I'm making a desert map and i need some help, how do i get a "sunburn" or "Sun Blur" effect. I wish i new how to expllain it better, um, look at the sun in this video and the effect of how the screen gets brighter as if you were looking at the sun, and how it isn't white it's like an orange.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rRGsF_vgBc
Edited by Guilty Spark on Nov 25, 2007 at 05:57 PM

doesnt it have an effect like that when you look at the sun in halo? if it does im sure there is a shader that you can change

yes it does but it isn't as intense and well orange and.... ugh i hate explaining stuff:) it does do that but it isn't as exagerated. and i want to know how to change that so that it almost over-does it to give you a desert feel. oh! ok i can explain it! If you have ever played Grand Theft Auto San Andreas you know what i mean! yeah the sun kinda gives the whole level an orange theme.

he wants to kind of bring a glow to the entire level. thats what he wants.

Couldn't you just do something with all the shaders, cube maps or whatever to give it a glow. Im not sure of the term im looking for but its something like that

maybe you could make a custom sky, add a sun object, and make it huge. then in the sky tag set a lens flare to the #sun object and it will be sort of like that. as previously stated halo has that effect just not as extreme. but making a giant sun might do it.

that sounds like the easier option but im not sure.
maybe this will help a bit

Custom Sky Tutorial
http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?pg=3&fid=1267

yes it did help! thanks man! I screwed up a bit and ended up with a gold level hehehe but i fixeded it. and a glow!!! thats the word i was trying to describe thx the giant sun looks a lot cooler than i thought it would. thanks guys.
Edited by Guilty Spark on Nov 25, 2007 at 09:09 PM

once you get a look you like, show us a pic of it.

skies are fairly easy to make if you have good bitmaps. its easy to model them. and once you get the correct size of the model i advise you to save the dimensions because the model has to be the perfect size. all the tutorials ive seen dont tell you the right dimensions they just say "scale it a lot."

sure thing guys i post one tomorrow morning cuz i'm tired now. but i post one first thing tomorrow! boy you can tell i'm tired i just said the same thing twice but it sounded so different in my head 8(

I don't think a map yet has done the sun glow thing, if there is one i don't know of it. But i think this idea is awesome, i hope it turns out how you picture it.

me 2. if i can't get it right cuz i'm still learning i will deffinately work with someone who can to get one on the site!:)

i think ill experiment with skies a bit tomorrow. you could probably do some cool stuff with em... like giant suns. different effects. i made a sky with a giant eye looking down at you for the Halloween contest but we know how that turned out.

edit: GS ill help you out, whats your xfire?
Edited by corndogman939 on Nov 25, 2007 at 09:45 PM

i don't i'm new wa happened?

Well, sunny wrote a whole tut on bloom lighting. Search is your friend.

You know, not everything "fails". Perhaps you should open your mind to new ideas?

i think u r talking about corona? and its effects?

halo + bloom =

thats my cousins cat btw
Edited by Donut on Nov 28, 2007 at 05:26 PM