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Parameters on effects?

Georg Aubele

Georg Aubele

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As found in the GMAX forum:

An effect, attached to an object in GMAX won't appear in the scenery if the object with the effect is placed in an exclude area.
If you place the effect directly with SGX, it works even in the exclude.

Is there a way to add parameters to the effect (like day, night, ...) via SGX? I did not find it :(
 
Hi,

On the effects tab of the 3D object screen I see a field for effect parameters. But I must say I never tried to place an effect in SGX.
 
If you attach an effect using GMAX, the effect is treated like a library object. Therefore excluded.

There is a longwinded post on this forum about this somewhere with all the detail, I just can't find it.
 
I build LOTS of lights with pairs of effects - one for "NIGHT=1" and one for "DUSK=1; DAWN=1".

When I compile, everything is ok, but when I close SGX and restart it, EVERY "DUSK=1; DAWN=1"-Parameter is lost - there are just empty lines. :eek:

Is there a cure for that bug?
 
Georg Aubele said:
I build LOTS of lights with pairs of effects - one for "NIGHT=1" and one for "DUSK=1; DAWN=1".

When I compile, everything is ok, but when I close SGX and restart it, EVERY "DUSK=1; DAWN=1"-Parameter is lost - there are just empty lines. :eek:

Is there a cure for that bug?
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I guess you can best ask that on the SGX forum or to the author of SGX directly.
 
Hi Arno!

Can you give me a link to the forum? Mine gives a 404 ...

Got a solution and two new questions ...

The solution is to change the semicolon into a comma ... and that gives me question number one: Why, the heck, does it WORK with a comma?!? It does, I tried! :confused:

Ok - mystery number two to solve (I think that's one for us ...):

I tried one effect with "DUSK=1, DAWN=1" and one with "DUSK=1.

BOTH lights shine while dusk AND dawn ... :yikes:

Ok - that solves my problem, I just have to change the line "DUSK=1; DAWN=1" to "DUSK=1", but you have to admit, that is is a little bit strange :scratchch

The solution I would give is, that "DUSK=1" is enought for dusk and dawn and the parameter after the comma is ignored ...
 
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