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| Author | Topic: 3ds radiosity questions. (8 messages, Page 1 of 1) | ||||
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 Vick Jr Joined: Jun 26, 2008 
Well enough alone... |
Posted: May 25, 2009 03:53 PM
Msg. 1 of 8
1: I remember seeing a tutorial for doing radiosity with Aether (http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?fid=4312) a while back, but it seems to have disappeared from the site. Does anyone know where I can get it gain?
2: Does anyone have any other tutorials for calculating radiosity in 3ds max? 3: Is it possible to use the alphas of images to control if light passes through them? For instance, If I import a tree gbx model, could I use the bitmap for the leaf/bough and it's alpha to make light interact with parts of polygons where the alpha is white (there's a leaf there), but not where it's black (nothing). Because otherwise my trees shadows will be blocky. 4: If I import a sky gbk model, how do I find out the exact position of the sun? 5: Any other tips for doing radiosity outside of sapien? Thanks! Edited by Vick Jr on May 25, 2009 at 08:26 PM |
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Headhunter09 Joined: May 6, 2008 
This is the truth. |
Posted: May 25, 2009 05:36 PM
Msg. 2 of 8
Whats the difference between radiosity and lightmapping?
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Vick Jr Joined: Jun 26, 2008
Well enough alone... |
Posted: May 25, 2009 07:28 PM
Msg. 3 of 8
lightmaps are the result of the radiosity proccess. You run radiosity to make lightmaps. But tool and sapien radiosity isn't that good. To get better quality, you can have something like 3ds max do it. I want to know how to do that. The Aether program helps to set the level up in max, but I don't know what to do from there to run radiosity. I know there are a number of different engines, such as Vray, which can do it. but I don't have or know how to use any of them.
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Headhunter09 Joined: May 6, 2008
This is the truth. |
Posted: May 25, 2009 08:59 PM
Msg. 4 of 8
Did you look at DEEhunter's tutorial? It sounds kind of like what you are trying.
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chrisk123999 Joined: Aug 10, 2008 
=CE= Chris [Captain] [=] |
Posted: May 25, 2009 09:23 PM
Msg. 5 of 8
I'm also trying this, could anyone link me to a good tutorial for it?
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Vick Jr Joined: Jun 26, 2008
Well enough alone... |
Posted: May 26, 2009 05:55 PM
Msg. 6 of 8
Yes. I think it was DEEHunter's tutorial. If you can find it, please post a link, because I can't. That's the problem.
Edited by Vick Jr on May 26, 2009 at 08:58 PM |
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Black Crypt Joined: Jun 30, 2008 
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Posted: May 27, 2009 09:09 PM
Msg. 7 of 8
If you can do the radiosity process in 3DS, will you be able to use the lightmap in CE? If yes, how?
Sorry if this is a noobish question :) |
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Vick Jr Joined: Jun 26, 2008
Well enough alone... |
Posted: May 27, 2009 09:17 PM
Msg. 8 of 8
Apparently with Aether, yes you can. The problem is how to use max to make them.
If anyone else has every downloaded that tutorial, please post here! I messaged DEEhunter and even he lost his copy (though he made another shorter version), so if you have it, it could be the last copy in existance! The second short version is here... http://rapidshare.com/files/223001741/Lightmapping_tut.rar But the longer version,. as I remember, is better. |
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