Time for action – light mapping
- Unlike Unreal Engine 2, terrain is light mapped now. However, if the quality of the light map is not satisfactory enough, it is possible to bump up its quality. To do so, open up the properties of the terrain and expand the Lighting section. Enable bIsOverridingLightResolution, and enter a higher value under StaticLightingResolution.
Note
This can have quite a performance impact; so again, use it wisely.
What just happened?
We have assigned a light map to the terrain so when static meshes are introduced to our map and light hits the meshes, we will get dynamic shadowing, giving a more atmospheric approach to our map. ...
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