Post by lunaticcosmos on Jun 12, 2024 7:49:59 GMT -5
Hello!
I took a basegame rug and turned it into a sidewalk piece especially for placing it off lot with T.O.O.L. (like in between two lots to extend the sidewalk).
My problem now is, that this rug basically looks fine when placed off lot, except for the night/when it's dark, then the rug appears too dark.
I tested the original EA rug and it also appears too dark. So i checked for objects which won't appear too dark when placed off lot and compared two of them (a rock and a square bush) in s4studio.
What i found out so far is that it doesn't seem to be the dropshadow (as seen in studio/meshes, not in warehouse) as the rock has a dropshadow but the bush doesn't have a dropshadow.
I then compared the warehouse tab "Light" - here i can see that both the rock and the bush have "occluders", what my rug doesn't have. Is it possible that those missing occluders are causing the rug to appear too dark at night?
I really wasn't able to compare all "Model LOD" settings as i really don't have the tiniest glimpse of an idea what even could cause this problem (absolute newbie, sorry...).
I also (hopefullly) don't think that the current bump map and spec are causing the problem, as i had the same effect with a grey .png bump and a black .png spec file too. With the current .dds bump and spec i was finally able to get rid of the shine on the object.
I'd be forever grateful if somebody has an idea/a suggestion what could cause this problem.
Package can be found here (1st file, [lunaticcosm0s]PaveMeRugs...) and a picture can be found here.
Thank you very much in advance!
Edits: link failure and more specific title
I took a basegame rug and turned it into a sidewalk piece especially for placing it off lot with T.O.O.L. (like in between two lots to extend the sidewalk).
My problem now is, that this rug basically looks fine when placed off lot, except for the night/when it's dark, then the rug appears too dark.
I tested the original EA rug and it also appears too dark. So i checked for objects which won't appear too dark when placed off lot and compared two of them (a rock and a square bush) in s4studio.
What i found out so far is that it doesn't seem to be the dropshadow (as seen in studio/meshes, not in warehouse) as the rock has a dropshadow but the bush doesn't have a dropshadow.
I then compared the warehouse tab "Light" - here i can see that both the rock and the bush have "occluders", what my rug doesn't have. Is it possible that those missing occluders are causing the rug to appear too dark at night?
I really wasn't able to compare all "Model LOD" settings as i really don't have the tiniest glimpse of an idea what even could cause this problem (absolute newbie, sorry...).
I also (hopefullly) don't think that the current bump map and spec are causing the problem, as i had the same effect with a grey .png bump and a black .png spec file too. With the current .dds bump and spec i was finally able to get rid of the shine on the object.
I'd be forever grateful if somebody has an idea/a suggestion what could cause this problem.
Package can be found here (1st file, [lunaticcosm0s]PaveMeRugs...) and a picture can be found here.
Thank you very much in advance!
Edits: link failure and more specific title