TGE 1.5 - Couple of observations
by Robert Seeman · in Torque Game Engine · 10/26/2006 (8:41 pm) · 5 replies
My missions sure are bright! Has anyone else noticed an increase in light intensity using the 1.5 torqueDemo.exe?
I noticed some culling of the lava in the RTS Environment pack (FPS Lava). The lava seems to disappear. I used the 1.4 torqueDemo.exe and the lava does not disappear in the same mission. Odd.
The lighting kit additions are awesome and the Show Tool is nearly invaluable. Initial impressions are pretty good.
I'll poke around with the lighting and the lava and post an update if I find anything obtuse.
I noticed some culling of the lava in the RTS Environment pack (FPS Lava). The lava seems to disappear. I used the 1.4 torqueDemo.exe and the lava does not disappear in the same mission. Odd.
The lighting kit additions are awesome and the Show Tool is nearly invaluable. Initial impressions are pretty good.
I'll poke around with the lighting and the lava and post an update if I find anything obtuse.
#2
Yes, those environments were developed for stock TGE and the RTS Starter Kit, so the addition of TLK will cause some serious over brightness.
Off the top of my head I would say that the lighting values need to be cut in half for use with TLK (or TGE 1.5 which includes TLK)
Also the ground detail texture needs to be darkened up a bit.
If you look at the winter demo in 1.5 (not sure what its called but its one of the demo environments) and compare it to the winter environment in the RTS kit (run in 1.5) you will se the difference, and have a good example of the difference in the lighting values.
Feel free to email me about this.
10/26/2006 (11:39 pm)
Robert,Yes, those environments were developed for stock TGE and the RTS Starter Kit, so the addition of TLK will cause some serious over brightness.
Off the top of my head I would say that the lighting values need to be cut in half for use with TLK (or TGE 1.5 which includes TLK)
Also the ground detail texture needs to be darkened up a bit.
If you look at the winter demo in 1.5 (not sure what its called but its one of the demo environments) and compare it to the winter environment in the RTS kit (run in 1.5) you will se the difference, and have a good example of the difference in the lighting values.
Feel free to email me about this.
#3
Have you noticed the lava disappearing in the LavaLand mission?
10/27/2006 (7:07 am)
Thanks, Todd. Hopefully they'll have some documentation on the TLK available to those of us who upgraded to 1.5 but didn't have the TLK prior to upgrading. Some of it is a bit greek and a manual or access to on-line docs would be excellent.Have you noticed the lava disappearing in the LavaLand mission?
#4
10/27/2006 (8:06 am)
I noticed the trees dissapear & appear, and it looks really odd in the demo with all the trees in it. 
Torque Owner Matt Vitelli
An effect of the lighting kit. I believe there are some intensity options though.