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I thought there were supposed to be "real" lights on ships?

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February 23, 2006 9:39:10 PM from GalCiv II ForumsGalCiv II Forums


Those don't seem like real lights, they seem like colored orbs decorating my ship. Aren't they supposed to be real lights? Just checking.
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Reply #1 February 23, 2006 9:53:52 PM
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Can you try some oher ships. That might just be that hull. If all of your ships are missing lights it could be a texture problem. You might try the human style ships, they have some pritty obvious light maps.
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Reply #2 February 23, 2006 10:13:13 PM
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I think that what planetidiot is trying to get at here is that the light extras dont actually shine and cause reflections on the rest of the ship, Rather they just look like a blue ball untouched by sladow effects and the likes..
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Reply #3 February 23, 2006 10:19:54 PM
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I think that what planetidiot is trying to get at here is that the light extras dont actually shine and cause reflections on the rest of the ship, Rather they just look like a blue ball untouched by sladow effects and the likes..


That is correct. Also, this is with the ambient light at zero. I guess I was hoping for something more dramatic.
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Reply #4 February 23, 2006 10:30:23 PM
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another thing added to the list for new features in update or expansion
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Reply #5 February 23, 2006 10:41:12 PM
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I agree, The lights were seriously underwhelming
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Reply #6 February 23, 2006 10:48:01 PM
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Ah, well.. No there are no directional lights in the game. If every ship had self lighting and Self shadowing it would bring the frame rate to a crawl, and make the custom ship design almost imposible. However That particular ship dose not have a very good looking light map. So it dose not do the in game lighting justis, IMO.

Here are some of my favorites. http://mormegil.wincustomize.com/photos.aspx?a=2&p=4&view=full
http://mormegil.wincustomize.com/photos.aspx?a=2&p=3&view=full
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Reply #7 February 23, 2006 11:38:45 PM
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wow thats a nice ship there mormegil. I really need to start adding lights to my ship hehe. That ship reminds me of a babylon 5 omega class destroyer. Also, is your ambient light turned down or did that pic happen to catch the ship in the shadow of something. Is it a good idea to turn down our ambient light if we want to see our ships lifhts better? will that affect anything else inthe game?
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Reply #8 February 23, 2006 11:55:56 PM
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It can, help to turn down the ambient lights, but really it depends on the ship and the Textrue and Light map done for it. Some of the ship styles have more lighting then others.

I am personly hopeing to do some more advanced light maps on future textures, for when updates are made. We would like to do a complete set of High Res textures eventualy. for people with high end video cards.
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Reply #9 February 24, 2006 9:31:09 PM
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It can, help to turn down the ambient lights, but really it depends on the ship and the Textrue and Light map done for it. Some of the ship styles have more lighting then others.


Would it really hurt performance that much to have the decorative lights actually be lights? I think it would look pimp as hell to have real lights illuminating your ships. And blinking lights. Like when the Enterprise is pulling out of space dock
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Reply #10 February 24, 2006 11:44:29 PM
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Hi res textures?!?!?!

Most excellent news

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Reply #11 March 28, 2006 8:39:09 PM
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Add my vote for blinking lights
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Reply #12 March 28, 2006 9:10:12 PM
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I like this one too http://mormegil.wincustomize.com/photos.aspx?a=2&p=2&view=full
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Reply #13 March 28, 2006 9:14:37 PM
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thats a freaking long ship.. i love it
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