Glowing Objects
by SpaceMonkey · in Torque Game Engine · 10/24/2006 (8:48 am) · 5 replies
I'm trying to make some glowing power up objects in my game. I already have an object created in maya and exported into torque. Is there a way I can do the glowing effect in Torque? Or do I somehow have to do it in maya?
Thanks for your help!
Thanks for your help!
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#2
Look up additive and subtractive blending. And also "Self illumination".
There is however a big difference in making an object that "Glows" and one that "Casts light".
TLK greatly improves this also.
And the best old school technique is to place a billboard with your object that shrinks by distance, giving a commonly seen effect in games used allot on things like torches.
Norminaly, its not one thing that makes an object "Glow" is a combonation of a few techniques.
Most of it is in the ART.
10/24/2006 (9:57 am)
Not quite true ^^ TGE does indeed support this effect.Look up additive and subtractive blending. And also "Self illumination".
There is however a big difference in making an object that "Glows" and one that "Casts light".
TLK greatly improves this also.
And the best old school technique is to place a billboard with your object that shrinks by distance, giving a commonly seen effect in games used allot on things like torches.
Norminaly, its not one thing that makes an object "Glow" is a combonation of a few techniques.
Most of it is in the ART.
#3
But you're right that with some creativity you can probably simulate a glow effect using different effects. This tutorial for 3dsMax has a good explanation of how to do it using billboards and alpha opacities.
However, for what I needed, this didn't provide a flexible enough solution, particularly for larger, more complex objects.
10/24/2006 (10:19 am)
You're right, although that's basically what I meant by "not really by TGE"...when I tried to ask this same question a while back, I got mostly the response that TGE doesn't support a glow shader effect, which is probably what most people think of with "glow".But you're right that with some creativity you can probably simulate a glow effect using different effects. This tutorial for 3dsMax has a good explanation of how to do it using billboards and alpha opacities.
However, for what I needed, this didn't provide a flexible enough solution, particularly for larger, more complex objects.
#4
datablock Itemdata (yourItem){
.....
lightColor ="1 0 0 1.0"; // im not sure how the colors work, im assuming its r g b & intensity?
lightRadius = 4.0;
lightType = "pulsing"; // none, pulsing, or constant
}
10/25/2006 (1:33 pm)
An easy way is just add this to your items datablock.. makes your item have a pulsing red light.datablock Itemdata (yourItem){
.....
lightColor ="1 0 0 1.0"; // im not sure how the colors work, im assuming its r g b & intensity?
lightRadius = 4.0;
lightType = "pulsing"; // none, pulsing, or constant
}
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Here are a couple of things to check out:
http://www.garagegames.com/mg/forums/result.thread.php?qt=19827
http://www.garagegames.com/index.php?sec=mg&mod=resource&page=view&qid=10710