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Ok, I''ve asked this one before, but how would I calculate the color of any point in space when I define a light source?
Somethings I wonder about is:
1. What datatype should I use? Would D3DLIGHT do it?
2. What is the best equation for calculating the color given that there are no light collisions in the world.
I''ve looked everywhere and when I find pseudo code, I get a bunch of math equations. I just say ewww and click on the {x}. Please, explain this to me as if I were a newbie. (that does dx)
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Captured Reality.
Why not using the DX7 / OGL lighting engine? it has the ability to handle coloured lights (at least DX7 does). In the DX7Help document all the equations and formulae are given, so that''s a good reference if you want to code your own.
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No no, not vertex lighting. Vertex lighting looks like crap for most engines. Also, those equations are a little complex. I just need something simple.
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Captured Reality.
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Witchlord, do YOU have any good pages with pseudo lighting samples?
So far I''ve been applying light with just the distance formula and it doesn''t work too good.
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Captured Reality.
So far I''ve been applying light with just the distance formula and it doesn''t work too good.
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quote: ''Vertex lighting looks like crap for most engines. ''
I know... Perhaps you can find some ideas in all the lightmap-tutorials, they often describe how to calculate the lightmaps, and normally they are pre-calculated and with per-pixel accuracy.
I know... Perhaps you can find some ideas in all the lightmap-tutorials, they often describe how to calculate the lightmaps, and normally they are pre-calculated and with per-pixel accuracy.
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