Lighting
Implementing lighting is a crucial aspect of creating immersive and visually appealing experiences in any game. With Verza, you have full control over the lighting in your world, enabling you to create dynamic and engaging environments that captivate players and elevate the overall experience.
Light Sources
You can set up lighting in your world using point lights, spot lights, and rectangular area lights. These light sources allow you to illuminate your scene and create realistic and captivating visuals.
It is recommended to use baked lighting wherever possible, as this can greatly improve performance and reduce the number of dynamic lights needed in a scene.
Global Illumination
Verza provides a powerful global illumination system that can be controlled through the WorldManager. Global illumination enhances the realism of your scenes by simulating the indirect lighting effects that occur in the real world. It takes into account the interaction of light with surfaces and objects, resulting in more accurate and natural lighting.
Point Light
A PointLight is a light source that emits light in all directions from a single point in space. It can be used to create localized lighting effects, such as a light bulb or a torch. You can customize the intensity, color, and position of the point light to achieve the desired lighting effect in your scene.
Spot Light
A SpotLight is a directional light source that emits light within a cone-shaped region. It can be used to simulate focused light, such as a flashlight or a spotlight on a stage. Like point lights, you have control over the intensity, color, position, and also the angle and falloff of the cone-shaped light emitted by the spot light.
Rectangular Area Light
A RectAreaLight is a light source that emits light uniformly from a rectangular surface. It can be used to create soft, diffused lighting, such as the light coming through a window or a large light panel. You can adjust the intensity, color, size, and position of the rectangular area light to achieve the desired lighting effect in your scene.
It is recommended to use a combination of these light sources strategically to achieve the desired lighting atmosphere and visual impact in your game.
Indoor Lighting
In certain situations where a player is teleported to an interior or indoor scene, you may encounter challenges with dark interiors that are not well-lit in the day or night. To address this, Verza provides a convenient solution by enabling the world.setInteriorModeEnabled method.
By using world.setInteriorModeEnabled, you can automatically adjust the lighting settings for interior scenes, making them brighter and more visible to players. This feature allows you to ensure that players can easily navigate and interact with indoor environments without having to worry too much about complex lighting setups.
To make use of world.setInteriorModeEnabled, simply call the function when transitioning the player to an interior or indoor scene. Verza will handle the necessary lighting adjustments behind the scenes, providing a more consistent and visually pleasing experience.
Fog
In addition to lighting, Verza provides the ability to add fog to your scenes. Fog can be used to create atmospheric effects, add depth, and enhance the mood of your environment.
You can customize various properties of the fog, including density and color. By adjusting these properties, you can create effects like misty landscapes, dense foggy areas, or eerie atmospheres.
The fog can be controlled through the WorldManager.
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
world.setFogEnabled | Sets the fog status. |
world.setFogColor | Sets the fog color. |
world.setFogDensity | Sets the fog density. |
Native Sky vs Skybox
In Verza, you have the option to use either the Native Sky or a Skybox to create the sky environment in your server.
The Native Sky is a dynamic system that can be configured to show different times of day and weather conditions.
The Skybox is a pre-rendered 2D image that is used to create the sky environment.
Native Sky is just as fast as the Skybox approach, with no major performance impact. Additionally, regardless of whether you use a skybox or the native sky, the environment map will use the selected sky.
The sky can be controlled through the WorldManager.