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Lighting changes when I make a backup of a level

by William McDonald · in Torque 3D Beginner · 05/02/2012 (11:28 pm) · 5 replies

When I save a game level like this:
www.suckerfreegames.com/_william/normal.jpg
Then open the newly saved version it comes out like this:
www.suckerfreegames.com/_william/backup.jpg
What can I do to fix this? What is going wrong?
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Torque Owner William McDonald
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    Torque Owner Richard Hebblewhite
    RareBit Interactive
    #1
    05/03/2012 (6:28 am)
    First question I'd ask is are you using PostFX ? If so, did you save the settings ?

    Associate Ron Kapaun
    3tdstudios.com
    #2
    05/03/2012 (3:45 pm)
    Hmmm, I recognize that for some reason ;-) The short answer William is 'yes' the original scene uses post effects and it should be stored at

    game/levels/Empty Terrain.postfxpreset.

    Also, double check because I did ALOT of tweeking on the lighting in this set you may or may not have the gamma adjusted the same.

    Torque Owner William McDonald
    Suckerfree Games
    #3
    05/03/2012 (7:15 pm)
    Ahh... All I did was open the demo level and make a backup via save level as and then opened the backup. So I'm guessing that doesn't save all the lighting settings?

    Torque Owner William McDonald
    Suckerfree Games
    #4
    05/03/2012 (9:48 pm)
    BTW Ron I just wanted to say that this kit is awesome and you did a fantastic job. I'm very use to Torque X 2D and adjusting to working with the Torque 3D builder has been a challenge (even with the tutorials) so I'm sorry if I'm asking stupid/obvious noob questions. Thank you everyone whose helping me and thank you Ron for making a fantastic art kit.

    Associate Ron Kapaun
    3tdstudios.com
    #5
    05/05/2012 (10:03 pm)
    @william... yes I noticed that the lighting is not transferred when saving a backup (trust me cuz I learned the hard way to back-up all the time). Also, thank you so much, I really wanted everyone to get something positive out of purchasing my pack. I am here because of all of you. I will strive to never forget that.