Registered: Jun 2002
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Hey all,

I might be alone in this opinion,but would it be possible in TBP to double-up on the main light in the game engine?

I've always felt that,as good as TBP looks the ships never look quite as ` bright ` as they maybe should ( you could throw this argument at Freespace1/2 as well ).

I'm not talking about `dayglow` bright,but just making the main light stronger.

What brought this on was I just looked at some recent FreeLancer pics,and thought to myself that it doesnt look as good as it maybe should.Looks quite good,but not 3 years worth of tech dev over TBP and FS2.Still a bit flat looking,which led me to think about the strength of the lighting.

Is this possible or would it have to be done in the main engine rather than FRED?

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Hey all,

I might be alone in this opinion,but would it be possible in TBP to double-up on the main light in the game engine?

I've always felt that,as good as TBP looks the ships never look quite as ` bright ` as they maybe should ( you could throw this argument at Freespace1/2 as well ).

I'm not talking about `dayglow` bright,but just making the main light stronger.

What brought this on was I just looked at some recent FreeLancer pics,and thought to myself that it doesnt look as good as it maybe should.Looks quite good,but not 3 years worth of tech dev over TBP and FS2.Still a bit flat looking,which led me to think about the strength of the lighting.

Is this possible or would it have to be done in the main engine rather than FRED?

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I don't know if it helps, but you can try to make a bigger sun.

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I don't know if it helps, but you can try to make a bigger sun.

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Just put 2 suns in one mission, place them both in the same location with the same orientation.

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OR you copuld turn the GAMMA settings higher

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OR you copuld turn the GAMMA settings higher

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Turn up the brightness...that usually works for me. We've intentionally gone dark on the ambient lighting because it looks a whole lot better.

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Turn up the brightness...that usually works for me. We've intentionally gone dark on the ambient lighting because it looks a whole lot better.

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Thanks for the replys guys.


Icefire:

I agree that space looks better with less ambient,but I meant the strength of the sun, which would help make the areas that are lit a bit more intense.Sometimes it looks a bit flat because there isn't enough contrast between light and dark.

I'll play about with FRED later and see what I can come up with ( never used it before! )

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Thanks for the replys guys.


Icefire:

I agree that space looks better with less ambient,but I meant the strength of the sun, which would help make the areas that are lit a bit more intense.Sometimes it looks a bit flat because there isn't enough contrast between light and dark.

I'll play about with FRED later and see what I can come up with ( never used it before! )

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the suns only give ambient light......

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the suns only give ambient light......

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what is it that controls the main light source then?

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It may be a bit OT but the gamma controls in my copy of freesapce don't work. It really kind of sucks because all of the briefing animations are so dark that I can barely see them. Has anybody ever had this problem?

I'm running a GeForce 2 MX 400.

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It may be a bit OT but the gamma controls in my copy of freesapce don't work. It really kind of sucks because all of the briefing animations are so dark that I can barely see them. Has anybody ever had this problem?

I'm running a GeForce 2 MX 400.

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Originally posted by Mewgen1
It may be a bit OT but the gamma controls in my copy of freesapce don't work. It really kind of sucks because all of the briefing animations are so dark that I can barely see them. Has anybody ever had this problem?

I'm running a GeForce 2 MX 400.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Mewgen1
It may be a bit OT but the gamma controls in my copy of freesapce don't work. It really kind of sucks because all of the briefing animations are so dark that I can barely see them. Has anybody ever had this problem?

I'm running a GeForce 2 MX 400.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Mewgen1
It may be a bit OT but the gamma controls in my copy of freesapce don't work. It really kind of sucks because all of the briefing animations are so dark that I can barely see them. Has anybody ever had this problem?

I'm running a GeForce 2 MX 400.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Mewgen1
It may be a bit OT but the gamma controls in my copy of freesapce don't work. It really kind of sucks because all of the briefing animations are so dark that I can barely see them. Has anybody ever had this problem?

I'm running a GeForce 2 MX 400.

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