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Re: Light objects now support shadows

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zeuxcg is not online. zeuxcg
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26 Sep 2013 05:11 PM
Good news everyone!

The number 1 bug report for the dynamic lighting has been "parts don't block light". For us it's actually not a bug, but a big missing feature - it's hard to do it in a fast way.

I'm really excited to tell you that we did it. On any light object there's a new property, Shadows, and if you enable it, light from that object will be blocked by parts. It's off by default and selective - we don't change the way your places look and you can toggle that on only for some lights.

A few caveats apply; mainly, since our lighting is voxel-based and voxel size is 4 studs, your walls have to be 4-stud thick to completely block the light.

I made a quick demo: http://www.roblox.com/Shadow-demo-place?id=115280442 (note that the movement of parts is not smooth - that's because I used server scripts to move parts and I should've used something else). I know you guys can do better than that :)

Play with this and tell me what you think. If you see bugs, please post a link to the place that shows the bug (preferably a small place where the error is easy to spot). If you make something cool with this, post a link!
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laughablehaha is not online. laughablehaha
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26 Sep 2013 05:14 PM
Yay! I guest John is awesome!
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joelego3 is not online. joelego3
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26 Sep 2013 05:17 PM
Good work, I shall try this out in a bit.
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SinisterDoom is not online. SinisterDoom
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26 Sep 2013 05:26 PM
Thank you. This resolves many problems.
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SCARFACIAL is not online. SCARFACIAL
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26 Sep 2013 06:03 PM
Looking great so far! Way to make a great feature even better.
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Salinas23 is not online. Salinas23
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26 Sep 2013 06:10 PM
Wahooo :D!
Can't wait to test this in my new place ;D
(which will be done in around 4 months lol)

I have a spider on my back.
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SinisterDoom is not online. SinisterDoom
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26 Sep 2013 06:49 PM
What is the little green pin on the forum?
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Salinas23 is not online. Salinas23
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26 Sep 2013 06:50 PM
I made a basic place!

http://www.roblox.com/Shadows-Testing-Place-place?id=126328189

Just to test some small examples.

I have a spider on my back.
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tummey2 is not online. tummey2
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26 Sep 2013 07:19 PM
Sweet, I love it!

I also like that it was posted here as opposed to on the blog, not that the blog is a bad thing.
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MightyWanderer is not online. MightyWanderer
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26 Sep 2013 07:30 PM
Yus. Thank you so much! :D
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zeuxcg is not online. zeuxcg
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26 Sep 2013 08:04 PM
tummey2, there will be a blog post; I want to gather some feedback before we do it.
And hey, if you make a cool place we may feature it in the blog article!
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DJVERY is not online. DJVERY
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26 Sep 2013 08:09 PM
1. Are you a new Admin?

2. AWESOME.
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SCARFACIAL is not online. SCARFACIAL
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26 Sep 2013 08:13 PM
He has been an admin for quite some time, he's just not as well known as Shedletsky, Sorcus, etc. @DJVERY
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soupsoupsoup3 is not online. soupsoupsoup3
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26 Sep 2013 08:28 PM
What happens with transparent or invisible blocks? Only a percentage of the light passes through?
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MightyWanderer is not online. MightyWanderer
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26 Sep 2013 08:29 PM
With this new update I have a really cool idea for a game. :D
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Salinas23 is not online. Salinas23
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26 Sep 2013 08:49 PM
@soup
Yes, it does :o

@zeux


I have a spider on my back.
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Salinas23 is not online. Salinas23
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26 Sep 2013 08:51 PM
Whoops forgot that

@zeux
I will work on my place!

I have a spider on my back.
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Nazgrim is not online. Nazgrim
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26 Sep 2013 08:54 PM
wow, a feature that should have been available on release is conveniently out right after the protests against the price floor

maybe if we keep complaining we'll get more features that we want like user meshes and online saving
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Lapwn is not online. Lapwn
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26 Sep 2013 09:26 PM
great
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AtlanticBlox is not online. AtlanticBlox
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26 Sep 2013 09:27 PM
That can make a big improvement in games, however, thumbnail skyboxes are glitched; it should follow the 'game.Lighting.TimeOfDay'.
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Lapwn is not online. Lapwn
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26 Sep 2013 09:28 PM
Part shadows was actually the main reason I was excited for dynamic lighting so this is great.
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tahu157 is not online. tahu157
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26 Sep 2013 09:30 PM
Awesome!

Although I noticed on your demo place that the light emanating from the door buttons still bleeds through the walls they hang from a bit. None of the other lights bled through though.

It could just be that the walls where only 3 studs thick instead of 4, and I am not as good at judging part lengths as I think I am.
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ninjasheep is not online. ninjasheep
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26 Sep 2013 10:51 PM
Goodness I've been gone long. Who is this new admin? Hello new admin. Thanks to you and your team for the additional feature to an already impressive feature.
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zeuxcg is not online. zeuxcg
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26 Sep 2013 11:01 PM
tahu157: Lights in buttons actually have shadows disabled :) that's why they bleed through the wall.
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cntkillme is not online. cntkillme
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26 Sep 2013 11:04 PM
So will that bleeding through the wall ever be "fixed" or "removed?"
Like you can still see the light color from the other side (you get what I'm saying...)
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