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Currently I'm working on the inside of a computer and I would like to know how you mould make it light on the outside and dark on the inside and have it so that the light shines through the metal grilles and makes a shadow on the inside. I will upload a picture if you don't understand EDIT: Apparently putting glass over the front stops unwanted light from shining through however you can't see very well through the glass. EDIT 2: Apparently putting an object in the a glitched layer will make a shadow and give me the effect I need, However I need and object that is about 20-30 layers forward so the player can't see it.

2009-10-07 10:18:00 Author: Unknown User

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Use the global lighting switch to make it dark inside and light outs.ide. Its available in the creator pack 1, free on the store. Are the grills set in the roof? If so for the shadow effect, put in a spotlight (the bigger they are, they more light), set it to whatever colour you want, set the brightness and radius and set it to shadow. Putting anything in the beam of light will cast a shadow. If they set in the walls, I never tried anything like that so I couldn't say

2009-10-07 11:27:00 Author: GruntosUK Posts: 1754

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do you meen sacky is inside a big comuter? if you want to make shadows with lights just change its setting to shodows in the tweak menu. put the light off screen so that you cant see it. anything thats in front of the light will make shadows.

2009-10-07 11:29:00 Author: theamilien Posts: 485

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For the light outside, i would recommend using LEDs and set them far away. Then you just increase the radius until the light reaches the computer wall... u get me?

2009-10-07 15:50:00 Author: javi haguse Posts: 744

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LEDs? Wouldn't be the best solution if I understood the problem correctly. I think that more or less of a "sharp" border between light and darkness is what we need here. Therefore, I'd rather recommend using one big (or several smaller) spotlights. Max out the intensity, switch to "shadow" mode and adjust the radius to get a nice effect. Use global darkness to get a dark playing area inside of the computer.

2009-10-07 17:05:00 Author: Treas Posts: 223

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I'd set up spotlights if you want a ray of light effect coming in from grates. Grant's idea would solve the overall light outside and dark inside problem but for sharply defined light "beams" like coming in from outside through blinds on a sunny day - gotta go with spotlights.

2009-10-07 17:15:00 Author: Morgana25 Posts: 5983

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can also go the age-old method of simulating lighting with stickers, that black gradient works wonders. can also simulate a shadow from the grill to go along with the rays of light.

2009-10-07 17:18:00 Author: Foofles Posts: 2278

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EDIT 2: Apparently putting an object in the a glitched layer will make a shadow and give me the effect I need, However I need and object that is about 20-30 layers forward so the player can't see it. Putting objects far in front with the glitched layers in order to fake shadows on your level? WOW, I never thought about that one. /Mindblown .

2009-10-07 17:59:00 Author: RangerZero Posts: 3901

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This is what I'm trying to do In the picture on the right, using glitched layer materials to create a shadow creates a shadow lighter than using the lighting tool. Using a spotlight to make a shadow doesn't work, what I'm trying to do is shown in the picture on the left, the problem is that it's not dark enough inside the case and changing the darkness of the level causes the shadow of the grill to become darker. EDIT: I published my level so you can have a look at it, it's called ****************** for some reason, if you go into the computer and go to the right you will see it start to become light but on the left is fine EDIT 2: BTW is there any way to turn off the light on the metal gear solid spotlight? EDIT 3: Is there any way to make a material look like it's electrified but it doesn't kill you?

2009-10-07 22:05:00 Author: Unknown User

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The reason it is called ********etc. is because "computer" is a swear word according to LBP The word "pute" is in it, which apparently means something bad in spanish. If you change the title so theres no swear, it should work fine.

2009-10-07 22:23:00 Author: Burnvictim42 Posts: 3322

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LEDs? Wouldn't be the best solution if I understood the problem correctly. I think that more or less of a "sharp" border between light and darkness is what we need here. Therefore, I'd rather recommend using one big (or several smaller) spotlights. Max out the intensity, switch to "shadow" mode and adjust the radius to get a nice effect. Use global darkness to get a dark playing area inside of the computer. Obviously you need the spotlights for the light coming thru the vents, but i was referring to having the outside w/ lighting. If you use shadow spotlights outside, all you're gonna see is beams of lights. LEDs tend to be better because those are set in the thin layers..

2009-10-08 00:00:00 Author: javi haguse Posts: 744

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