Lighting and skybox

Two kinds of objects define how a level looks: one global object for the skybox and defaults, and any number of boxes that override the lighting locally.

WorldVisualData: skybox and defaults

This object has no model/bounds, it applies to the entire level. It’s found in the Other group of the object tree next to the WorldInstance.

The CWorldVisualData object handles the skybox and the level background. Copy and paste it into another level to import that level’s sky.

It also holds the default lighting settings, used when the player is outside every visual data box. In practice these defaults are almost always overridden by the boxes described below.

Caution

Only one CWorldVisualData object can be active in a level.

VisualDataBox: local lighting

Found in the Lighting group, objects with a CVisualDataBoxComponent define a bounding box inside which custom lighting settings apply, overriding the defaults of CWorldVisualData.

• The main lighting of a level is usually a single large box spanning the whole level.
• Smaller boxes override the main lighting in specific sections.

Enable the Visual Boxes camera layer to see their bounds, which you can move and scale like any object.

Caution

Make sure the main lighting box is large enough to cover the entire level. If parts of the level fall outside its bounds, the lighting may change abruptly when moving between areas.

Importing lighting

• When you create a level from the empty template, the Lighting option imports the main lighting and skybox of the chosen level.
• To replace the lighting of an existing level, delete its Lighting → MainLighting object and its Other → worldVisualData, then paste the ones from another level. This is also the first step of a CTR:NF conversion.

Light sources

Individual light sources live in the Lighting group of the object tree, next to the visual boxes that set the overall lighting of a level.

Component	Light type	Camera layer
CBoxLight	Box light, lighting a rectangular volume	Box Lights
CPointLight	Point light, radiating from a point	Point Lights
CTintSphere	Tint sphere, tinting everything inside its radius	Tint Lights

Enable the matching camera layer to see the bounds of every light of that type at once.