BAT Help - Lighting

[sPlizithel33t 0]

hum tkz but,for night windows, the render only shows nght preview and do not render "night lights" right?

[sPlizithel33t 0]

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[Shinnie02 17]

https://www.simtropolis.com/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=52352&forumID=49&search=1&searchstring=

um...my computers in korean and i dont know technical words...so could a korean with much for technical understanding please help me...?? or could someone please tell me how to change my windows xp language to english. I installed it with korean because my parents forced me...so how do i change it to english?

EDIT: Oh...don't worry..i managed to fix it on my own. lol

[hamsterTK 93]

Im having trouble adding night maps to my building:

[Jasoncw 11,840]

the nitewindows are actually files that I'm guessing aren't on your computer for some reason.

C:\gmax\gamepacks\BAT\Maps\NightWindows

There should be some folders there with the nitemaps in them.  If they're not there, then go on the STEX and find some new ones, or make your own.  The most straight foward way of applying nitemaps to something is to simply type "nite" infront of the name of the object you want lighted.

Your building is looking nice so far, but remember that each story should only be 4 or 5 meters tall.  From what it looks like, each band is 4 meters tall, which would mean that every other floor has no windows, and the floors inbetween those are all glass.

anyway, good luck.

[cogeo 960]

If you have installed additional nitewindows (by NDEX, Goldiva etc) or you have visited the nitewindows folders and now you don't have any nitewindow options available in the drop-down box, visit this thread, it may be the solution to your problem.

[dadyrghluv 8]

not to revive a dead thread but i geuss this is where u go. i just DL'ed superstar's U.N building from the STEX, since there isnt one really, i tried to load it up and it gave me this message: "The Scene XRef file: "D:\gmax\gamepacks\BAT\scenes\startup\TB2_CameraLightRig.gmax" can not be found". i have no clue what this means or how to fix it. any help would be great thanx guys.

[Jasoncw 11,840]

Nope, these threads stickied here are for asking questions in, that's their purpose.

Instead of double clicking on the file, open the BAT, and go to file>open and navigate to the file and open it that way.

[dadyrghluv 8]

yep, i tried that as well and didnt work. i did however learn that if i merge it, it will show. what is a camera light rig anyways? this seems to be a common occurance when using DL'ed 3ds buildings. thanx for the help jasoncw

[Jasoncw 11,840]

A camera light rig is a rig that holds your cameras and lights.

There's a set of cameras and lights for each zoom and rotation, and the rig holds them all together.  The rig comes with the BAT gamepack, which is why opening gmax alone (without any gamepacks) will not have those cameras or lights.  That's my reasoning for it anyway.

It's good that you got it to work, good luck with your project.

[yoder7652 21]

I had the same problem with this file...what you have to do is open BAT and the merge the UN file. Make sure you don't grab the thumbnail camera or the LODs and then you may have to open the MAP editor and reconnect all the texture files...then you should be good to go. The model does need some work in order to be finished, but can be rendered as-is...I've got it in-game now, there are problems with the nightlighting and the general model is not as detailed as I'd like, but I haven't had time to go back and fix it.

[dadyrghluv 8]

i agree yoder, the model does need work. i tried to do nitelites for the windows and it didnt come out at all. even though i did it like your supposed too. anyway, i did get the camera rig up and running now. i just never knew what it was for, but now do. thanx guys for all the advice and help.

[Frigid 6]

2 Quick questions - When I light up stuff with spots, how do I show the cone? The checkbox doesn't seem to work.

Oh, and #2 - I was messing around, and I ended up with a brown interface (like Hamster's). It's easier on the eyes, but I can't see the thicker gridlines (16 m), how do I revert back to the blue one, or change the grid colours?

EDIT: Found the answer to that one

[Chaomaster2 0]

I Am Having Trouble When I Put Lighting On My Models They Don't Show Up On The Game Whats Wrong?

[Jasoncw 11,840]

Hello everyone,

The BAT - Open Discussion and the BAT - Workshop will be merged together in the future.  As part of the restructuring, this thread will be locked.  All questions should be asked in the all-encompassing BAT Troubleshooting Thread found at: https://www.simtropolis.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=37&threadid=87425&enterthread=y