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Blender Translucent lighting

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Hey guys,

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I'm a relative newbie to both blender & the SDK, but I'm trying to model a war memorial with a translucent light at the top. I've created a light object,and the dome as glass (initially transparent) but the light doesn't shine through the glass at all. What do I need to do to get this to work?
 
Hi

I think that you can achieve that by adding a texture with alpha to the emissive propertie of you material.
 
Thanks, that does generate light, however there's a couple of issues:
1. It's very bright, how do I reduce the amount of emitted light?
2. I'd like to have the light switch on at night & off during the day, which can be done with a light object - can it be done with an emissive material?
 
1. Reduce the brightness by either (a) using a darker emissive texture. or (b) setting the Emissive Color Multiplier to something darker than white.
2. Emissive textures turn on and off just like lights if you tick the box "Day/Night cycle" in the material settings.
Have a look at this video for a good explanation:
Then watch the rest of his videos.
 
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