Night Light in City

[orsin 160]

Gents this is an experimental effect in the works.

 

I wonder anyone have tried use effect in cities to create constant light visible at night in the past.

 

I have some quick try and managed to generate 10 simultaneous light source per attached object, however the  effect looks really pathetic. Has anyone go any idea how to avoid the terrain being "overexposed"??

 

[orsin 160]

It actually look very presentable when look far

 

 

But Once you get closer ewww

 

By reducing the light range I can have less artifacts, but it then requires more source as those are constant emiters and they compete resource with other effects like rain etc. I was thinking of adjusting the render part of the effect but so far no clue? Any help?

[+331Killerbee 840]

Orsin,

 

        That's interesting stuff there.....

 

 

  Over the Years, I've thought about City Lighting at Night..... I've seen different Approaches to this over the Years. I saw only one to do it. It was "Dueces" Years ago....

 

He never told Me how to do it.....He just left Me with one Hint......

 

 

............... Stars!

 

 

 

PS, Maybe something to ask Stary about.........

 

 

 

 

331KillerBee

Edited April 9, 2016 by 331Killerbee

[+Coupi 4,388]

Very good work!

 

I don't know if this is possible but why not create a "fake" airbase with its own light system?

Edited April 9, 2016 by Coupi

[+331Killerbee 840]

 

I don't know if this is possible but why not create a "fake" airbase with its own light system?

 

 

That can be done, But AI wants to start Missions from those "Fake Bases".......  So it's kinda' No-Go unless You want it for "Single Mission" only. Kind of kills the Terrain, If you know what I mean.....

 

 

331KB

Edited April 9, 2016 by 331Killerbee

[orsin 160]

That can be done, But AI wants to start Missions from those "Fake Bases".......  So it's kinda' No-Go unless You want it for "Single Mission" only. Kind of kills the Terrain, If you know what I mean.....

 

 

331KB

no this is not based on fake base. Totally irrelevant.

[+331Killerbee 840]

no this is not based on fake base. Totally irrelevant.

 

Understood from the outset.....

Dueces somehow added how the Stars are projected against the Sky, and doubled the Entries to project on the Terrain "Plain" at the same time. Would turn on and off as Stars would light up from Dusk through the Night........  The cool thing was that the Star "Twinking" made the City Lights look "Real"......... I just wish I knew how He did it.

 

 

331KB

 

 

BTW, His location for the Stars?         ............ The Location, X,Y of the .Tod's of the Terrain.......

Edited April 9, 2016 by 331Killerbee

[orsin 160]

It probably means then we need to update the stars.DAT file, however this then requires all tod coordinates of all maps to be updated to it.

 

I tried introduce the shader FX for stars to the solidobject buildings however no difference made.

[Fubar512 1,350]

All one needs to do is to create "virtual" objects, and use the same  "engine method" to illuminate an area that MiGbuster and myself did with the deck, flood, and navigation lights on carriers, and that was also used on Julhelm's Handymax tanker and container ships.  

 

One then strategically places those virtual objects on a given terrain, and you now have illumination.  Conversely, one can create actual terrain objects, such as street lights, radio masts, etc, and add flood and even red anti-collision lights to the taller ones, with all of them using engine illumination.

Edited April 11, 2016 by Fubar512