Blog: "tech feature: light masking"

[Thomas]

New feature show off!

http://frictionalgames.blogspot.com/2010...sking.html

[Frontcannon]

Yes, that problem has bothered me too many times.

[WindexGlow]

So does each light have their own shape, or do they get parented to a single shape?

[Thomas]

(12-03-2010 12:04 AM)WindexGlow Wrote:  So does each light have their own shape, or do they get parented to a single shape?

You create a box shape and can then attach one or several lights to it.

[hollowleviathan]

Does the light mask have to be a fully closed cube/shape, or can you leave one side open, for example, to allow light to spill out of a doorway, but lightmask the other walls?

[Thomas]

(12-06-2010 09:47 AM)hollowleviathan Wrote:  Does the light mask have to be a fully closed cube/shape, or can you leave one side open, for example, to allow light to spill out of a doorway, but lightmask the other walls?

What you simply to is to make a box that cuts a corner and is then large enough to encompass the rest of the light.

[hollowleviathan]

Oh, duh. That makes more sense.