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Laduguer
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[SOLVED][QUESTION] Map 'Atmosphere/Lighting'?
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January 13, 2014, 07:53:45 pm »
Hey there! Long time lurker, first time poster.
First of all, apologies for the vague topic title, i'll explain what I mean by it;
I was recently admiring the fine work chaos1920 did
here
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So, I was just wondering if anyone knew how to achieve such an effect with a map made from scratch? I've had a poke around the .dbc files but to no avail.
Thanks in advance!
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Re: [QUESTION] Map 'Atmosphere/Lighting'?
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January 13, 2014, 09:47:09 pm »
http://www.ownedcore.com/forums/world-o ... ights.html
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Laduguer
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Re: [QUESTION] Map 'Atmosphere/Lighting'?
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January 13, 2014, 11:41:05 pm »
Thanks a lot, great guide!
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Re: [QUESTION] Map 'Atmosphere/Lighting'?
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January 22, 2014, 01:10:24 am »
I reopened this because I have a further question connected to the first; just how much is it possible to edit the lighting with the light associated .dbc files?
For those familiar with WoW Machinima Tool; would it be possible to server-side change as many aspects of the lighting as it is possible to client-side change with that tool?
If anyone has any insight to save me experimenting myself, i'd appreciate it!
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Re: [QUESTION] Map 'Atmosphere/Lighting'?
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January 22, 2014, 05:31:30 pm »
Dbcs are client and not serverside and you can change the same values ans in machinima tool.
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Re: [QUESTION] Map 'Atmosphere/Lighting'?
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January 23, 2014, 01:09:09 am »
Ah, sorry; I meant editing the server .dbc files, which I assume would result in a server side change.
At any rate, thanks a lot for your answer, that's very interesting. Food for thought, definitely.
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Re: [SOLVED][QUESTION] Map 'Atmosphere/Lighting'?
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January 23, 2014, 02:01:39 am »
Server and client dbcs are the same. After every dbc edit i just copy them over to the server.
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Re: [SOLVED][QUESTION] Map 'Atmosphere/Lighting'?
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January 23, 2014, 02:08:02 am »
Quote from: "Steff"
Server and client dbcs are the same. After every dbc edit i just copy them over to the server.
I understand, I just assumed that when you copied them over to the server, the change was applied server-side.
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January 23, 2014, 06:55:00 am »
The server only read some of the dbcs. It use them to check that player dont cheat. For example that the damage output of a spell is right. I dont think server use light dbcs.
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Re: [SOLVED][QUESTION] Map 'Atmosphere/Lighting'?
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January 23, 2014, 02:30:31 pm »
Ah okay, thanks Steff.
Still, it stimulates some interesting ideas about client-side .dbc editing; creating zones where it's too dark to see anything without a torch, etc. (as is possible to achieve with WMT).
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January 23, 2014, 04:04:57 pm »
It is possible was done by guys like Basti before. He build a verys dark city with many lights palced and creat light spots all around.
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