3D Isometric lighting & rendering for social games

HLZ · May 2012

Hi,

This is my first post so please be kind. In Maya, I want to create the look of Cityville where the lighting seems to have no source and the buildings are all rendered with the same bright lighting. Does anyone know the lighting and rendering method used? I was thinking of global illumination and occlusion for rendering. Any other suggestions?

Thanks,
Heather

MeintevdS · May 2012

No direction? All buildings seem to have a shadow and lit side and even have a small cast shadow.

Entity · May 2012

A simple directional light with raytraced shadows + mib_amb_occlusion mapped to the ambient slot of your materials should do the trick. You don't even have to use GI/FG as the color slots in the occlusion node should let you simulate light from the sky.

HLZ · May 2012

Ok, I think the tree shadows threw me off. There is a directional light but it's so spread out that it looks fake and everything is lighted. Thanks for feedback. I'll try that and see.

3D Isometric lighting & rendering for social games

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