Light and walls

oleo · Post by **oleo** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 1:25 pm

Hi!
In my scene I've some rooms and an entrance hall. When I place some lights in the hall, the light crosses walls lighting walls, floor and ceiling inside rooms...
I've read something in the forum without understanding if this problem has to be solved using shadows or otherwise.
Can anyone please tell me in which direction I've to move myself in order solve this problem and make a more realistic scene?
Thanks,
Fabio.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:48 pm

you could create lightmaps with DeleD or Q3Radiant, but these won't be dynamic lights.

andrei25ni · Post by **andrei25ni** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:49 pm

that was me

oleo · Post by **oleo** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:32 am

Anonymous wrote:you could create lightmaps with DeleD or Q3Radiant, but these won't be dynamic lights.

No other way using IRRLicht?

Fabio.

hybrid · Post by **hybrid** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:05 am

You can switch off lighting for some rooms as long as you do not enter them. Or you change the radius of the lights such that it does not reach the other rooms.

oleo · Post by **oleo** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:58 am

So I have to create a lightmap, loading that as a second texture of my material and then set the material type to EMT_LIGHTMAP?
Is this the correct method?
Thanks,
Fabio.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:43 pm

PS: Can I create Lightmaps with 3 studio max?
Fabio.