Second Life Forums Archive - Darker lighting, I think I figured it out.

LordJason Kiesler

imperfection inventor.

Join date: 30 May 2004

Posts: 215

04-01-2005 04:52

I dont know if it was intentional or not, But "Light" prims with a dark color, seem to make a weak negitave lighting effect now.
This is not a bug. its actually a feature, In most 3d environments you can make lights that are actually neg lights, or a shadow caster... etc.

Lets say you wanted one room to be real bright, but the ones next to it dark, one would most likely use neg lights to get rid of the unwanted light bleeding through the walls.
"although they dont seem to be powerfull enough atm"

At any rate, this may or may not be the issue people are experancing. If you have any light prims of a dark color.. Or the so called, "light shutoff script" that actually just changes the color of the prim, Thats prolly whats causing your darkness issues.

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blaze Spinnaker

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Join date: 12 Aug 2004

Posts: 5,898

04-01-2005 05:08

Hmmm, just tried a black cube with light material.. didn't do it.

Are you sure you are using ctrl-shift-n to activate the sunrise? It's no longer alt-n..

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Cocoanut Koala

Coco's Cottages

Join date: 7 Feb 2005

Posts: 7,903

04-01-2005 09:07

I knew that about the signatures, Blaze, but not till aas of yesterday, lol, when somebody mentioned someone else's icon and I realized there was a whole lot I wasn't seeing. Found the place to change it so now I see siggies and icons.

coco

blaze Spinnaker

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04-01-2005 10:13

Yeah. I mention it because people tend to post in hopes of using their signature space for advertising.

LL has wisely removed this incentive.

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Taken from The last paragraph on pg. 16 of Cory Ondrejka's paper "Changing Realities: User Creation, Communication, and Innovation in Digital Worlds :

"User-created content takes the idea of leveraging player opinions a step further by allowing them to effectively prototype new ideas and features. Developers can then measure which new concepts most improve the products and incorporate them into the game in future patches."

Zuzi Martinez

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Join date: 4 Sep 2004

Posts: 1,860

04-01-2005 13:40

black lights made things darker in 1.5 too. it's not new but it doesn't work for everybody (video card differences?)

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Darker lighting, I think I figured it out.
LordJason Kiesler imperfection inventor. Join date: 30 May 2004 Posts: 215	04-01-2005 04:52 I dont know if it was intentional or not, But "Light" prims with a dark color, seem to make a weak negitave lighting effect now. This is not a bug. its actually a feature, In most 3d environments you can make lights that are actually neg lights, or a shadow caster... etc. Lets say you wanted one room to be real bright, but the ones next to it dark, one would most likely use neg lights to get rid of the unwanted light bleeding through the walls. "although they dont seem to be powerfull enough atm" At any rate, this may or may not be the issue people are experancing. If you have any light prims of a dark color.. Or the so called, "light shutoff script" that actually just changes the color of the prim, Thats prolly whats causing your darkness issues. _____________________ "no, my alt is clean on crashing any sims"
blaze Spinnaker 1/2 Serious Join date: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 5,898	04-01-2005 05:08 Hmmm, just tried a black cube with light material.. didn't do it. Are you sure you are using ctrl-shift-n to activate the sunrise? It's no longer alt-n.. _____________________ Taken from The last paragraph on pg. 16 of Cory Ondrejka's paper "Changing Realities: User Creation, Communication, and Innovation in Digital Worlds : "User-created content takes the idea of leveraging player opinions a step further by allowing them to effectively prototype new ideas and features. Developers can then measure which new concepts most improve the products and incorporate them into the game in future patches."
Cocoanut Koala Coco's Cottages Join date: 7 Feb 2005 Posts: 7,903	04-01-2005 09:07 I knew that about the signatures, Blaze, but not till aas of yesterday, lol, when somebody mentioned someone else's icon and I realized there was a whole lot I wasn't seeing. Found the place to change it so now I see siggies and icons. coco
blaze Spinnaker 1/2 Serious Join date: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 5,898	04-01-2005 10:13 Yeah. I mention it because people tend to post in hopes of using their signature space for advertising. LL has wisely removed this incentive. _____________________ Taken from The last paragraph on pg. 16 of Cory Ondrejka's paper "Changing Realities: User Creation, Communication, and Innovation in Digital Worlds : "User-created content takes the idea of leveraging player opinions a step further by allowing them to effectively prototype new ideas and features. Developers can then measure which new concepts most improve the products and incorporate them into the game in future patches."
Zuzi Martinez goth dachshund Join date: 4 Sep 2004 Posts: 1,860	04-01-2005 13:40 black lights made things darker in 1.5 too. it's not new but it doesn't work for everybody (video card differences?) _____________________ Zuzi Martinez: if Jeska was Canadian would she be from Jeskatchewan? that question keeps me up at nite. Jeska Linden: That is by far the weirdest question I've ever seen.

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