SOLVED Material Lighting

[lilbroomstick]

Hi, I am currently building my first track (yes I have followed the guide), and it is an indoor kart circuit. I was wondering how to make lights because when I added the roof it got very dark, obviously, so I would like to know how to set up a config ini and a kn5. I know that I will need to create a light series(?) and a material adjustment in the ini file, but I do not know how to set it up or how to set up the kn5. https://imgur.com/a/rhLtDhu Here is the material that I am using, and I will have ~112 lights on the ceiling and possibly more near the pits. Any help is appreciated.

 

[fughettaboutit]

make the lights a mesh on its own, this should make it:

[INCLUDE]
INCLUDE=common/conditions.ini    ; contains NIGHT_SMOOTH condition

[MATERIAL_ADJUSTMENT_0]
ACTIVE=1
DESCRIPTION=lits glow
MESHES=your_ceilinglight_mesh   ; change this!
KEY_0=ksEmissive
VALUE_0=255, 209, 178, 0.5
VALUE_0_OFF=ORIGINAL
KEY_1=ksAlphaRef
VALUE_1=-193   ; secret parameter makes it more "glowy"
VALUE_1_OFF=ORIGINAL
CONDITION=NIGHT_SMOOTH

[LIGHT_SERIES_29]
ACTIVE=1
DESCRIPTION=lits glow
MESHES=your_ceilinglight_mesh   ; change this!
; - instead you could also use MATERIALS=your_ceiling_light_material
OFFSET=0,0,0
DIRECTION=0,-1,0  ; down
RANGE=25       ; play with this
RANGE_GRADIENT_OFFSET=0.2
SPOT=100
SPOT_SHARPNESS=0.5
FADE_SMOOTH=30
FADE_AT=500
CLUSTER_THRESHOLD=25   ; play with this, its how many lights-sources are genereated
DIFFUSE_CONCENTRATION=0.15  ; play with this
COLOR=255, 255, 255, 0.05  ; r,g,b,brightness - play with it!
CONDITION=NIGHT_SMOOTH

 

[fughettaboutit]

a picture to illustrate

 

[fughettaboutit]

where to put this? whether in
variant 1:
"content\tracks\yourtrack\extension\ext_config.ini"
or variant 2:
"extension\config\tracks\loaded\yourtrack.ini"

note: with variant 2 you would be able to put the config on github and update it easy without having to update the whole track

 

[fughettaboutit]

and again with more comments, its from ks_nordschleife, bmw-bridge spots on s/f line:

 

[fughettaboutit]

the github-repo: https://github.com/ac-custom-shaders-patch/acc-extension-config
the wiki there: https://github.com/ac-custom-shaders-patch/acc-extension-config/wiki
some slightly out-dated summary of track configs options:
https://github.com/ac-custom-shaders-patch/acc-extension-config/blob/master/_doc_config_tracks.ini

 

[fughettaboutit]

oh you might want to replace
CONDITION=NIGHT_SMOOTH
with
CONDITION=ALWAYS_ON

 

[lilbroomstick]

Thank you so much! The place looks a lot brighter in game, but I still haven't got the emissive key to work. Do I have to label each light something like "1lamp_**"? Right now I haven't named them, so each is just cube.240 or cube.***. How should I set this up in the .ini file and in blender itself? Thanks again.

 

[fughettaboutit]

no need to have special names, just use
MESHES=cube?
patch can handle ? as placeholder

 

[fughettaboutit]

[MATERIAL_ADJUSTMENT_0]
ACTIVE=1
DESCRIPTION=lits glow
MESHES=cube?
KEY_0=ksEmissive
VALUE_0=255, 255, 255, 0.25 ; r,g,b,brightness
KEY_1=ksAlphaRef
VALUE_1=-193 ; secret parameter makes it more "glowy"
CONDITION=ALWAYS_ON

 

[fughettaboutit]

beware, there was a typo in my original pos, idk if that make anything different

[MATERIAL_ADJUSTMENT_0]ACTIVE=1
ACTIVE=1

 

[lilbroomstick]

Thank you so much! I noticed in the material adjustment, I could just change 'meshes' to materials, and say my material name, so I did. At first it was really bright, so I toned it down a little. It isn't perfect, but here is is.

 

[LanD]

could you explain to me how to proceed to add lamps like you I already have the model then named the material light and the object in question light too but nothing emits there is the code that I see in your discussion thread Is there an additional configuration to do to activate the lights? Is there a tutorial on this or can you tell me how to proceed please