Sunlight problem :(

Geomaster · Post by **Geomaster** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:02 pm

Hello everybody

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I don't know how to make sunlight in Irrlicht (exterior rendering). I've tried using Directional Light and it works OK, but it lights only one side of the model while other three remain totally black. I guess there is some basic solution of this, but my searches returned nothing special. I've tried using ambient light but it doesn't look OK

Is ambient light / directional light my only opinion?

skumar · Post by **skumar** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 8:53 am

Hi ,
Lighting is the soul of your realtime 3d app anyway.But its the hardest too. You are using simple methods by using directional lights. For getting better lighting you should use more than one lights..But thats too is very far from real..

If you want more realistic lighting,the nearest options is using lightmaps from some 3d editors like 3ds max or Blender. For 3ds max baking or lightmapping please refer my tutorial on that.....

http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=31041

If still you are not satisfied ,you should go for the final destination....the world of SHADERS....

radomiro · Post by **radomiro** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 5:41 pm

one omnidirectional light and sufficient ambient level should be enough!
(but how to do it in Irrlicht dont ask me

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Virion · Post by **Virion** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 7:13 pm

geomaster: any screenshot to show what you mentioned? i never try directional light so i'm kinda curious