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Cinderno4

01-15-2003, 01:58 AM

Alright, I'm a begginer at this stuff and havn't made too many things yet, so I thought I'd make a simple spaceship with mostly primitives. I drew a basic plan on a sheet of paper and I'm in the process of making it. However, I can't get my rockets' glow to glow. I modeled the rockets and put a free spotlight inside them. I was going for the star wars type rocket glow (it looks kinda like an x-wing anyway) so I turned the light's color to blue. Since everything went black, I added sunlight so I could see. The light shoots straight out of the rocket until it hits something. I added a volmetric light modifier so I could see it. I adjusted the falloff and hotspot things but I can't get a satisfactory result. Can anyone give me any help at all on star wars style/ modern scifi style rocket lights glow and techniques? I'm using 3DS 4.2. Thanks in advance.

Wampa

01-15-2003, 06:18 AM

When you want see glow effect you must render your scene with Video Post in Max. Yor object must have set G-bufer number and the same nuber must be set in glow efect properties. See help in Max there is all you need about Glow efect and Video Post.

Wampa

01-15-2003, 06:30 AM

Another way is use plugin Cebas ProOptic. With this plugin make glow effect is simple.

Erka2

01-15-2003, 10:17 AM

Pro opticSuit doesnt work with 3ds max5... i think. What can i do?

Wampa

01-15-2003, 11:45 AM

All plugins which work under 3DS MAX 4 work under 3DS MAX 5 because SDK under MAX 5 was not change.

Ronski

01-15-2003, 12:48 PM

Pro Optic Suite does work with Max 5, contact Cebas if you have any problems.

Cheers,
Kieron

Erka2

01-15-2003, 03:53 PM

You tried it in 3ds max5... exspacially Lens effects? Shutdown max for me...

Ronski

01-15-2003, 11:37 PM

Hmmm, seems fine here I tested glows & lens flares with no problems :shrug: Have you a scene file that crashes?

Cheers,
Kieron

Cinderno4

01-15-2003, 11:44 PM

alright. I have it glowing! thanks guys.

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