Plusing Lights.

**legacy-AkumuX** · 05-14-2003, 10:00 PM

I created some lights and wanted them to blink the way running lights on aircraft do, so I set the LightType under the Lighting to LT_Pulse. It pulses properly in the Prespective View viewport, but not in the game. Is there some other setting I need to adjust to make it blink properly? I tried a rebuild all, no help. lol

**Angel_Mapper** · 05-14-2003, 10:27 PM

Dynamic lighting doesn't work right, so all those light types are obsolete. Use Projectors instead.

**legacy-AkumuX** · 05-14-2003, 10:53 PM

:cry:

Er... okay. Thanks!

**legacy-AkumuX** · 05-15-2003, 01:21 AM

Crap, ok so I built a light using a projector, but it still doesn't pulse in the actual level. I set up the light the same way as I did with a normal light, using the LightType under the Lighting set to LT_Pulse. Do I have to change something else? I tried looking at the Projector Tutorial, but it doesn't seem to cover this really.

legacy-elvez · 05-15-2003, 03:44 PM

did you rebuild your scene before you tested. also try another setting like flicker to see if it works.

**legacy-Raptor2113** · 05-15-2003, 08:26 PM

TriggerLights work. Pulsing, flickering, etc... do it with TriggerLights!:up:

**Angel_Mapper** · 05-15-2003, 10:15 PM

Originally posted by AkumuX
Crap, ok so I built a light using a projector, but it still doesn't pulse in the actual level.

You did what? No, I didn't mean set up a Projector as a light, the light types are obsolete no matter what actor you use. You need to apply an animated texture to the projector. There's a special kind of texture that just oscillates back and forth between two colors that you can use.

**legacy-azmodai** · 05-15-2003, 11:32 PM

emitters are also good for this business

**legacy-Raptor2113** · 05-16-2003, 12:49 AM

I say again, TriggerLights. TriggerLights will support LightTypes, though not LightEffects. Lighting --> LightType = LT_Pulse, and TriggerLight --> bInitiallyOn = True. Voila, a pulsing light.

Very cool. I used one in my first level, and I just now threw one into another level to make sure they still work. They do. Now, if you throw a corona on there, the corona won't pulse along with the light, but the light will still pulse. TriggerLights rock. Enjoy!

**legacy-Teddie** · 05-20-2003, 10:19 PM

Originally posted by Raptor2113
I say again, TriggerLights. TriggerLights will support LightTypes, though not LightEffects. Lighting --> LightType = LT_Pulse, and TriggerLight --> bInitiallyOn = True. Voila, a pulsing light. Very cool. I used one in my first level, and I just now threw one into another level to make sure they still work. They do. Now, if you throw a corona on there, the corona won't pulse along with the light, but the light will still pulse. TriggerLights rock. Enjoy!

Raptor :up:

You da man. This works.

**legacy-AkumuX** · 05-23-2003, 06:04 PM

Yep, that worked, thanks Raptor2113!

legacy-Streetgrime · 09-07-2003, 06:04 PM

Then I read Raptors e-mail...

InintallyOn = True .... ahhh... That rules...

Thanks Raptor!!

**legacy-Bonehed316** · 09-07-2003, 08:58 PM

youre asking for bad performance and uglylighting. dynamic lights are evil. remember in UT where you could see the purple glow of the udamage through a wall? thats what dynamic lights do. they WILL cause problems. not to mention theyre slow, lol. the options were taken out for a reason, just like the reason people cant fly. people have hard enough time driving in a 2d plane, add a third dimension and youre asking for trouble. leave the lights alone.

**legacy-Raptor2113** · 09-08-2003, 09:39 AM

true... but for those times when you just gotta have em... they're there

**legacy-FOZZI** · 09-12-2003, 11:50 PM

Originally posted by Raptor2113
true... but for those times when you just gotta have em... they're there

Not true, I dont think theres any times you've GOTTA have them.
AFAIK you can do just about ANY effect you wanted from a dynamic light with a combination of either emitter or an emitter plus a projector.
For instance a pulsing "alarm" light I would just use an emitter and maybe a projector for the (moving) shadows needed.
Yes it is a lot harder to set this up, but the effect will be a lot nicer, dynamic lights were (semi) disabled for good reasons (all mentioned above).

**legacy-Yakomo** · 09-19-2003, 10:38 AM

Originally posted by FOZZI
... For instance a pulsing "alarm" light I would just use an emitter and maybe a projector for the (moving) shadows needed.
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Could you explain a bit how you would set this pulsing alarm light up, cause thats just what I need atm. THX

**legacy-FOZZI** · 09-20-2003, 06:39 AM

I think I just did didnt I?
You could do the whole thing with a projector, or with an emitter and a projector.
I think personaly I would just use one projector for performance reasons.
UDN Projective Tutorial
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**legacy-gargorias** · 09-21-2003, 07:30 AM

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Originally posted by FOZZI

Not true, I dont think theres any times you've GOTTA have them.
AFAIK you can do just about ANY effect you wanted from a dynamic light with a combination of either emitter or an emitter plus a projector.
For instance a pulsing "alarm" light I would just use an emitter and maybe a projector for the (moving) shadows needed.
Yes it is a lot harder to set this up, but the effect will be a lot nicer, dynamic lights were (semi) disabled for good reasons (all mentioned above).
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Oh Yea!!

I definitely needed them TriggerLights in my Thunderstorm map.

Only problem with TriggerLights is that they do not create shadows.