Moving the stars on a 3D spaceship program

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Hi!

I’m newbie with Unreal and I want to develop a spaceship game. I know how to make the spaceship but I don’t know what kind of object I have to use to ‘draw’ a start.

Imagine that I flying with spaceship throw the space and I want to move the stars to show that I’m moving. Maybe the stars could be small spheres but I don’t know how to make them give off light?

How would you represent the stars? How would you make them to give off light?

Thanks.

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Should the player be abel to control the ship?
starlight -> just add an emissive effect in your material + create an actor bp + attach a point light to them :slight_smile:

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Yes, the player will be able to control the ship.

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://www.worldofleveldesign/store.php there is a section and it is free about where to start and how to start in game design. Trust me I right there with you. I am havin to learn things I didnt think would be related but when your a lone wolf or a one man army you gota do what a mans (or gal) gotta do. Its all fun and games until it gets borring.

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I think you are trying to selling me something.

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Ok, then I would recommend you to use the way with the blueprints + use a procedural spawning system (of course it depends on how large your map is)

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Thanks. I’m trying this, but I don’t understand why I need a point light. Thanks.

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So that it emits light -> otherwise you dont have a “real” light :slight_smile:

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I have added an emissive color and now I have light. This is very difficult for me because this is the first time I work with Unreal Engine.

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But you dont have “real light” -> it wont cast shadows, other meshes wont receive the light from the emissive,… -> that’s why you have to add a point light or enable “emissive lights” (but that’s just a static light)

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My guess is that you’ll never get close enough to the stars for them to need to be point lights.

A small sphere with an emissive color seems like a great first start to making semi-distant stars that can move.

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why nobody said “particles” yet? :stuck_out_tongue:

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I don’t think in anything because I don’t know anything about Unreal yet. I’m learning a lot with tutorials but I have to learn more and more.

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Yes, I think so. Now I’m working to expose Material parameters thought an Actor class.

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Because ordinary meshes are better for the performance :stuck_out_tongue: