[CE3] - VisArea still affected by the sun

Alphavader · Oct 2012

Hey guys,

after learning some new stuff on the CE3, i got some
issues with my interior level. = The Sun. - affecting all my walls and stuff
I tried to put the entire environment into a VisArea, but this
doesnt work either.

Here a shot :

I allready asked on the crydev forum, but noone could help me,
here a few things ive tried:

1. Disabled the whole terrain : doesnt work
2. avoid "z-fights" no collision between objects: doesnt work
3. tight area arround the cubebox: doesnt work
4. setting up different changes in the vis area tab : doesnt work
5. try all these settings on a another computer : doesnt work -
6. e_sun 0 = doesnt work

Could anyone help me, this is a very annoing problem.

Thanks

Grimmstrom · Oct 2012

Are you sure its the sun? looks to me like its just the ambient colour

Alphavader · Oct 2012

hmm the walls getting darker and brighter, when i jump into the game..
So i think its the sun

//edit: Found a solution: on the "Time of day" tab,
turn the playspeed to 0 .. hope this works with the correct shading too..

- one more thing: if i move the slider on the lightning tab (for the sun) it stil affected all the lightning in the visarea.. strange too

AlexCatMasterSupreme · Oct 2012

Yes, the time of day, on some things, does effect it, this is because a vis area is mostly used as an occluder for a building or something of the like.

e-freak · Oct 2012

it's the fog - its still affecting your scene inside the VisArea. Also turn down the AmbientColor on the VisArea.

Alphavader · Oct 2012

A thanks guys - but when i put the sun to 0, nothing happens with the walls,
does this include the fog too ?
The tip with the AbientColor is good, but isnt it a good possibility to give
the scene a ground lightning ?
How would you do it otherwise, for a Scifi Hallway for example ?

[CE3] - VisArea still affected by the sun

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