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MoP: /* RenderLight Template */

2007-12-13T16:08:20Z

‎RenderLight Template

MoP: .entities not .world! map needs compiling before renderlight is run.

2007-11-28T11:44:04Z

.entities not .world! map needs compiling before renderlight is run.

MoP: renderlight template info

2007-11-27T14:30:07Z

renderlight template info

MoP at 18:01, 26 November 2007

2007-11-26T18:01:53Z

MoP at 13:26, 17 October 2007

2007-10-17T13:26:52Z

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RenderLight bakes lighting into a set of diffuse tiles outputted from [[MegaGen]], based on the map's atmosphere settings and using the local normal-map tiles to bake in accurate fine detail.<includeonly>

{{main|RenderLight}}</includeonly><noinclude>

RenderLight will try to use all tiles that sit in a folder. If you compile a large MegaTexture and a lower res one after, make sure to clean out the old tiles first!
* The output files can be found in the base game folder, under ''megatextures/<mapname>_lit_x_y.tga''

= Options =
*Bake lighting - adds in the sunlight contribution to the output
** same as '''-preMulLighting''' on the command line
*Bake ambient - adds in the ambient light color to the output
** same as '''-preMulAmbient''' on the command line

[[Category:Art]]
[[Category:Level Design]]
</noinclude>

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 * '''out''' - this is where RenderLight will output the lit texture tiles.
 * '''map''' - this is the path to your map's ''.entities'' file, which is created when the map is compiled. RenderLight should read the atmosphere information from this file. If Renderlight is giving warnings about missing atmospheres, make sure your map has an atmosphere entity, and has been compiled successfully.
 * '''atmosphere''' - the name of the atmosphere you want to take lighting information from (for example ''slipgate_desert01'').
 ** This parameter will override any atmospheres found in the ''.world'' file loaded at the '''map''' stage. You can use this to bake different lighting into your Megatexture independently of the map's lighting.
 = MegaBuild Options =

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   	bump		"maps/<mapname>_local.tga"
   	out		"megatextures/<mapname>_lit.tga"
-  	map 		"maps/<mapname>.world"
+  	map 		"maps/<mapname>.entities"
   	atmosphere	"<atmosphere name>"
+  }
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 * '''bump''' - this is the path to the output local normal-map texture tiles from the previous [[MegaGen]] stage.
 * '''out''' - this is where RenderLight will output the lit texture tiles.
-* '''map''' - this is the path to your map's ''.world'' file. RenderLight should read the atmosphere information from this file.
+* '''map''' - this is the path to your map's ''.entities'' file, which is created when the map is compiled. RenderLight should read the atmosphere information from this file. If Renderlight is giving warnings about missing atmospheres, make sure your map has an atmosphere entity, and has been compiled successfully.
 * '''atmosphere''' - the name of the atmosphere you want to take lighting information from (for example ''slipgate_desert01'').
 ** This parameter will override any atmospheres found in the ''.world'' file loaded at the '''map''' stage. You can use this to bake different lighting into your Megatexture independently of the map's lighting.

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 RenderLight will try to use all tiles it finds in a folder. If you compile a large MegaTexture and then a smaller one afterwards, make sure to clean out the old tiles first, or your MegaTexture may end up looking broken!
 * The output files can be found in the base game folder, under {{filename|megatextures/<mapname>_lit_x_y.tga}}
 = MegaBuild Options =

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 {{main|RenderLight}}</includeonly><noinclude>
-RenderLight will try to use all tiles that sit in a folder. If you compile a large MegaTexture and a lower res one after, make sure to clean out the old tiles first!
+RenderLight will try to use all tiles it finds in a folder. If you compile a large MegaTexture and then a smaller one afterwards, make sure to clean out the old tiles first, or your MegaTexture may end up looking broken!
-* The output files can be found in the base game folder, under ''megatextures/<mapname>_lit_x_y.tga''
+* The output files can be found in the base game folder, under {{filename|megatextures/<mapname>_lit_x_y.tga}}
-= Options =
+= MegaBuild Options =
 *Bake lighting - adds in the sunlight contribution to the output
 ** same as '''-preMulLighting''' on the command line