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SuezanneC Baskerville

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04-15-2006 13:52

People who create light objects can set a a value for the distance of the light effect, how's bout lettin users set a light strength value, so if you find that turning on the lighting in preference seems overly colorful and garish, you can turn it down without having to turn it all the way off. Value could run from 0 to 1, 1 gives you full light effect, less tones it down without making it go away completely

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Feynt Mistral

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04-15-2006 13:56

Isn't that what the fall off value does? Setting it to 0 seems to make it equal brightness althroughout the sphere of influence, while setting it to its maximum of 2 seems to limit the light to the immediate area around the prim with a very rapid fall off to a subtile lighting on the surroundings.

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Eep Quirk

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04-15-2006 14:17

Fey, I think Sue wants a client preference/option for overall light object (not ambient, which a setting for already exists) brightness.

SuezanneC Baskerville

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04-16-2006 00:37

From: Feynt Mistral

Isn't that what the fall off value does? Setting it to 0 seems to make it equal brightness althroughout the sphere of influence, while setting it to its maximum of 2 seems to limit the light to the immediate area around the prim with a very rapid fall off to a subtile lighting on the surroundings.

The fall off value is set by the object creator, right? Not by the viewer? My suggestion is for a setting controlled by the viewer.

My suggestion is for each of us to have a setting in preferences to control the degree to which objects light setting affect our display, similar to how we have a setting for chat bubbles opacity.

Rather than having only an on off switch, I suggest having a dimmer switch.

So the object builder sets the light how they want, as at present in the preview.

Viewers who love the pronouced light effects turn their light intensity setting up, viewers who prefer it more moderated turn their light intensity setting down.

--- heh ---

I misread Eep's post at first, he got my point, making this redundant, but it's 2:41 in the morning now and my longwinded version of what Eep said was hard work and I ain't deleting it now.

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SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	04-15-2006 13:52 People who create light objects can set a a value for the distance of the light effect, how's bout lettin users set a light strength value, so if you find that turning on the lighting in preference seems overly colorful and garish, you can turn it down without having to turn it all the way off. Value could run from 0 to 1, 1 gives you full light effect, less tones it down without making it go away completely _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
Feynt Mistral Registered User Join date: 24 Sep 2005 Posts: 551	04-15-2006 13:56 Isn't that what the fall off value does? Setting it to 0 seems to make it equal brightness althroughout the sphere of influence, while setting it to its maximum of 2 seems to limit the light to the immediate area around the prim with a very rapid fall off to a subtile lighting on the surroundings. _____________________ I dream of a better tomorrow in SL! You should too. Visit, vote, voice opinions. Support CSG! Tell LL how much it would mean to subtract one prim from another! Prim Animation! Stop by and say something about it, show your support!
Eep Quirk Absolutely Relative Join date: 15 Dec 2004 Posts: 1,211	04-15-2006 14:17 Fey, I think Sue wants a client preference/option for overall light object (not ambient, which a setting for already exists) brightness.
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	04-16-2006 00:37 From: Feynt Mistral Isn't that what the fall off value does? Setting it to 0 seems to make it equal brightness althroughout the sphere of influence, while setting it to its maximum of 2 seems to limit the light to the immediate area around the prim with a very rapid fall off to a subtile lighting on the surroundings. The fall off value is set by the object creator, right? Not by the viewer? My suggestion is for a setting controlled by the viewer. My suggestion is for each of us to have a setting in preferences to control the degree to which objects light setting affect our display, similar to how we have a setting for chat bubbles opacity. Rather than having only an on off switch, I suggest having a dimmer switch. So the object builder sets the light how they want, as at present in the preview. Viewers who love the pronouced light effects turn their light intensity setting up, viewers who prefer it more moderated turn their light intensity setting down. --- heh --- I misread Eep's post at first, he got my point, making this redundant, but it's 2:41 in the morning now and my longwinded version of what Eep said was hard work and I ain't deleting it now. _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -