Adding Light to a Weapon

[Lean Bear 0]

I really don't have a clue how to do this.

I first tried to add the light (as a plane - so it would look like a runway light - that sort of thing) to the weapon model. Which didn't work.

Then I was advised that I should put the light into the unit model (who uses the weapon) and tie it into the proxy for the weapon. But I don't really know where to start on this part. The only other thing I know is that it should probably be in the memory lod.

[nephilim 0]

u cant add light to weapons

the light is added to the soldier aligned to the weapon proxy

[Lean Bear 0]

Thanks for the response

How would it look if I added light to the soldier? Would it look really bad when the soldier moves or what?

Also, how do you do this anyway??:

"light is added to the soldier aligned to the weapon proxy"

[VXR 9]

Thanks for the response

How would it look if I added light to the soldier? Would it look really bad when the soldier moves or what?

Also, how do you do this anyway??:

"light is added to the soldier aligned to the weapon proxy"

I think the soldier will have always a light on every weapon if you add it to the soldier. Not only on the weapon you want.

[Lean Bear 0]

That's fine

But how do actually add light to the soldier?

Is there a tut or something that goes over this that I can look at?

[ade_mcc 0]

Theres this thread..

http://www.flashpoint1985.com/cgi-bin....d+light

but I remember a couple of people in the past who had reasonable results, i.e. lights that worked in the horizontal plane at least

[Lean Bear 0]

Thanks a lot ade_mcc.

I finally figured out how to do it (took a lot of browsing through various links :P)

[Lean Bear 0]

Well, that topic helped with the O2 work, but I'm clueless over what I'm emant to do with the config.

Do I define them as reflectors or light or what?