Hi there, long time viewer, first time caller. I'm having some troubles trying to get directional lights to cast translucent shadows. Basically, I can't. Point lights however work just dandy. Check it Whereas if I use a point light: Am I missing something obvious here or is it simply a limitation of the directional lights…
Thanks for clearing this up for me Jordan. Was getting frustrated as to to why the inclusion volumes weren't functional when using LightMass (I was under the impression it would still take them into account like if you were using GI and lights in 3ds). Instead I've gone and taken advantage of the channels in both the…
quick lighting question: I'm using a directional light, but my shadows are always sharp and tidy, how can I fade the edges? Shadow Exponent in the Lightmass settings of the actor isn't having much effect. Also, any reason why the corners of the light are angled?
couple more questions can you attach a dynamic light to a player via kismet? i've attached a camera to the player for an isometric view and that works, but i'd like a dynamic light to folow me around and illuminate the area around me, the problems are i'm not sure how to make dynamic light is it just a normal light with…
Preview lighting was a pre-lightmass preview, where mostly you would be using spots and directional lights rather than dominant directional and light bounces to light your level. Unfortunately that's the way it has to be done these days, I tend to concentrate on sections of the level or make sub levels to cut down the…
@sampson: You've got some pretty weird numbers plugged into the Lightmass settings of your dominant directional light. Try setting: Lightmass Settings Indirect Lighting Saturation to 1.0 Indirect Lighting Scale to 1.0 Light Source Angle to 0.2 Shadow Exponent to 2 @ImSlightlyBored: The Light Map Resolution setting of a…
Thanks for the explanation. I think my fundamental issue here is my understanding of lighting needs improving. I've taken your advice and placed lights where they would physically be and then I've gone in and added to that with point lights to sort the rest. I did purchase the Eat 3D UDK Lighting DVD when it came out, and…