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Any idea how to make strobe light like light in a club?

by kingkong · in Torque Game Engine · 05/08/2006 (2:38 am) · 7 replies

Hi!
i just got TLK and am playing with it.
i want to make strobe light like club(nightclub). but i don't know how to start, what to use...

can i do that with TLK?

i'll appreciate any idea how to do that..

thanks.

#1
05/08/2006 (3:03 am)
Do you mean like just a flashing light, or a light that momentarally pauses the scene?
#2
05/08/2006 (1:52 pm)
In the Light Editor; open the animation panel, select intensity, set the second intensity value to 0, and set the time to a small value like 0.25 or lower. This should give a strobe like effect.

If you experiment with different time values you might notice the animation gets wonky - just select the animation reset option in the Light Editor menu to restart the animation with your new values.

I've never tried this particular effect, so I'm curious to see how it looks. If you can, keep us posted - I'd love to hear how this turns out.
#3
05/08/2006 (11:43 pm)
@Mincetro
i'd like to make a flashing light and a light that momentarally pauses the scene.

@John
thanks for your tip. i'll try that and post how it's going..
#4
05/21/2006 (7:02 am)
Hi All,

I tried this and it work really well. Have not tested on network though .

Now I can make a John Travolta Game........ lool

Thank you , John , Rookie, Mincetro
#5
08/03/2006 (8:33 pm)
About that strobe... I have one that you can see the flashing effect on the player, but it illuminates the ground constantly (no flash) anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
#6
08/03/2006 (9:52 pm)
Make sure the light is dynamic (disable the Static option in the Light Editor).
#7
08/03/2006 (9:57 pm)
About that strobe... I have one that you can see the flashing effect on the player, but it illuminates the ground constantly (no flash) anyone know what I'm doing wrong?