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Light source should match location of the Sun or Moon

Ethos Erlanger

May 10, 2017 21:40

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I always see shadows on the ground coming from the same angle overhead while there is often a sun or moon in the surrounding sky. This is a bit disorienting. The sky should have a specific location or address for the light source such as sun or moon. And the shadows should conform to that light source.

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  cara June 08, 2017 20:56

  Thanks for bringing this up. We will look into this as we plan the roadmap for lighting effects in Sansar.

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  gfcprogramer August 23, 2017 21:36

  yes this definitively limit our creativity. Even with skybox distance settings, its hard to find a good point to set a environment light.

  I cheated on this, Ethos, I placed a very high intense light inside a reverse normals sphere out there in my "floating stones".

  
  This is good because like a real moon. But I had to put a big effort there to make the best dark stars skybox without moon, that does not shine, so I can crank up the exposure bias, so that the glare of stones and moon takes its best..

   

  Edited by gfcprogramer August 23, 2017 21:37