Looking for a short wholesome LIGHTING documentation where everything is explained. DF, GI and so on

napelazam

Or can you write all relevant keywords down so I can google them and create my own little doc?
Like I know Distance Field, Global Illumination, Cascadian.

Obscura

Its not cascadian but cascade. Unfortunately I don't tthink there is a doc that contains everything together in one place, but honestly, the official engine doc explains everything. Whats the problem with that?

napelazam

Uhm. Problem is it doesn't summarize it on one page/flyer/image/chart
Like for Blender you got one image which explains al shortcuts.

Obscura

Guess you need to live with that.

napelazam

So you don't have your own summary of all things related to light? When to use what and when to change what numbers?

Obscura

It can't be summarized in a few lines. There are multiple types of lights, multiple types of shadow casting, and multiple modes. You can't expect me to write an essay here. Especially because the 75% of it is in the official documentation already. I'm affraid you dont't really have other choice other than going through that doc. If it works for other people, it must work for you too. I wrote a breakdown about rtx in a thread, but only that is a page long thing and thats still in nutshell. And rtx is just a small percent of the whole thing. You can also start putting lights and tweak their parameters to see what happens. There are also countless youtube tutorials about this topic.

Obscura

If there is something specific that you are looking for, I can help, but I'm not writing a book here even if I could.