Light in Bungalow ?

AndyS

Hello,

I just purchased the simple Bungalow.
First irritation: The Bungalow was only under produchts and not additionally under DAZ Studio Formats / Environments too, as other products like the First Bastion "rolling planes" are.
But OK - I can go with it.

And now I found the switch to turn on the ceiling lights. But this only changes the ambient color of the corresponing elements, but there isn't any light in the scene.

Is there something wrong with the commercial product? Shouldn't there be UALs involved?
Somebody allready worked with it?

Andy

Szark

I would presume Lights On/Off is just a material preset that does JUST that, sets the ambient level of the lamps. I can't see any mention of a light set so you will need to light the scene yourself.

Richard Haseltine

Yes, providing a material set to make the lights appear to glow and calling it lights on is fairly widespread.

AndyS

Hi Richad,

:D perhaps later I have a moment to laugh.

I hoped there is a light set as there are for other setups.
Do you know (as admin) how to directly contact the author of the commercial products? -> maclean

Andy

mark128

smftrsd72 said:

Hi Richad,

:D perhaps later I have a moment to laugh.

I hoped there is a light set as there are for other setups.
Do you know (as admin) how to directly contact the author of the commercial products? -> maclean

Andy

He is active on the forums. His nick is maclean. You could try sending him a PM.

maclean

Hi Andy,

The pther posters are right. The Lamps Off / On presets are materials only and no lights are included. (It states this clearly on the product page). I used to always include light sets, but the additional work of making lights for both Poser and DS (at that price) are just too much.

Remember that if you're in any way unhappy with the product, DAZ will give a no-questions-asked refund within 30 days.

mac

AndyS

Hi mac,

maclean said:

... and no lights are included. (It states this clearly on the product page).
Sorry, but can't find that statement in the shop's product description.
I used to always include light sets, but the additional work of making lights for both Poser and DS (at that price) are just too much.

I just started to work with lights. Tonight I finished applying the outside daylight including the diffuse part. Next I'll install the "real" lamps. Perhaps we can work together. In my case for DAZ3D. I only don't know how to couple it with your lights on/off switch.

Andy

maclean

smftrsd72 said:

Hi mac,

maclean said:

... and no lights are included. (It states this clearly on the product page).
Sorry, but can't find that statement in the shop's product description.

It's under 'What's Included & Features'
Material Options:
Floorboards / Carpets
Lamps Off / On

smftrsd72 said:

maclean said:

I used to always include light sets, but the additional work of making lights for both Poser and DS (at that price) are just too much.
I just started to work with lights. Tonight I finished applying the outside daylight including the diffuse part. Next I'll install the "real" lamps. Perhaps we can work together. In my case for DAZ3D. I only don't know how to couple it with your lights on/off switch.

There isn't really a way to couple lights and presets. Depending on your lighting, you can have the preset on, but maybe use Ambient Strength, and turn it down to 'dim' it.

Andy

maclean

By the way, lighting is one of the difficult and frustrating parts of 3d. You might find my tutorial helpful. It's for an older version of DS, but 95% of it still applies.

http://digilander.libero.it/maclean/DStutorial.htm

mac

AndyS

maclean said:

By the way, lighting is one of the difficult and frustrating parts of 3d.

:lol: Yes, you're right.
Depending on the scene you have to choose different methods.

Andy

AndyS

Hallo,

now I succeeded to apply light to the bungalow. Some examples can be found at deviant art.

The light setups are scene subsets and can be easily applyed to the prepared scene in the native bungalow.

Andy