electric_wall_fancy_up looks lit when off

[grayman]

The glass in the unlit skin (lights/electric_wall_fancy_up_unlit) for the model lights/non-extinguishable/electric_wall_fancy_up.lwo is bright, so when the light is turned off and I change the model, the lamp still looks lit in the dark.

 

Any chance of getting the glass darkened?

 

I haven't tested the unlit skins for any of the other electric lights that are similar to this one.

 

As a comparison, the unlit skin for the grille light (lights/non-extinguishable/grill_light.lwo) is perfect.

 

Thanks.

Edited May 12, 2010 by grayman

[Springheel]

Can you post a screenshot? I had thought I already fixed this in 1.01.

[grayman]

First picture shows the lit model.

 

Second picture shows the unlit model.

 

I know the models are getting switched because I tested with the models in different locations before overlaying them.

 

 

[Bikerdude]

Second picture shows the unlit model.

I would also point out that the bulb in the unlick model is jet black - which isn't correct or realistic.

[demagogue]

This is an old issue. The current default system for turning lights off (something like the 'colorme' skin I think it was called?) sets the skin color to the light color, which is why it turns black, and it won't work for something skinned with a texture like the light shell, just the bulb and other single-color skins. An alternative (in my limited understanding) might be to completely swap to another skin or object, or maybe there are other kinds of alternatives, but they would take some work to work out. If you're interested in this issue, play around with it and see if you can work out a better system. Somebody needs to look at it, and there's nothing stopping anybody that cares about it figuring it out.

 

Edit: Oops, just saw Spring's post. I missed what was done for v1.01. So I guess the solution has already been worked out, and it's just a matter of either (1) making sure you're actually using that solution and not inadvertently reverting to the old system, or (2) making sure the new way is robust and isn't broken (or under what conditions it works / breaks).

[Springheel]

Edit: Oops, just saw Spring's post. I missed what was done for v1.01. So I guess the solution has already been worked out

 

Well, not necessarily. The issue is that some of the glass textures are self-lit (like the glass partitions in Builder's Influence). The lights were using that glass. I thought I fixed the skins to use a different glass, but either I missed some or the glass I chose had the same problem. So apparently there is still something to fix.