Forum: Bryce

Subject: Parallel lights bug

Incarnadine opened this issue on Sep 22, 2003 ยท 9 posts

Incarnadine posted Mon, 22 September 2003 at 12:52 AM

Has anyone noticed that the parallel lights aren't! They are actually conics in a clipping structure (either cylindical or box) The example here is a square parallel source with surface visible. Notice the shadows position/shape versus the cylinders parallel with the light axis through the various key window points. I have the same situation with the round lights. A second bug and I think someone caught this in the past is the light getting through solid shadow casting objects. Anyone know of a workaround on this? Richard

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Incarnadine posted Mon, 22 September 2003 at 12:55 AM

The light comes through on volume visible lights as well is what I meant. I understand that it is a surface ion the image above (I just used that to show the light shape better)

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shadowdragonlord posted Mon, 22 September 2003 at 1:58 AM

Aye, I've always hated the parallel lights, never quite got them to work properly. Bryce has a few lighting bugs, this one, and the one where you open your scene and all of a sudden all of your lights have gels on them! Accchhkkk!

TheBryster posted Mon, 22 September 2003 at 7:19 AM Forum Moderator

Surely the work-around about the gel-jels should be to remove all but one-u-like from the main folder......? Just an idea.....

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Incarnadine posted Mon, 22 September 2003 at 8:09 AM

I don't think that would work. It is those that it applies. it is usually a texture.

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Incarnadine posted Mon, 22 September 2003 at 8:15 AM

Bl Hell, "It isn't those" that it applies, my apologies, temporary caffiene deficiency.

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Stephen Ray posted Mon, 22 September 2003 at 5:07 PM

By definition ( and comparison with other programs ) what Bryce calls parallel lights are nothing but spot lights. The only true parallel light in Bryce is the Sun/Moon.

Stephen Ray


Ornlu posted Mon, 22 September 2003 at 10:01 PM

Just move the parallel light WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY Back.

Incarnadine posted Thu, 25 September 2003 at 10:15 AM

I tried that and it does work. You do have to jack up the intensity though and then the second problem becomes much more obvious. Fully opaque solids should not allow blocked light to illuminate things in their shadow.

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