Posted in: Mapping
Posted 2009-10-19 at 10:32 by [R-DEV]Rhino
Hey all.
I claimed ages ago that I had managed to sort out the age of problem for us mappers of getting trees to cast decent shadows on objects in my first blog here: [url=https://www.realitymod.com/forum/blogs/2363/b27-advances-3dsmax-lming-overgrowth.html]Advances in 3DsMax LMing with Overgrowth - Project Reality Forums[/url]
Then I realized shortly after posting that blog that there was a small problem which I posted in the comments that basically these lightmaps didn't turn out quite right ingame.
Well now with my second attempt at doing this with my first initial test this seems to now be working :mrgreen:
Not 100% sure what I did differently from last time but ye, it looks to be working now :wink:
Anyways less talk, more screens :mrgreen:
[SIZE="4"][B]Normal Lightmapping:[/B][/SIZE]
[IMG]http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/4984/70613955.jpg[/IMG]
[SIZE="4"][B]New Lightmapping method with transparent leaves:[/B][/SIZE]
[IMG]http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/331/35058070.jpg[/IMG]
It might look in the second screenshot that the leaves are hardly casting any shadows but there are a few small blobs of shadow here and there and if the temple had a higher rez lightmap you would see much more detail with the leave shadows :mrgreen:
Hopefully I have not jumped the gun on this again but so far looks to be working well and hopefully this method should be applied to all new maps that will be lightmapped in 3DsMax :mrgreen:
I claimed ages ago that I had managed to sort out the age of problem for us mappers of getting trees to cast decent shadows on objects in my first blog here: [url=https://www.realitymod.com/forum/blogs/2363/b27-advances-3dsmax-lming-overgrowth.html]Advances in 3DsMax LMing with Overgrowth - Project Reality Forums[/url]
Then I realized shortly after posting that blog that there was a small problem which I posted in the comments that basically these lightmaps didn't turn out quite right ingame.
Well now with my second attempt at doing this with my first initial test this seems to now be working :mrgreen:
Not 100% sure what I did differently from last time but ye, it looks to be working now :wink:
Anyways less talk, more screens :mrgreen:
[SIZE="4"][B]Normal Lightmapping:[/B][/SIZE]
[IMG]http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/4984/70613955.jpg[/IMG]
[SIZE="4"][B]New Lightmapping method with transparent leaves:[/B][/SIZE]
[IMG]http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/331/35058070.jpg[/IMG]
It might look in the second screenshot that the leaves are hardly casting any shadows but there are a few small blobs of shadow here and there and if the temple had a higher rez lightmap you would see much more detail with the leave shadows :mrgreen:
Hopefully I have not jumped the gun on this again but so far looks to be working well and hopefully this method should be applied to all new maps that will be lightmapped in 3DsMax :mrgreen:
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Looks good Rhino, nice work.Posted 2009-10-19 at 11:48 by Stiller_001 
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So basically trees will now cast accurate shadows instead of completely dark shadows?Posted 2009-10-19 at 11:52 by Outlawz7
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nice one
Posted 2009-10-19 at 11:59 by jojomeirenpin
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that is pretty sweetPosted 2009-10-19 at 12:32 by Rudd
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very good
Posted 2009-10-19 at 13:51 by jbgeezer
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Master level work!
Posted 2009-10-19 at 16:31 by =(DK)=stoffen_tacticalsup
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this on fools/mestia/kozelsk will look awesome.
good workPosted 2009-10-19 at 17:42 by AnimalMother.
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sounds cool
Posted 2009-10-19 at 20:24 by HUNDIR
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lookin' goodPosted 2009-10-19 at 20:27 by 503
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This looks great Rhino nice work mate
Posted 2009-10-20 at 07:08 by HangMan_
