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During your presentation you showed lightning in the gas clouds. Is lightning something that will cast shadows?

Michal PiatekSenior VFX Artist

Yeah, actually, we did have shadows for the lightning lights, but I think there was a bug and they didn't work during recording.

Ben ParrySenior Graphics Programmer

Yeah, Ali fixed it at the last minute, but didn't want to risk trashing the build.

Mike SnowdonVFX Director

Yeah, we didn't have a chance to record the playthrough again, did we?

Ben ParrySenior Graphics Programmer

So the answer is yes. The lights are where the lightning comes from and where it hits. We don't have every individual zigzag of it emitting light individually, because...

Michal PiatekSenior VFX Artist

Yeah, honestly, you don't even need to have it, because we can increase the radius of these lights so you still get some shininess in between. And from a visual point of view, first of all, it's so fast you don't even see that there is light missing in between. Second, you see the impact and the destruction happening after. So two lights are good enough.

Reverse the Verse›LIVE - Adding Life to Space·
Published on this date.16 Nov 2018
EpisodeArt & graphics