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Moving light sources, possible? - Kraggdog - 06-18-2012
Been awhile, but back on the forum to ask a question about the game engine.
I'm fairly sure that it wasn't possible to animate a moving light source in HPL2.
What I mean by this, is to have, say, a glowing ball that could be animated to move around the level as a light source.
If i'm wrong, then please point me to a thread on how to do this in HPL2, if not, will this lighting method be possible in HPL3? (if machine for pigs was developed in HPL3, I haven't kept up with the news).
RE: Moving light sources, possible? - Obliviator27 - 06-18-2012
You could animate it. You'd just need to attach a light souce (Pointlight or Spotlight) to a bone in the animated object's skeleton.
It is also equally possible to have it as a move object as opposed to actually animating it, though it's motions wouldn't be as accurate as you could make it with animations.
RE: Moving light sources, possible? - Kraggdog - 06-18-2012
(06-18-2012, 12:04 PM)Obliviator27 Wrote: You could animate it. You'd just need to attach a light souce (Pointlight or Spotlight) to a bone in the animated object's skeleton.And the lighting / shadows in the scene will be dynamic to reflect this movement? It's not entirely all baked in? I suppose in the same way the lantern works.
It is also equally possible to have it as a move object as opposed to actually animating it, though it's motions wouldn't be as accurate as you could make it with animations.
Thanks for the tip, will have to try this out
RE: Moving light sources, possible? - Acies - 06-18-2012
I have tried this using a spotlight and it works. Shadows are only cast by spotlights, no baking (where did you get that from?).
RE: Moving light sources, possible? - Kraggdog - 06-18-2012
(06-18-2012, 12:23 PM)Acies Wrote: I have tried this using a spotlight and it works. Shadows are only cast by spotlights, no baking (where did you get that from?).Just old editors, it's been awhile since I used HPL2