History: Light Attenuation Shortcut
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{maketoc} !!Description This is a basic shortcut for calculating light attenuation based on the specified range. The attenuation is calculated so that you will have full light at 0% of the range which will diminish into nothing at 100% of the range. For more information, read this great tutorial on [http://www.ogre3d.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=-Point+Light+Attenuation|Point Light Attenuation]. !!Code Using the logic based on the calculations made on the wiki page linked above: ^ __''Range Constant Linear Quadratic''__ 3250, 1.0, 0.0014, 0.000007 600, 1.0, 0.007, 0.0002 325, 1.0, 0.014, 0.0007 200, 1.0, 0.022, 0.0019 160, 1.0, 0.027, 0.0028 100, 1.0, 0.045, 0.0075 65, 1.0, 0.07, 0.017 50, 1.0, 0.09, 0.032 32, 1.0, 0.14, 0.07 20, 1.0, 0.22, 0.20 13, 1.0, 0.35, 0.44 7, 1.0, 0.7, 1.8 ^ You can determine the linear and quadratic values (or what is visually close enough) for any range you wish to use: * Linear = 4.5 / LightRange * Quadratic = 75.0 / LightRange^2 Here is a function to calculate attenuation based on the Light Range: {CODE(wrap="1", colors="c++")}void setLightRange( Ogre::Light *L, Ogre::Real Range ) { L->setAttenuation( Range, 1.0f, 4.5/Range, 75.0f/(Range*Range) ); }{CODE} Note: Like in the page mentioned above, you won't get visual light much further than 20% of the specified range.