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SgMissionLightingFilter

by J · in Torque Game Engine · 10/08/2007 (10:12 am) · 4 replies

Could someone explain this to me... I'm looking through the .cc/.h files and I'm not sure it is setup to do anything currently, there is no console methods and NOTHING in the TDN that tells squat about it, how to use it or anything.

Any help is appreciated greatly.
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    Torque Owner Ross Kabus
    #1
    10/11/2007 (5:54 pm)
    The sgMissionLightingFilter will effectively skew the lighting information of the entire mission to a desired goal. Its also the way to use Cinematic Filtering.

    Anyway, first you need to create a datablock for your filter somewhere. Something like this: 
    datablock sgMissionLightingFilterData(MyTestFilter)
{
    LightingIntensity = 0.5;
    LightingFilter = "0.5 0.5 1";
};
    Then just add a sgMissionLightingFilter to your mission and give it the datablock you just created.

    This has the effect of cutting every lights intensity in half and giving them a bluer shade. The LightingFilter just works as a scale for whatever color each pixel already has, so this cuts down on the red and green.

    Torque Owner J
    Act 7
    #2
    10/16/2007 (2:23 pm)
    Thanks for the quick reply. Appreciate your help.

    Torque Owner J
    Act 7
    #3
    10/16/2007 (2:50 pm)
    So to update this dynamically, I would have to expose an Apply, type function? I'm not for sure what I'm donig wrong, but it doesn't make any changes what-so-ever.

    Torque Owner Ross Kabus
    #4
    10/17/2007 (6:12 am)
    For the changes to take affect, you must re-light your mission, then the lighting calculations will take into account the settings in your sgMissionLightingFilter.