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1. Re: Reverse light vector emissive material help

   

   Reply by Drew++ · Jul 2012 · Home› Unreal Engine

   I liked the Lit Sphere/Mat Cap idea, so I tried it. I think it looks pretty good! Here's an example so everyone can check it out!

2. Re: Reverse light vector emissive material help

   

   Reply by pior · Jul 2012 · Home› Unreal Engine

   Hey there - not sure on how to achieve it in UDK, but an image-based "matcap" shading would achieve that very easily. It's a very cool look indeed... Brice's shader does that very well. You basically just paint that lightsource as a gradient in the axis representing forward/backwards normal direction.…

3. Re: Reverse light vector emissive material help

   

   Reply by Ace-Angel · Jul 2012 · Home› Unreal Engine

   That would be awesome indeed! I never figured out what they're doing in the math of the shader, but if I could see a setup with examples textures of the gradient you're talking about, it should be pretty easy to recreate it in UDK. In the meantime, I would honestly suggest finding someway to occlude your model with an AO…