Shadows/Lighting on plants.

spectre1130

So I'm now struggling a little to get my shadows and lighting to work well. It seems that when I have accepts dominantDirectional shadows ticked on my speedtree factory actors terrain properties, the plant is just all shadowed out if it is not receiving direct light. Consequently, when I un-tick this it seems that the materials and lighting just look to bright for an object that should have some dimming of its diffuse color. Also, how come you can't mess with a UDK static mesh's lightmass settings in the terrain properties like you can with a speedtree factory actor? The following pictures show the same thing on the UDK tree I borrowed for now. The back side away from sun is just blacked out. Not what you would see in the real world for sure.:\

Santewi

You could try the transmission (cheap) or the real SSS in the material editor to make some of the light go through the leaves and appear on the other side.

spectre1130

Santewi wrote: »

You could try the transmission (cheap) or the real SSS in the material editor to make some of the light go through the leaves and appear on the other side.

Ummm, in English please:).

Ace-Angel

It was in English, just look at the material editor. You'll see Transmission and you'll see SSS, use those.

It also helps to open up the other UDK packages and see how they did leaves.

spectre1130

I kept trying translucency in the material node, but that didn't seem to do much.

Santewi

spectre1130 wrote: »

I kept trying translucency in the material node, but that didn't seem to do much.

Don't use translucency. Just plug in 0.5 constant into the transmission and 50% of the light should go through the leaves.

spectre1130

Will do, thanks. Now I just wish I could figure out why Mudbox is playing games with me.