I have built this secure-core module and I am kind of hitting a wall in terms of the lighting style. I’m aiming to achieve a sci-fi super-secure facility vibe, but the lighting doesn’t seem to compliment that vibe as of yet. There are a couple of things which I am really happy with (such as the blue light bleeding through the hatch opening when the hatch opens and the main core is raised/lowered. The ambient lighting, however, leaves something to be desired. Here’s a quick look at what I have so far:
The Core module being deployed:(See the blue light bleed from the neon material referenced above)
Hopefully someone will look at this and know exactly where the lambsauce is… Where do I need to add lights, what color/style, how many lights, etc… Any other feedback not related to the lighting is not necessary but certainly welcomed and appreciated
You can put think pieces of glass with a transparency of 0.5 Make the glass Lilly White and cover whatever neon you want toned-down with it. I don’t suggest trying this first.
Thanks for the tips - I hadn’t really played around w/ the Bloom Effect, although I have been playing around with the transparency of neon blocks (as seen in the red lights covering the floor and yellow outline of the button panel.
Quick question though- Do you think the bloom works for the core-part in the center (because I personally like it but based on your response I’m assuming you don’t think it works as well?)
I don’t know about the core. The tighter-packed the neon blocks are the more glow they have. But It’s worth a shot I think. You can always just remove the Bloom effect if you don’t like it. But you could do the bloom then also use the glass trick on the core.
I tried playing around with the bloom a bit and tried adding glass to the neons to see what looked better and I still don’t what the general consensus about the bloom for the buttons is… On the one hand it definitely makes it look ‘cleaner’ the less bloom there is- but I think it also detracts from the otherwise empty atmosphere. I now realize that when I asked you earlier if something ‘worked’ you most likely interpreted it as “will it function” - what I intended to ask is do you think it works aesthetically?
Well, I did think that it was going to make other things look a bit ugly. Sadly, I haven’t been able to find a way to make everything look good. Each time I use neon I attempt everything, but I’ve found the best way is to just adjust the bloom. But i’ll keep looking.
