Where is the lightmap?

[SolusHunter]

Hi,

 

I'm new to 3d World Studio and I am planning on using it to create levels for use with DX Studio. So, I have been experimenting with the Direct X export.

 

I created a basic 2 room map with a corridor connecting the rooms, and added two lights. Rendered the lights and viewed the result in the perspective view (Textured + Lightmap), then I exported the scene as Direct X. In the export folder I can see the .x file, the two test jpeg textures and nothing else.

 

My question is where has the generated lightmap gone?

 

Thanks for any help.

 

Paul

[Canardia]

You get the lightmap when you save the map.

[SolusHunter]

I've tried saving (3dw file) as well as exporting after generating the lightmap but I never get a lightmap texture saved out. I'm also assuming that the lightmap would be saved in a usable format such as jpg or tga?

[Canardia]

Ah yes, the lightmap is saved into the 3dw. Export to B3D to get the lightmap as a seperate texture.

[Pixel Perfect]

The lightmap certainly is embedded in the .3dw file and I suspect is probably stored as vertex color information in the DirectX format file although I've never used this format with 3DWS due to its limited support for terrain layers (just a single layer). The lightmap is exported as a seperate file with b3d export but I don't think its in a straight forward overlay type format so you might struggle with using that.

 

Do you not see the lightmapping when importing the .X file into DX Studio?

[Josh]

The .x format does not support lightmaps, at least the older version I used.