[osg-users] Scale-invarient lighting

[Sebastian Messerschmidt]

Hi Dave,

Why not use directional light (simulating sunlight). This way scale 
doesn't matter.
In fact that is (on of) the default light setup(s) OSG uses.

Cheers
Sebastian
> Hi,
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> I'm looking to build a generic scene utility class, with lighting already set up.
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> However the scale of the scene is known - it could be meters, or 100's of meters. Therefore I don't know where to place the lights, and don't want to hardcode any in.
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> One suggestion given to me was to place the lights mounted to the camera, so that they're not really hardcoded into the scene. However I suspect this will mean there are no longer any lighting cues when looking around the scene.
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> Surely there is a recommended approach here?
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> Thank you!
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