A lighting idea!

Arcane · Post by **Arcane** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 22:47

My idea for a way to do lighting goes something like this.

A separate TEXLIGHTS lump would define which textures give off how much light. For example, the white dots on the ceiling on Doom 2 map 1 would each give off a certain amount of white light, as seen in the screenshot here.

Heck, would it be possible to have a new picture that's a lightmap, with versions of all the textures colored by the amount of light they give off? It'd probably double the size of WADs, but.. for natural light?

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 23:13

This is the original Doom, not some modern engine that specializes in light effects.

Arcane · Post by **Arcane** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 23:29

I did not mean to do this in Closed Bugs. I meant to post it in Feature Suggestions.

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 23:47

That's what happens when I move a thread.

Shinjanji · Post by **Shinjanji** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:12

That reminds me, Graf... Whatever did become of that "brightness mask" idea for sprites, anyway? If that gets implemented, perhaps this could be an extension of that (possibly though ANIMDEFS)?

I know, it sounds stupid, considering your above statement, but I was just curious.

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:16

Nothing yet. I'm afraid that I rarely have enough time to do more complex things. The last time I could work for more than an hour without interruption was at the end of October when I added the custom state stuff.

Shinjanji · Post by **Shinjanji** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 17:59

I see. Either way, that was definitely one feature request I've been looking forward to. It would make things so much more interesting than just having BRIGHT frames.

Did you ever get any suitable test material concerning that suggestion though?