Color of Rocks on Impact

[kimjongillwill]

I'm having crazy trouble getting the rocks on impact to be of a uniform color. It has something to do with the lighting, but I can't quite figure out what exactly determines the color a rock turns out to be. I've seen an awesome map on Impact called BRIMSTONE where the guy got every rock pitch black-- it was a modded map, and perhaps that had something to do with it, I wouldn't know. But there must be some method of at least getting them close to matching each other. I've looked through the dynamic lighting guide posted on this site (and others) but it doesn't address this issue. Does anyone out there have some insight on this? I'd really appreciate it.

 

[Astiir]

No, as far as I'm aware there's no way to fix it. Just another typical Halo 4 glitch, nothing to do with modding. It commonly occurs in the default building on Impact, its lighting can be very unreliable : /

 

[kimjongillwill]

No, as far as I'm aware there's no way to fix it. Just another typical Halo 4 glitch, nothing to do with modding. It commonly occurs in the default building on Impact, its lighting can be very unreliable : /

It's driving me nuts. I get that they can't render the lighting for all of the different angles on a rock, but in that case they should just let us choose the shade. At first I thought it was dependent on the lighting where you spawned the rock, but then they started to change color when I moved them-- and not always! Just sometimes, so as to make it more confusing. I've put the same damn rock in the exact same position and gotten two different colors. Makes no sense at all.

I wonder how that guy did it on BRIMSTONE.

 

[RogerDodger]

I think there are two possible solutions. The first would be "turning off" lighting on your rock pieces. You can do this selectively for each piece, by selecting "Spawn at Start" to FALSE and setting a spawn time before the game actually starts (before 10 seconds is recommended). The less conventional method would be to "break" the lighting intentionally. You can do this by spawning a lot of objects that have a high-lighting budget. View the guide for lighting here.

 

[kimjongillwill]

I think there are two possible solutions. The first would be "turning off" lighting on your rock pieces. You can do this selectively for each piece, by selecting "Spawn at Start" to FALSE and setting a spawn time before the game actually starts (before 10 seconds is recommended). The less conventional method would be to "break" the lighting intentionally. You can do this by spawning a lot of objects that have a high-lighting budget. View the guide for lighting here.

I'm pretty intrigued by the first suggestion. Have you seen that work before? I'll give that a shot tonight and let you know how it goes. Thanks.

 

[RogerDodger]

I'm pretty intrigued by the first suggestion. Have you seen that work before?

Yes, I used it on a BTB map and it worked out well.

 

[kimjongillwill]

Yes, I used it on a BTB map and it worked out well.

Thanks for the tip, Zero. They're somehow still not all quite the same but they definitely look better. A much closer match. Thanks for your help.

 

[PA1NTS]

Certain areas of canvases have little or next to no lighting. Stay away from areas like in the shadows of the big asteroids on impact, the narrow ravine on ravine, shadows of forge islands and anything near the ceiling of erosion.

 

[kimjongillwill]

On a related note, is there anyway to render lighting on an object that doesn't spawn at the start? Or am I just shit out of luck on that account?

 

[RogerDodger]

On a related note, is there anyway to render lighting on an object that doesn't spawn at the start? Or am I just shit out of luck on that account?

I'm almost certain that spawned-in objects cannot have dynamic lighting.

 

[kimjongillwill]

I'm disappointed but no less appreciative of your response. I guess it's back to the old drawing board for me.

 

[The 0micron]

The shade of a rock all depends on your location. If you place a rock in the ground, you will get a really dark looking rock, or a really bright looking rock depending on which end of the light spectrum is closer. Your rocks will get yellowish-orange if place in proximity to the preplaced structure on Impact. Also to add to what PA1NTS said, the rocks will mildly change tone depending on shadows and any collision with the asteroids.

 

[mrgreenwithagun]

I never noticed that the rocks look different in color or shades other than what is expected I suppose...

 

[REMkings]

This is one of the reasons why I don't tend to like forging on Impact.

 

[kimjongillwill]

This is one of the reasons why I don't tend to like forging on Impact.

I like Impact because the pieces are so cheap. It's not as beautiful as Ravine or as versatile as Forge Island but large walkways and Impact buildings are only $10.