Ambient Light Editor
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The Ambient Light Editor (editAmbient) is used to create ambient light set-ups for use in atmospheres and levels.
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Overview
The Ambient Light Editor can be started from the console with the editAmbient command. Ambient light data is stored in .atm files in the folder base/atmosphere.
- You can create a new ambient light setup by selecting File -> New or pressing the
icon.
- Alternately, you can edit any existing ambient light setups by selecting one from the "Cubemap" drop-down list at the top right of the window.
- Once you have made changes to an ambient light setup, you can save it by selecting File -> Save or pressing the
icon.
- If you want to save your changes as a different name, select File -> Save As... or press the
icon. Type a new name into the field that pops up, then select an .atm file to store your light setup in.
- If you want to revert all of your changes back to the original setup, either select File -> Revert... or press the
icon. All of your changes will be lost if you revert.
Using the Ambient Light Editor
- If you have a map loaded, You can grab the current area's ambient light setup by selecting View -> Get Area Cubemap or pressing the
icon. This will find the ambient light setup of the area around the current camera position, and open it for editing.
- Selecting View -> Show Widget or pressing the
icon will toggle the in-game display of the ambient light preview widget.
- You can add a new light to your ambient setup by selecting Light -> New or pressing the
icon.
- You can delete a light by selecting it in the "Lights" list, then choosing Light -> Delete or pressing the
icon.
- You can rename a light by selecting it in the "Lights" list, then choosing Light -> Rename... or pressing the
icon.
Lights
The main field of this section contains a list of lights in the current ambient setup. You can control the ambient lighting on a per-light basis, by selecting the light you want to edit, and changing the following settings:
- Altitude - The vertical angle of the light in degrees, from 0 (top) to 179 (bottom).
- Azimuth - The horizontal angle of the light in degrees, from -180 to 180.
- Light Color - The colour of the selected light.
- Ambient - Toggles whether the light affects overall diffuse lighting or not.
- Specular - Toggles whether the light affects specular brightness of surrounding materials or not.
Additional options
- Indoors - Check this box if your ambient light setup is going to be used indoors.
- Ambient - This colour only affects "cheap lit smoke" effects (such as the rocket trails from the Anansi, for example).
- Ambient Highlight - This colour also only affects "cheap lit smoke" effects.
- Brightness - Multiplies the brightness of all lights in the ambient setup. This value does not affect the specular amount.
- Env. Cubemap - Chooses which environment cubemap to use for reflection effects.
- Min Spec Ambient - This setting only affects outdoor light setups, when using "Normal" lighting quality (r_megadrawmethod 3).
- When "Normal" lighting quality is used, exterior lighting ignores the list of lights in the ambient light editor and uses this colour as a generic ambient value instead.
