Is lightmap tinting the whole character, or is there another way?

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• #1, by saintandsimon Sunday, 14. July 2013, 15:23 14 years ago

  So Im trying to figure out how the lightmaps work. It seems like it tints the whole character, even if just a part of the character is in a brighter painted spot.
  
  Not necessary for my particular game, but is there any other way to make the character have several tints/lightspots? example, as if a blue flashlight is focused on the legs, and a red one on the head. As it is now, the blue flashlight will luminate the whole character in the particular shade thats placed at the legs.
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• #2, by JackMcRip Sunday, 14. July 2013, 16:17 14 years ago

  I have not enougth know how in Visionaire.
  But because I want to use the same effect later I search for a solutuion
  
  I have not found to set the rendering methode for objects and sprites.
  Helpfull will be multiplication, or add.
  
  I found a hint in a 2 years old forum post.
  You can do with partice. But dont write how.
  
  Partikel have a rendermode: add
  http://wiki.visionaire2d.net/index.php?title=Particle_Rendering
  
  Maybe make a emitter with no speed, very long lifetime and move it around by lua-script?
  
  Rendermode for object or sprite will be nice
  

• #3, by saintandsimon Sunday, 14. July 2013, 17:41 14 years ago

  Yeah particles could work quite OK I guess as a volumetric lighting. Been working with this method in Unity, however, I do believe there's a chance that it's slow down the cpu a bit.

• #4, by Umon Sunday, 14. July 2013, 21:30 14 years ago

  I tested the lightmap a few days, and so far i can say, yes it tints the whole character.
  The last point in the center of the model is the color that is used to tint the charcter.
  The only way i find out till now is to use different outfits, change it with action areas and use the lightmap to make the changes more smooth.
  But this is a lot of work.