Compute Shadows – A Technical Title Pack by BigBang1112

[BigBang1112]

Hello,
both Q&A not displaying and Stadium version problems should be now fixed.

[McBain]

i downloaded it because i kinda have exactly this problem (mp3 and older maps with bad shadows in mp4)

need to check if it helps spending 100 planets to try out is not a big deal though^^

[hackie]

First : big thanks for creating this pack.

In Q&A you talk about specify map type, and turnig this feature off by a little tick button.
Uhm , is that button so small that I can not see it ? cause I don't have any button as far as I can see.


You also talk about default calculation , cause higher then that is not saved to map file ?
But whats the reason then to use a higher setting ? Others won't see it as you say ?
So if I use the highest setting to calculate shadows and upload it to MX , people won't see the shadows by driving this map on online servers ?

Can you see the different on online servers ( driving the map ) between default and high calculated maps ?

I'm still shocked about the fact that high calculated shadows can not be seen by others ( as you say so ) , all that time my pc spend to calculate whole TMX

[BigBang1112]

Thank you

Uhm , is that button so small that I can not see it ? cause I don't have any button as far as I can see.

It should be in the very top right corner of the MapType "section" of the tool below Maps/ "section". ✓ If you can't see it, send me a screenshot, because on my side everything's fine.

You also talk about default calculation , cause higher then that is not saved to map file ?
But whats the reason then to use a higher setting ? Others won't see it as you say ?
So if I use the highest setting to calculate shadows and upload it to MX , people won't see the shadows by driving this map on online servers ?

Quite interesting topic to me as well for sure. This seems to be the case if you recalculate shadows of already existing maps made by others. If you calculate High on your maps for the first time, the lightmaps should be actually saved somehow, but in its Default form (it's been like that for years, but I may not be 100% right). High quality setting is few megabytes big compared to Default's half a megabyte, so that proves this point.
On recalculating shadows, Default is the best option that will save lightmaps to the map file and that's how things are.

Can you see the different on online servers ( driving the map ) between default and high calculated maps ?

The difference is rather minor and won't hit user's eyes at the first look. For videos, high is definitely better, but in multiplayer, it won't matter much. Fun fact: If you calculated shadows on high on your side on a map that's currently being played on a server, you will have better shadows than others!

[hackie]

Thanks for answering so quickly, screeny about that missing click butting is coming later. Its like 50 degrees celsius upstairs. I will kill my pc

[hackie]

I risk it :

[BigBang1112]

I risk it :

It's that green tick, green checkmark on the corner next to the folder next to the Race of the MapType thing. It's clickable, it will turn into red X once you click on it, and so disable maptype change.

[hackie]

Ah ok , thanks.

[Tushy444]

What is the folder icon for?

[BigBang1112]

What is the folder icon for?

It should've been some kind of map browser to simplify the usage but due to its little complexity I just kinda let it go.