So, recently I’ve been doing a Development tips for my group on videos and stuff but then I got too lazy to do more. From now on I will be doing it on DevForums.
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Keep in mind, I am no lighting god or something, this is just for you to get a good concept on how lighting can affect your game insanely well.
So firstly, let’s see what we are working with. Depending on how your place looks, your lighting will look different. Don’t copy this completely.
As you can tell, it is a western style build. The skybox looks horrible and barely fits. The grass is too bright and green for a western style build. It has no energy or life to it. Nothing is happening. It doesn’t tell a story. This can improve a lot if you put time into it.
ROBLOX has this amazing feature that can bring your smooth terrain to life. It’s called “Decorations.” This can be found in: Workspace > Terrain > Decorations.
Example
This should generate some grass onto your smooth terrain. This will not affect your game’s lag rate either.
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Moving on, it still looks pretty off. I personally like to match my grass to how my build looks. In this case, my entire build is made out of wood. In return, I will make my grass an orange color. Be sure to adjust it to your build.
Example
So far, it’s looking better. The grass is matching with the building style. It still looks pretty bad though. Make sure to fit the lighting to how your place looks.
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Next up, we will do the skybox. The default ROBLOX skybox rarely fit any build if you’re striking for realism. If not, you can try to use it but I recommended using another one instead. For my example, I will be using a free skybox model. I don’t know how to make skyboxes so… bare with me!
Simply go into toolbox and search up a skybox. I will be using the skybox made by: Ohio_Enforcement called, “Sunset Skybox.” It fits best in my style.
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Press it once and it should automatically go into lighting. So far, this should improve your game a lot. If it doesn’t keep finding the perfect skybox that will match your place.
The skybox matches with both the grass and building as it seems like you’re currently in the Wild West… kinda LOL!
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Moving forward, the reason why we needed to choose a skybox is because of the EnvironmentalDiffuseScale & EnvironmentalSpecularScale. The EnvironmentalDiffuseScale will change how bright your place can be. The EnvironmentalSpecularScale will determine how reflective your metal material would be.
Before & After Comparison
Before:
After:
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This detail can generate a bit of life to your game. Since this is somewhat an open world kind of game, we can turn on ShadowMap.
Example
This will generate accurate shadow depending on how your place looks. You can mess with the shadow softness if you want to.
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The place looks 10 times better than how it originally looked. Though, there is more that we can do to make it look better. If your scene is a daylight scene, you can use SunRaysEffect. Be sure to not make the rays too bright. This can affect your gameplay and blind the players. Spread the rays out.
Example
Adjust the setting to your liking and match it up with how your place looks. If you cannot see the sun ray effect, go to the top left and do the following: File > Settings > Rendering > Edit Quality Level > Set it to a high amount. Level 17-21.
This looks amazing. Huge improvement from what we did last time. One last detail I would do is change the lighting to match the game. Do not go overboard when you’re doing this. If you want some reference on how to do it, just look at real life google images.
Example
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If you want me to do anything for you, here’s the link to my portfolio.
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Hopefully this actually did help you out. Roblox added a new feature called, “DepthOfField” and you can use it to take amazing photos. It can be put into the Camera or lighting. Here are some examples of it:
Thank you so much for reading! Have a wonderful day!
- Yours truly, landyfritz.
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