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[Help] - Another Self-Illumination Problem

by Nicolai Dutka · in Artist Corner · 10/21/2009 (7:59 pm) · 3 replies

I've searched through the forums and tried every answer I could find but I can't get my object to light up...

new Material(base_ceilinglamp01){
  baseTex[0]    = "./ceilingLight_D";
  bumpTex[0]    = "./ceilingLight_N";
  //specular[0]   = "./ceilingLight_S";
  glow[1]       = true;
  emissive[1]   = true;
  specular[1]   = "1 1 1";
  specularPower = 32.0;
};

I have the 'top' self-illumination color set to pure white in Max. I have verified the material is applying to the shape (removing the materials.cs file causes the bumps from the normal map to disappear).

The object is receiving shadows from a nearby light (I thought 'emissive[1] = true' was supposed to prevent that) and the object is not lit up (I thought 'glow[1] = true' was supposed to fix that)...


My second question would be, how do I get my specular map to apply?
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Torque 3D Owner Nicolai Dutka
#1
10/21/2009 (8:18 pm)
Ok, well it turns out I just needed to change '[1]' to '[0]':

new Material(base_ceilinglamp01){
  baseTex[0]    = "./ceilingLight_D";
  bumpTex[0]    = "./ceilingLight_N";
  //specular[0]   = "./ceilingLight_S";
  glow[0]       = true;
  emissive[0]   = true;
  specular[0]   = "1 1 1";
  specularPower = 32.0;
};


So now I just need to get my spec map applied and I'll be rockin!

How do I do that?

Torque 3D Owner Nicolai Dutka
#2
10/21/2009 (8:34 pm)
On further examination:

The 'top spinner' in Max for self-illumination definitely tells Torque if the object is self-illuminated or not, but it doesn't matter what number I set... I tried 1, 50, and 100, and all of them made my object pure white (can't see it at all).

I that combined with:
Disabling emissive = object is black
Disabling specular[0] and specular power = no change at all

If I disable the glow and turn on just emissive, I get REALLY close to what I want, but the object isn't quite bright enough... I want it to appear as though it is giving off light (the purpose of 'glow')...

Torque 3D Owner Nicolai Dutka
#3
10/30/2009 (4:26 pm)
Turns out I was adjusting the COLOR of the self-illumination, not the POWER by using the spinner... What an idiot...

So ya, putting the spinner at 100 makes the object 100% pure white... Can't even see it! LOL! So I tweaked the number a bit and it's looking really nice now. ;)