ons-severance rolling terrain lighting effect

[legacy-redprosthetic]

(rolling terrain lighting... lights that look like they are cast through the moving clouds, if you know the map then you know what i'm speaking of...not sure of the exact term for what this is)

i see how it projects only onto terrain and not meshes & bsp, although there is no visible bsp in the level, from what i see.

is this done in the ZoneInfo somehow?

it looks beautiful and i'd like to know how it's done.

[Hsoolien]

It's done by a large area projector, much like what was done in the RunTime

[legacy-ThanadoS]

Is it possible to make it with like... a dynamic sonlight and "cloud-meshes"... ?

[legacy-Telos]

I would like to put this effect in my current map. Are there any tutorials for making a cloud projector? Also, the person above said that it does not project onto bsp and meshes. Is there a way to make it project onto those things?

Thanks

[Hsoolien]

http://udn.epicgames.com/Content/Pro...ableOfContents

For all you're projector info


There are options to decide if a projector will progect on BSP, Terrain, Staicmeshes...

[legacy-Whumpmaster]

I see what you're saying.

[legacy-Telos]

Ok, I have the projector working with a rolling cloud texture, but I have one problem. I am projecting it onto bsp, but I don't want it to project onto bsp surfaces that are covered by other bsp surfaces. For example, I don't want the cloud texture going over a floor that is indoors. Is there a way to block the projector from projecting onto those surfaces?

Thanks

[legacy-Telos]

I've been looking at more projector tutorials but they say nothing about overlapping bsp. I'm really stuck here.

[legacy-Yodzilla]

I've been looking for the projector sprite in Severence so I can figure out how they did it. Was it really via projector? And if so, which projector class?

[legacy-{RA}SKYFURNACE]

yes its a projector

which should have some material properties

[legacy-Whumpmaster]

bump.

Anyone get this looking good yet? I want to implement this into my map but I'm now sure the best way. So far I've managed to use the projector from severence but it looks whack once I do a rebuild on it. It projects the acutal whites and blues of the clouds instead of just the shadows. I may rebuild it again and try it in game because it can look different.

[legacy-Telos]

The reason it projects the whites and blues is because it's projecting a texture. Also, every time you rebuild the level the projector gets built again, making it seem like it is intensifying. However, if you close your map and then open it up again the projector will be back to normal. It's just a little bug in the editor.

[legacy-Whumpmaster]

ohhh no way!

Thanks.

btw, bugs suck! I knew I should have testing it in game.

[Edit:] I just tested it again, and it looks to blotchy and some parts are way too oversaturated. I may have to come up with some custom texture.