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[Cyntrox]

spy is still 100% black against 100% black shadow.

My very point is that there should be more 100% black spots in PS rather than 90% black spots.

As for the rest of what you said: True, but it is still a LOT easier to see the spy on high gamma.

[STON3COLDKILLA]

As I kind of say in previous posts, Cyntrox is right, there isn't enough spots like that.

[goodkebab]

Cyntrox,   we are going to create maps that look good as they are ,  we cant effictively make good looking maps against people that intend to cheat.

We can only light maps for normal playing conditions. 


 

[Rambo]

well, you could make 95% shadow areas to 100% ones without any significant quality loss.

[goodkebab]

it doesnt really work like that, and as far I know UT probably does not support  lights that remove light  (cast negative light instead of normal light)


Lights have a fall off that creates soft shadows which we do not have control over.

This gradation  goes from  100% to 0% black  and we cannot control the rate of falloff. 


For game design purposes we have to light scenes in a way that allows both Spy and Merc to navigate the map without any flashlight or vision mode.  So darker shadows actually means less light and that becomes a design problem.

To do this requires breaking up areas.   So a dark corridor will have lights at the ends of the tunnels so that player knows where to go....and a light near any other doors.

And dont forget,  lighting is an art in itself....much like animation and programming.  Its not an easy thing to get looking good.

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[frvge]

we cannot control the rate of falloff

a higher falloff exponent makes it falloff faster.

[goodkebab]

ah cool!

[MR.Mic]

and as far I know UT probably does not support  lights that remove light  (cast negative light instead of normal light)

You can have negative lights, but I highly recommend against using them.

[Succubus Dryad Of The Undying Comet]

Maybe instead of making negative lights, you can just play around with the normal lights radiuses?

[MR.Mic]

Maybe instead of making negative lights, you can just play around with the normal lights radiuses?

Unreal doesn't calculate light bounces, so all shadows are 100% black if not in direct line of sight of another light. If there is only one light in a map, all shadows cast by that light will be pure black.

[frvge]

It depends if you have a non-blocking light to lighten up dark corners. So I guess we won't have those then problem solved.