R Soul on 24/1/2014 at 21:03
I usually use glowing cloud deck tiles lined up with the moon, but it doesn't look very good:
Inline Image:
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac326/rsoulinternet/Dromed/moonglow_zps9c1125d7.jpgNow that we have NewDark with the materials feature, I was thinking it might be possible to draw a second image in front of the moon, with the blend mode set to 'additive'. I've tried a couple of things but I haven't got very far. Any suggestions?
ZylonBane on 24/1/2014 at 21:19
In the OMs that use the cloud glow feature, it doesn't look that bad. Try toning it down, and/or increasing the subdivisions of the cloud deck.
If that doesn't work, perhaps add a glow to the moon graphic itself.
R Soul on 24/1/2014 at 23:07
Thanks for the advice. I looked at the cloud deck settings before but kept getting odd results. E.g. strange spikes coming out of an otherwise perfectly good glow. I went back and re-read newsky.txt and the bit about 'glow tiles' finally twigged.
Inline Image:
http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac326/rsoulinternet/moonglow2_zps1ea3d421.jpgCloud deck
Height: 500
Tile size: 2000
Tiles per side: 4
#subtiles: 8
...
Glow angle: 4
Glow tiles: 16 (this is the one that made the most difference)
