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[gaarzen]

Probably doing something wrong here..
I've made a texture which has the Diffuse map on it and a Glow map in its Alpha Channel.
I also have the shader's Alpha Mode set to Glow and I marked the Glow effect with a V.
I saved the texture as a DXT5.
The result I'm getting is that the glowing area looks like regular paint and is even receiving shadows.
I thought that this effect should make the selected area with fake self illumination or something?

I've attached the texture file,
Thanks a lot !!

[Legacy]

Do you have bloom turned on in your environment settings?

[gaarzen]

Do you have bloom turned on in your environment settings?

Hi, thanks for the reply!
The bloom effect is on and the effect works in some angles but I would assume it should work always and not receive shadows.. or perhaps there is a different way to make an area in full illumination/flat shaded?

[Legacy]

Please see wiki: http://hewiki.heroengine.com/wiki/Glow

There are different ways how to test glow in engine described there. The area will still receive shadows and such, but if you have enough bloom, it should not matter.

Cheers

[gaarzen]

Please see wiki: http://hewiki.heroengine.com/wiki/Glow

There are different ways how to test glow in engine described there. The area will still receive shadows and such, but if you have enough bloom, it should not matter.

Cheers

I went through does, unfortunately I guess it isn't as I thought..
I wouldn't my scene to have extreme bloom just for that effect to look ok, thought maybe there's a way to have flat shading over certain areas.

Thanks a lot

[Legacy]

Maybe try to describe what you are trying to achieve and maybe someone from the forum can help you

[gaarzen]

Just a simple effect in some areas of the texture that cause those areas to not be affected by any type of shading and be on 100% illumination.. should fit perfectly to neons and lights that are fake and are only a texture.

[HE-BENNETT]

Glow right now is in the process of being completely re-written.  What is currently implemented may not be functioning correctly even if you do everything right.  The Sapphire release should restore that functionality, so until then, you may want to focus on other areas.

[gaarzen]

Thanks, BENNETT !