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Spotlights in OpenGL

I am trying to make a streetlight in a program I am working on and I have all the code to make the light, point it in the right direction and everything works fine. What I want is to be able to see the light...or in other words make the actual light semi-transparent. I have done this before but I can't remember the parameters I used to do it...

Thanks,

Patterson

joachimc

You should probably use some kind of additative effect for it.

/Joachim

Patterson

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float ambience[4] = {0, .1, .1, 1.0};
float g_LightPosition[4] = {164, 5, 10, 1};

glLightfv( GL_LIGHT0, GL_AMBIENT, ambience );
glLightfv( GL_LIGHT0, GL_POSITION, g_LightPosition );

float light1_diffuse[4] = {1, 1, 1, 1};
float light1_pos[4] = {380, -75, 30, 1};
float light1_direction[4] = {(float)-380/388.5, (float)75/388.5, (float)-30/388.5};

glLightfv( GL_LIGHT1, GL_POSITION, light1_pos );
glLightfv( GL_LIGHT1, GL_SPOT_DIRECTION, light1_direction);
glLightf( GL_LIGHT1, GL_SPOT_CUTOFF, 45);
glLightf( GL_LIGHT1, GL_CONSTANT_ATTENUATION, .2);
glLightfv( GL_LIGHT1, GL_DIFFUSE, light1_diffuse);

glLightf(GL_LIGHT1, ...);

From what I remember it was just a one line function call from glLightf.

Thanks,

Patterson

effectstudios

I am not sure but maybe it has something to do with fog.

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Patterson

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That's what I was looking for...

Thanks,

Patterson

DreamMaster

Glad to have been helpfull Patterson...

Thanks for the Grade A.. :)

Max.