Originally Posted by gap (Post 2517228)

That's a deal that I would jump on VonDos, accept Kendras offer, before he realizes the troubles he is getting in :D

Originally Posted by VonDos (Post 2517282)

More than OK for me.
PM Sent to Kendras =)

Originally Posted by Kendras (Post 2517293)

Ready to work ! :)]

Originally Posted by Kendras (Post 2517296)

@gap: With your method, how do you think it's possible to have a halo effect around the portholes ? like this:

Originally Posted by gap (Post 2517310)

Wow, that's a super detailed plan :up:

Portholes are FUBAR in the model exported from SH5. all their poligons are edge-splitted, and this fact can complicate your work, besides unnecesssarily increasing the number of vertices and edges. I could weld them, but since you are totally reworking them, maybe it is easier for you to create a new porthole model from scratch, that you can duplicate n times. Only the porthole "glass". I have already fixed the "frames"



I think that can be done, but you should make each porthole bigger than its frame. The portion sticking out from the frame could be made transparent or it coul be painted black in the day texture, whereas the night texture would look similar to the last picture you have attached :hmm2:

Originally Posted by VonDos (Post 2517317)

Hi!
Will not halo be visibile on the other side of the ship, throught the hull?

Originally Posted by gap (Post 2517226)

After that, you should duplicate the object, assign a different material to each of the two copies of the porthole-glass-object, and re-group the two of them in a single object.

Originally Posted by Kendras (Post 2517355)

How to do that ? :damn:

Originally Posted by Kendras (Post 2517353)

I've added position lights.

Originally Posted by gap (Post 2517359)

Are those halos particle effects, or they are from an emissive material?

Originally Posted by gap (Post 2517359)

Regarding navigation light colors, I think you can refer to the following website (see this drawing for light visible angles)

http://www.bosunsmate.org/seamanship/lights.php

Its information is based on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea first adopted in 1977. Prior to that, I think each country was free to apply its own regulations, but I think most countries stickied to the English maritime Law that the current regulation is largely based on.

Originally Posted by Kendras (Post 2517365)

From an emissive material.

Originally Posted by Kendras (Post 2517365)

Well, same problem as for sectorial lighthouses : the halo is always looking at camera, we can't control that. :-?

Originally Posted by Kendras (Post 2517365)

Else, the city light trick doesn't work for me.

Originally Posted by gap (Post 2517366)

So emissive material's halo is automatically calculated... who knows, maybe also night lights have the same effect, without need of painting the halo on the texture :hmm2:

Originally Posted by gap (Post 2517366)

Is the halo from emissive materials visible through objects? If not, you can achieve the effect by creating proper ship lantern model with the proper emissive faces angles :yep:

Originally Posted by gap (Post 2517366)

Can you give me some details?

Originally Posted by Kendras (Post 2517369)

Not at all ! There is an emissive halo texture painted on a square model (+ "Look at" controller attached), in addition of the lantern object (with an emissive plain color texture).

Originally Posted by Kendras (Post 2517369)

Not visible throw objects, but the problem is that the halo is 3 times bigger than the lantern.

Originally Posted by Kendras (Post 2517369)

1. opened lantern object in wings
2. duplicated it
3. combined together

Originally Posted by Kendras (Post 2517369)

4. exported twice (the second with same name + "-uv2")
5. copied the 3 nodes from harbours_kit.dat (with ctrl + C)
6. changed all id
7. imported both model at same time

Originally Posted by Kendras (Post 2517369)

8. both textures linked to this model

Originally Posted by Kendras (Post 2517369)

9. imported new textures : day texture which is dark green, and light green for night light. This second texture never appears at night or day.