Darkplaces lighting

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Lighting is one of the most important things to level design.

Darkplaces engine combines several lighting techiques in order to get best performance and best looks. Because of that there is lots of options for lighting renderer. Clever usage of them will help designers to make fast-to-render and pretty maps.

This reference will guide you in the deep dungeon of Darkplaces lighting methods, effects, tricks and quirks.

Chapters

1. Introduction
2. Lighting model
3. Special effects
4. Light sources
5. Tweaking