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dynamic lights

by Lou Ferina · in Technical Issues · 04/29/2002 (11:07 pm) · 1 replies

couldnt seem to find this in the features, but i was wondering if/how well the torque engine handles dynamic lights. By dynamic i mean blinking lights, moving lights, color changing lights etc..

thanks
Lou
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Torque Owner Matt W
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04/29/2002 (11:12 pm)
They are handled just fine, but the performance cut is exponential each time the flashing light overlaps on the lightmap. One or two lights overlapping when blinking won't do much, but a handful in a small area can slow things down.

I haven't been able to really make things slow down to ruin gameplay, but I'm sure there's a limit out there!