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Changing the color of window light and billboards - Bennick - 09-13-2011
What would be the best way to make a window look as though it's shining a different color light? I'm not just talking about the billboards that act as the rays, but the actual color of the window too. I was thinking of a really ghetto method which was to place one or more colored fog areas in the window. Or is that the way to do it? lol
RE: Changing the color of window light and billboards - Your Computer - 09-13-2011
You can change the color of billboards in the level editor. However, i am uncertain which functions can be used to disable (hide) billboards if any. Billboards are the best way to go since the game doesn't support volumetric lighting. Fog areas won't give a desirable effect. Color of the window may require editing the object or trying to fake it with box lights.
RE: Changing the color of window light and billboards - Khyrpa - 09-13-2011
I created this short video to show if I got what you meant:
http://www.youtube.com/user/superkhyrpa?feature=mhee#p/u/0/pisWXIgi0Ek
Just place a billboard in front of the window and use it to adjust the color of the window.
And to change the color of billboards, just connect a billboard into any light and change the color of the light with FadeLightTo function (in this video its just the lights own flicker settings changing the color).
RE: Changing the color of window light and billboards - Bennick - 09-13-2011
(09-13-2011, 12:55 PM)Khyrpa Wrote: I created this short video to show if I got what you meant:Ah so I could use a point light! cool! I didn't mean to make them cycle through different colors, I meant a constant color, so I don't even need a function. Thanks guys!
http://www.youtube.com/user/superkhyrpa?feature=mhee#p/u/0/pisWXIgi0Ek
Just place a billboard in front of the window and use it to adjust the color of the window.
And to change the color of billboards, just connect a billboard into any light and change the color of the light with FadeLightTo function (in this video its just the lights own flicker settings changing the color).
RE: Changing the color of window light and billboards - aidan499 - 09-14-2011
Its kinda easy you got to put a billbord down where you want it then just click on it and set the color of it by pressing. the color button then drag down the color bars.