UE3 - UDK Outside Sun Lighting?

[hicks16]

Hey guys, I haven't ran into any problem until now. I do not know how to create a sun effect lighting. I need a light outside that acts like a sun and looks like a sun, but I do not want it to effect the lighting inside my buildings. I have windows that the light can come through, but I want dark areas to stay dark or have my dark lighting.

Which type of lighting should I use for the sun?

Thanks guys,
Hicks

 

[Bi()ha2arD]

Directionan lights with shadows turned on and a skylight without shadowcasting to fake bounce light. use a volume to disable the skylight in the inside areas. The directional light will only shine through the windows anyways as it has shadow casting on.

 

[hicks16]

Cool ill try it out and if i hv any issues with it ill post again.

 

[guitarxe]

Use a volume to disable the skylight in the inside areas.

Could you elaborate?

 

[Bi()ha2arD]

In your level you place a LightExclusion volume (a special brush, where blocking volumes and lava volumes and that stuff is) around the inside of your building. Then in the properties of the skylight you add that as an ExclusionVolume and tada, the light will not affect the inside areas.

 

[guitarxe]

In your level you place a LightExclusion volume

Is there anything similar for UT3ED? There's only a LightVolume, no exclusion volume.

 

[Wormbo]

No.

 

[guitarxe]

Actually, I've figured out how to do it with UT3ED. There's no such thing as LightExclusionVolume, but there is LightVolume, and the light settings itself have a field for ExclusionVolumes and a field for InclusionVolumes. With bUseVolumes turned on you can include or exclude light in those volumes.

 

[Wormbo]

Oh, didn't know that one - noted.