Shadow Omni lights red in CK?

Post » Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:39 am

Hello, recently when working within the CK, I have come across a simple problem that I hope has a simple solution. All of my Shadow Omni lights are appearing red throughout my entire level and I have no clue as to why this is.

Does anyone know why this is happening and how I could possibly fix this? I am not over-encumbering my level with these specific lights and I am properly keeping them to a quantity of 1-3 per Roombound.

Here is a picture...

http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp181/UnderVayne/Hmmm.jpg
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Ashley Campos
 
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Post » Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:13 pm

You either have far too many far too close together, the limit is; only 4 shadow lights can be rendered at once.

Or you have shadows turned off in the View -> Show/Hide menu.

Also, if you don't mind some level design advice, that is an empty section of hallway with a rather flat wall, so putting a shadow light there is kind of a waste. You are fairly limited with how many you can use, so save them for places where they draw attention and really just look great. Places where the light/shadow contrast looks good, or the sillouette of shadow casting objects looks good. Something like a flat-ish hallway wall isn't ideal. :P
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Post » Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:02 am

The shadows were turned off. Thanks Alex and thank you for the advice too :biggrin:
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Sunnii Bebiieh
 
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Post » Thu Jun 21, 2012 6:27 am

I have had the exact problem. However when I open the Show/Hide menu there is no option for turning on/off shadows. Do I have some kind of alpha version of the CK?
Edit: Ok, it was in the file->preferences->shaders where I should have looked.
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