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<blockquote data-quote="Sean DonCarlos" data-source="post: 97923" data-attributes="member: 152"><p>That excess lighting on the middle of the playfield is caused by the lit inserts. Instead of placing the point light source below the plane of the table and letting it shine through the transparent insert upward, they've placed the point light right above the insert. Since the point light is omnidirectional, nearby playfield surfaces and other structures are getting brightly lit when they're not supposed to be. Hence you get the same effect from lit inserts as you do from lamps above the playfield (compare the inserts in the screenshot above with the lamps under the return guides next to the flippers and you'll see it's the exact same effect).</p><p></p><p>Only pitfall is that correctly rendering a light passing through a colored translucent surface while still maintaining the opacity and readability of any lettering on that surface is probably tricky.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Forgot the good column...that neon looks spectacular, and hooray for pinklessness!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sean DonCarlos, post: 97923, member: 152"] That excess lighting on the middle of the playfield is caused by the lit inserts. Instead of placing the point light source below the plane of the table and letting it shine through the transparent insert upward, they've placed the point light right above the insert. Since the point light is omnidirectional, nearby playfield surfaces and other structures are getting brightly lit when they're not supposed to be. Hence you get the same effect from lit inserts as you do from lamps above the playfield (compare the inserts in the screenshot above with the lamps under the return guides next to the flippers and you'll see it's the exact same effect). Only pitfall is that correctly rendering a light passing through a colored translucent surface while still maintaining the opacity and readability of any lettering on that surface is probably tricky. EDIT: Forgot the good column...that neon looks spectacular, and hooray for pinklessness! [/QUOTE]
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