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Greetings me again

ok I can export the light effect no problem BUT how to you export this effect
Regards Dreamer
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LOl... ok I have placed a light in the light standard that is placed in the FSX scene and looks good but it does not cast light and shaows as in the diagram all that is showing in FSX is a globe of light. I noticed in GMAX in "create" the "light" menu a "target spot" is available that cast the light effect I am after. I placed it in the MDL and BGL but the effect of light cast does not show in the scene. Do you need separate models for day night?


Regards Dreamer
 
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You need texture baking. You have to use 3dsmax. The light you find in either 3dsmax and Gmax does not get export to Flight Sim. It has no build in function in the game to have light shading the same way you have in 3ds/Gmax.

You need to paint the texture to resemble the effect you have.
Or need to do texture baking in 3dsmax to have the light effect.
 
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If you have created the floor texture, then making a light splash as part of the texture is probably the best way to handle this.

If not, you can create a "light splash" circle (or cone) on the ground with GMAX and texture it using a bright texture, with transparency to make it look like a circle of light. This has the problem of sharp edges on the circle.

Finally, you can use the landing light effect as part of a scenery object, which will project a cone of light on the ground, just as aircraft do. You must do some asm tweaking, which MDLTweaker can do if for FS9. A method for this is here:

http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=77873&page=2

Sidney's original PDF tutorial is available on page one of that forum thread.

Hope this helps,
 
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