JohnnyEnglish tutorial Working with UE4 Improved lighting - Revision history

John at 05:52, 13 August 2021

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‎What next?

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‎Build the static lighting and lightmaps

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‎Build the static lighting and lightmaps

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‎Build the static lighting and lightmaps

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‎Adding reflections

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 So far we've only added very basic external lighting. The next stage is to start painting the details into our map with lights.
 Lighting is a very personal subject, the object is to light the scene in a realistic manner while enhancing play.
 My process is to add static, low intensity, not white (some variations close to white are best) lights around the map to first even out any over dark places and secondly to highlight any areas where artificial lighting will increase the intensity.

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	In the next section, if you're following along we'll be making a simple model for our map.		In the next section, if you're following along we'll be making a simple model for our map.

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	[[File:Light04.JPG\|600px]]		[[File:Light04.JPG\|600px]]
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		+	==What next?==
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		+	In the next section, if you're following along we'll be making a simple model for our map.
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		+	[[JohnnyEnglish tutorial Working with UE4 Improved lighting]]

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	[[File:Light03.JPG\|600px]]		[[File:Light03.JPG\|600px]]
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		+	So now we have our basic lighting, it's a little blurry and the shadows feel undefined but we'll fix all that later.
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		+	[[File:Light04.JPG\|600px]]

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 ==Build the static lighting and lightmaps==
 To see the results of your static lighting you will need to use the UE4 '''Build''' main menu button. There are a great many options here, to see the best results it's worthwhile using the Production quality builds.
 [[File:Light03.JPG|600px]]

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	I tend to add these, per room or per area, try not to overlap '''Sphere Reflection Captures''', adjust the radius as appropriate.		I tend to add these, per room or per area, try not to overlap '''Sphere Reflection Captures''', adjust the radius as appropriate.
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		+	==Build the static lighting and lightmaps==
		+	To see the results of your static lighting you will need to use the UE4 '''Build''' main menu button. There are a great many options here, to see the best results it's worthwhile using the Production quality builds.

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	My process is to add static, low intensity, not white (some variations close to white are best) lights around the map to first even out any over dark places and secondly to highlight any areas where artificial lighting will increase the intensity.		My process is to add static, low intensity, not white (some variations close to white are best) lights around the map to first even out any over dark places and secondly to highlight any areas where artificial lighting will increase the intensity.

		+	[[File:Light02.JPG]]

		+	==Adding reflections==

−	~~[[File:Light02~~.~~JPG]]~~	+	So that the reflective and highlights of the materials in your map can be fully calculated, you will need to add one or more '''Sphere Reflection Captures''' to your maps.
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		+	I tend to add these, per room or per area, try not to overlap '''Sphere Reflection Captures''', adjust the radius as appropriate.

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	Lighting is a very personal subject, the object is to light the scene in a realistic manner while enhancing play.		Lighting is a very personal subject, the object is to light the scene in a realistic manner while enhancing play.
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		+	My process is to add static, low intensity, not white (some variations close to white are best) lights around the map to first even out any over dark places and secondly to highlight any areas where artificial lighting will increase the intensity.
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	[[File:Light02.JPG]]		[[File:Light02.JPG]]

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	Lighting is a very personal subject, the object is to light the scene in a realistic manner while enhancing play.		Lighting is a very personal subject, the object is to light the scene in a realistic manner while enhancing play.

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