SneakyGuy101 on 3/10/2014 at 11:21

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Seriously though, what is the big difference between the two? They look almost exactly the same and I'd really like to know what the difference is :confused:

fibanocci on 3/10/2014 at 12:38

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Objectcast is usually the better choice. I can't figure why anyone is using raycast.

OldMeat on 3/10/2014 at 19:29

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Please correct me if I am wrong, but I think raycast allows light to be directed at objects or surfaces with a direction of where the light is coming from, without that object or surface showing or affecting any additional light or shadow, whereas objectcast will allow the object to cast a shadow in addition to directional light.

I really don't know how it might, if at all, add to any issues of reflection, which probably has it's own separate form of lighting issues.

For the type of game that we use objectcast looks so much cooler and allows a player to possibly take concealment in a shadow cast from an object or surface at varient levels.

There may be reasons to use more simplified light for when trying to make a game based upon older style games for the sake of nostalgia, but for most stealth based games the objectcast might use more processing calculations, but IMO makes a better experience in gameplay.

DrK on 3/10/2014 at 19:44

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Unless newdark changed things around, shadows cast by objects have no influence whatsoever on the lightgem. You hide in a shadow but you're still visible to the AI.
It's great to work on atmosphere and lighting though, and that's mostly how I use it.

OldMeat on 3/10/2014 at 20:39

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It's funny how I have viewed a few FMs with strange lighting techniques and how I remember them. I am sure I would not be the only one who would reminisce about older fan missions in this fashion.

Proof of a failing memory on my part I guess.

I just took a look at 3 oddly lighted FMs and all employed the Objectcast lighting.

The few I just looked at a moment ago were Fables of A Pentintent Thief, Kill Factory II (I could not find the first one), and Reflections.

All had very strange looks and used the Objcast lighting. The FM FOPT seemed to stick differently in my memory though.

These were all made by some of the better FM authors here and were intentionally made to have a certain look to them.

Then there have been other FMs made by other earlier authors where it may have been released before lighting without the objcast being employed.

I perhaps may have confused a solid brush and an object when talking in my earlier posts about varient degrees of shadow and light.

As far as I know, if a solid brush like a block (fence-like or blocks) or cylinder (wells and pillars) does possibly have an effect upon the light gem while in-game depending on where light may be coming from.