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Disable Particle Light At Night

Discussion in 'Troubleshooting: Bugs, Questions and Support' started by cessni, Mar 24, 2016.

  1. cessni

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    All particles by default are lighted at night, so how to disable this (except sparks obviously)?

    Thanks!
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    #1 cessni, Mar 26, 2016
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    People sleep... :\

    BeamNG.Drive/art/shapes/particles/managedParticleEmitterData.cs
    Datablocks have this line:
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        useLighting = "0";
    0 = Always lit up (Like sparks)
    1 = Uses game lighting (Like smoke for example)

    I don't suggest to edit that, if we work on new particles, things are going to break very easily.
     
    #2 Nadeox1, Mar 27, 2016
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    Thanks, but wouldn't this disable sparks self-lighting too?

    Nevermind, I think this has to be done for each particle in the file, right?
     
    #3 cessni, Mar 27, 2016
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    Each 'material' has its own useLighting = "0"; line.
     
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    As you said in a previous support thread, all particles are visible at night by default. The problem is I can not find the line to disable smoke self-lighting for example, which should be as visible as the ground in this case, according to common sense :p. Thanks in advance.

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    #5 cessni, Apr 1, 2016
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    Dude be patient. It's not his job to serve only you on here.
     
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    No, I'm working.. :\

    It's the same thing as I wrote in my previous post.

    Code:
        useLighting = "0";
    This bit controls if the particle uses it's own lighting (like now), or if it should use the ambient colour.
    You add that line to whatever particle you want to be able to control the lighting. If the line is not there, I recall the game defaults it to zero (own lighting)
     
    #7 Nadeox1, Apr 1, 2016
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    God not you again. It could not be otherwise, you never contribute to the actual topic.

    And I never said that.
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    #8 cessni, Apr 1, 2016
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    "God, not me again"? You were being impatient. Forgive me for being the voice of reason, kiddo. *insert your previous triggering.ng picture here*
     
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  10. cessni

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    Please leave.
     
    #10 cessni, Apr 1, 2016
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    Ok, I'll do that. Good job maintaining good rapport with your fellow forum members; especially your fellow mod makers.

    Good day, sir or madam.
     
    #11 iheartmods, Apr 1, 2016
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  12. cessni

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    No luck disabling particle self lighting... I don't know what could I be missing. Thanks in advance.
     

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    Got it.
    There was a new option some time ago.

    'High/Low resolution' particles (Called 'highresonly' in the options)

    Smoke and many other particles uses uses the 'low-resolution' particles to avoid FPS issues.
    That will make the game engine render those at half resolution, and those won't be using the ambient lighting anymore, no matter what you set in the 'uselighting' line.
    Not sure if a bug or a limitation of this mixed render, but I forwarded it to the team for further check.
     
    #13 Nadeox1, Apr 2, 2016
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  14. cessni

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    Alright I will wait then. Thanks.
     
    #14 cessni, Apr 2, 2016
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    And fixed. Will be avalaible in the next update.
     
    #15 Nadeox1, Apr 4, 2016
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    Awesome!
     
    #16 cessni, Apr 4, 2016
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