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Light cookies serve a similar usage to | Light cookies serve a similar usage to | ||
− | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobo_(lighting) | + | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobo_(lighting) Gobos] in photography, in video games a Cookie is a projected texture from your light source, imagine it as a texture that covers the lens of your light source and effects all light that passes through. |
This is used to simulate the effect that light produces when passing through different types of light fixtures. Cookies are often used to simulate IES light profiles to achieve more realistic light shapes. | This is used to simulate the effect that light produces when passing through different types of light fixtures. Cookies are often used to simulate IES light profiles to achieve more realistic light shapes. | ||
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To apply a Cookie texture to your spotlight, select it in hammer and find the “Light Cookie” field in the spotlights object properties. Here add the name of one of the Cookies from the list above. | To apply a Cookie texture to your spotlight, select it in hammer and find the “Light Cookie” field in the spotlights object properties. Here add the name of one of the Cookies from the list above. | ||
[[Image:Cookie_properties.PNG|right|250px|thumb|The object properties dialog box of the spotlight entity, showing where a Cookie texture is defined.]] | [[Image:Cookie_properties.PNG|right|250px|thumb|The object properties dialog box of the spotlight entity, showing where a Cookie texture is defined.]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:44, 3 August 2019
Contents
Light Cookies
Light cookies serve a similar usage to
Gobos in photography, in video games a Cookie is a projected texture from your light source, imagine it as a texture that covers the lens of your light source and effects all light that passes through.
This is used to simulate the effect that light produces when passing through different types of light fixtures. Cookies are often used to simulate IES light profiles to achieve more realistic light shapes.
Bellow is a list of the currently available Cookies in SteamVR Home, there texture and their usage ingame.
Flashlight
Spotlight1
Spotlight2
Spotlight3
Spotlight4
Spotlight5

Usage
To apply a Cookie texture to your spotlight, select it in hammer and find the “Light Cookie” field in the spotlights object properties. Here add the name of one of the Cookies from the list above.