See how the arrow is pointing into the darkened part, the triangle is where the pos is, and the point is where the direction pos is of the spotlight
I've never used spot lights before, so what settings would i use, if say i have:
the surface 300 by 300 points, light at pos (140,140,100) and dir(80,80,0).
My current settings are:
range=200.0f
phi = 6.3f
theta = 6.3f
falloff = 1.0f
pos = (140,140,100)
dir = (80,80,0)
type = d3dlight_spot
diffuse r,g,b,a = 1,1,1,0
thanks
How to get D3DLight spotlight working properly?..eg settings
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Hi, i'm attempting to use the d3dlight9 spotlight.
Except when I do it the light just seems to draw in one spot across my surface.
eg
See how the arrow is pointing into the darkened part, the triangle is where the pos is, and the point is where the direction pos is of the spotlight
I've never used spot lights before, so what settings would i use, if say i have:
the surface 300 by 300 points, light at pos (140,140,100) and dir(80,80,0).
My current settings are:
range=200.0f
phi = 6.3f
theta = 6.3f
falloff = 1.0f
pos = (140,140,100)
dir = (80,80,0)
type = d3dlight_spot
diffuse r,g,b,a = 1,1,1,0
thanks
See how the arrow is pointing into the darkened part, the triangle is where the pos is, and the point is where the direction pos is of the spotlight
I've never used spot lights before, so what settings would i use, if say i have:
the surface 300 by 300 points, light at pos (140,140,100) and dir(80,80,0).
My current settings are:
range=200.0f
phi = 6.3f
theta = 6.3f
falloff = 1.0f
pos = (140,140,100)
dir = (80,80,0)
type = d3dlight_spot
diffuse r,g,b,a = 1,1,1,0
thanks
From the docs for D3DLIGHT9:
Could be something to look into...
Quote:Theta
Angle, in radians, of a spotlight's inner cone—that is, the fully illuminated spotlight cone. This value must be in the range from 0 through the value specified by Phi.
Phi
Angle, in radians, defining the outer edge of the spotlight's outer cone. Points outside this cone are not lit by the spotlight. This value must be between 0 and pi.
Could be something to look into...
Theta and phi are specified in radians. So 6.3 radians is about 2 pi. Phi must be between 0 and pi, theta must be between 0 and phi. So use D3DXToRadian(6.3f) if you want 6.3 degrees.
*edit*
Ahh! Beat me to it.
*edit*
Ahh! Beat me to it.
In addition to the cone angle...
Direction I'd expect to be a normalized direction vector, not a point in space. ie: normalize(LookAtPos-LightPos).
I'd also expect that all the colors need initializing, though maybe that's magically occuring if you use C# or something. In C++ you'll want to set EVERYTHING.
You'll need attenuation values, like a point light. Try setting att0 to 1, and att1 (4/range) or so, and att2 to 0.
Direction I'd expect to be a normalized direction vector, not a point in space. ie: normalize(LookAtPos-LightPos).
I'd also expect that all the colors need initializing, though maybe that's magically occuring if you use C# or something. In C++ you'll want to set EVERYTHING.
You'll need attenuation values, like a point light. Try setting att0 to 1, and att1 (4/range) or so, and att2 to 0.
Author
ive tried normalising the direction vector and everything else that has been suggested.
What else could i be missing?
btw, with the phi and theta, where could i find some info that could actually teach me on how to know to use these values properly, right now im not sure how they work
thx
What else could i be missing?
btw, with the phi and theta, where could i find some info that could actually teach me on how to know to use these values properly, right now im not sure how they work
thx
They are in inner and outer spot light cone angles, in radians.... Theta is the inner cone, and phi is the outer cone. (ie: phi must be >= theta)
A circle has 360 degrees, or 2*D3DX_PI radians. To convert, just rescale. To convert 90 degrees for example:
90.0f * (2*D3DX_PI/360.0f)
or
90.0f * (D3DX_PI/180.0f)
The spot light is at full brightness in the inner cone, and drops to 0 at the outer cone. The curve it follows to drop to 0 depends on falloff.
Open the D3D help, click the index tab, and type "spotlight model". The page there shows graphs of how the falloff values affects things.
A circle has 360 degrees, or 2*D3DX_PI radians. To convert, just rescale. To convert 90 degrees for example:
90.0f * (2*D3DX_PI/360.0f)
or
90.0f * (D3DX_PI/180.0f)
The spot light is at full brightness in the inner cone, and drops to 0 at the outer cone. The curve it follows to drop to 0 depends on falloff.
Open the D3D help, click the index tab, and type "spotlight model". The page there shows graphs of how the falloff values affects things.
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