In this tutorial we will cover:
light maps
light animation
some geometry cleaning and optimization
1. Open the "adobe_jail.max" file from the LightMapping folder
light maps
light animation
some geometry cleaning and optimization
1. Open the "adobe_jail.max" file from the LightMapping folder
2. Optimize the geometry
Select the "adobe_jail" mesh (the house, 6050 vertices) and put in Sub-object/Vertex mode
Select the "adobe_jail" mesh (the house, 6050 vertices) and put in Sub-object/Vertex mode
Select all vertices, in the Edit Geometry rollup click on Weld/Selected with the default value of 0.1
Click on "Remove Isolated Vertices" button
After this the mesh will have 4360 vertices
3. Set polygons Smoothing Group
Set to Sub-object/Element mode and select all
Click on "Remove Isolated Vertices" button
After this the mesh will have 4360 vertices
3. Set polygons Smoothing Group
Set to Sub-object/Element mode and select all
In the Surface Properties rollup, click on the first button of the Smoothing Groups to assign all polygons to the first group so the normals are interpolated between all polygons
Positonate it as the ground of the scene, and assign a default Standard material with Ambient and Diffuse colors set to r: 237 g: 208 b: 143
5. Add some lighting
Create an Omni light and positonate it to x: -204.916 y: 0.0 z: 140.828
Activate Shadows for this light
Create a new light of type Skylight (any place is ok)
6. Prepare the renderer settings for the light mapping creation
Open the Advanced Lighting tab of the Render settings dialog, and select "Light Tracer" as the light method, enable the "Active" control if not already
Open the Advanced Lighting tab of the Render settings dialog, and select "Light Tracer" as the light method, enable the "Active" control if not already
Use the default settings for this tutorial
Make sure "Use Advanced Lighting" is enabled in the Common Parameters of the renderer
Make sure "Use Advanced Lighting" is enabled in the Common Parameters of the renderer
Close the Render dialog
7. Render the LightMaps
Select the "adobe_jail" and the created ground plane objects and Open the Render To Texture dialog
Make sure the "Use AutoMatic Unwrap" and Channel 3 are selected (the channel 3 is very important)
7. Render the LightMaps
Select the "adobe_jail" and the created ground plane objects and Open the Render To Texture dialog
Make sure the "Use AutoMatic Unwrap" and Channel 3 are selected (the channel 3 is very important)
In the Output rollup, add "LightingMap" texture element
You have to make sure the "Target Map Slot" is always set to "Self-Illumination" (this setting is is very important too)
As in this tutorial we will not use the scene objects in max renderings, thus not need to creating Shell materials, in the "Baked Material Settings" section we will select "Output Into Source"
All the rest settings will use the default values
Click on Render to start generating lightmaps
The lightmap textures will be similar to this:
Click on Render to start generating lightmaps
The lightmap textures will be similar to this:
8. Activate the Ogre Viewport
With the Omni light selected, fine tune the light Multiplier value, in the image its set to 0.49
With the Omni light selected, fine tune the light Multiplier value, in the image its set to 0.49
9. Add animation to the light
Create a circle shape to simulate the sun positions over the full day
Create a circle shape to simulate the sun positions over the full day
Select the Omni Light, in "Motion" tab open the Assign Controller rollup, and click the "Position" controller
Assign a "Path Constraint" controller, and add the circle shape as the animation path
See Tutorial 2 - Part 2 for detailed instructions about this procedure on a similar object animation
With the Omni Light selected, click on "Update Sel" button to update its animation on the Ogre Viewport
10. Click "Play Animation" button
Assign a "Path Constraint" controller, and add the circle shape as the animation path
See Tutorial 2 - Part 2 for detailed instructions about this procedure on a similar object animation
With the Omni Light selected, click on "Update Sel" button to update its animation on the Ogre Viewport
10. Click "Play Animation" button
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