[Bf-funboard] Scaling Spotlights

[Matt Ebb]

And I said the Dist setting IS used for spots, when calculating the  
distance of the halo :)

Here's the thread - any thoughts from people? I personally think that  
the dist value should update when you scale a spot - it would provide a  
nice easy, manipulable way to set up halo spots rather than the endless  
cycle of tweak num field > test render > tweak num field > test render  
that I recently had to endure :(

The thread:
http://www.elysiun.com/forum/viewtopic.php? 
t=18247&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

I didn't end up posting it as a bug though, Douglas beat me here!

Matt


On 5 Dec 2003, at 11:18 PM, Martin Poirier wrote:

> --- Douglas Bischoff <dbischoff@xanodria.com> wrote:
>> A recent discussion on elYsiun revealed that scaling
>> a spot changes the
>> apparent size of the drawn "dist cone" but does NOT
>> actually change the
>> "dist" value.
>
> Yes, and like I said in the very same conversation,
> the Dist setting is NOT used for spots, unless you
> turn ON the Sphere option. But why would you do that
> when you can use the clip sta and clip end value?
>
> For spots, the cone is mainly there for a
> visualisation of what will can be seen by the spot.
>
> Also note that the area defined by the Dist setting
> when using a normal lamp with Sphere is not resized
> when scaling.
>
> Martin
>
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