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granada · Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 8:52 am Post subject: Lightmapper in action

This is my first try testing the new DeleD lightmapper (after a shift at work with no sleep Wink

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With the light objects hiden

I'le post some more when i get used to it,and get some sleep Very Happy

Remember this was a very simple test with no thought as to where i placed the lights, but you get some idea what the lightmapper will be able to do.

dave
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Jobyman · Member Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 42

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW finally Smile

. I take it you uys are stil gonna work on it. i think the red light looksa bit weird but its red that sprolly why Smile

but the white light in the corner. it kinda looks unrealistic in the way it goes onto the wall. its ok while on the floor but then it just kinda turns itself and goes onto the wall. I can understand how it's done but light wouldn't do that in real life. BUT that is sooooo amazing Smile

Paul-Jan · Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 6:22 pm Post subject:

Have to defend my baby here (ehrr... I mean the lightmapping, not dave):

While DeleD lighting model is definetely not perfect, the artifacts you point out there have more to do with the settings dave used on the individual lights than with any technical flaws.

The reason why the red light looks weird is because (I'm guessing here) Dave kept the attenation factors too low and the range limited. The light gets cut-off unrealistically, before it has the change to do a nice fadeout.

The white light in the corner is a bright spotlight with a small difference between inner and outer angle. Now get yourself a 90 degree corner, a _very_ dark room (with non-reflecting material on the floor and walls) and a bright focused spotlight (because that are the settings chosen here). You will see the light doing exactly that, I promise you. Ever watched the big spotlight during an amateur play in the school theatre? I operated it, so I am pretty sure I am right Wink

The point is: the fact that DeleD settings allow you to render unrealistic lighting effect, doesn't mean that you can do more realistic things as well.

granada · Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 7:31 pm Post subject:

Hi guys

Paul is right ,Remember what i said Wink

Jobyman · Member Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 42

Oh yes that is definately better. Can i get a free copy of deled Pro because......i'm cool Smile

that's some sexy lightmapping tho.

Paul-Jan · Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 7:17 am Post subject:

Dave, that looks just like one of those standard examples of a radiosity lightmapper, excellent. Maybe we should just pretend it is *lol*.

Jobyman · Member Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 42

Hehe i been sitting here trying to find somethign wrong with it.......can't Smile

granada · Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 7:21 pm Post subject:

Stil playing with this one,and experementing with light settings Wink

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granada · Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 8:11 pm Post subject:

a pic of the lightmapper options screen

(it's not the final screen but will give you an impression of whats to come Wink

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dave
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Jobyman · Member Joined: 21 Oct 2004 Posts: 42

green light. oh what a touch Smile

Mr.Fletcher · Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 9:06 am Post subject:

Ahm I wonder how the lightmaps are saved, as bmps right? And you can do it with every polygon, no matter how many vertices?
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Paul-Jan · Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 10:05 am Post subject:

Yes, the bitmaps are saved as .bmp's. As an answer to your second question: The polygons are triangulated at the start of the lightmapping process, so the answer would be both yes and no Wink

T-Head · Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 10:39 am Post subject:

Hi,

I'm form Germany, so my English is not very well, but can you give us a Beta version of the lightmapper that we can test it Question

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Jeroen · Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 11:43 am Post subject:

We plan to release DeleD 0.9 LITE around the 5th of December. DeleD LITE will include the lightmapper with a few options disabled (if you want those, buy the PRO version which will come out in januari). Smile

TheKurgan · Member Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 28

How much will the Pro version cost?