhere with reading the materials info from the DXS file?? Something must not be getting copied in right, even though in the Material Options everything looks okay...

Jeroen · Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 7:09 pm Post subject:

Good to see you found a work-around, good job!

Indeed, it seems something ain't right when it comes down to materials and lightmapping. More investigation needed, me thinks. If you find out anything, let us know!
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Spaddlewit · Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 1:20 am Post subject:

Well, it appears that workaround only sufficed for a much smaller scene that is also experiencing the same problem (I have several scenes with this same issue). The level82.dxs file doesn't get fixed when I try this workaround.

I'd mess around with the code, but I don't have a Delphi compiler.

Spaddlewit · Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:30 am Post subject:

FIGURED IT OUT

In the <settings>, shadowOpacity was set to 0. If it is 0, then no lightmaps get generated since the shadows are, well.. totally transparent.

AWM Mars · Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 6:52 am Post subject:

Actually, to set the opacity of shadows, its in the Scene tab, not in settings. Smile

It doesn't explain why the shadows showed up in Raytracer, unless it uses different default settings?
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