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Hi all,
just small qestion which i havent solved yet.. is:

why you can get difference "feeling" (different shadows/ brighter lighting) once you play online and offline



this is a map with MT running online on server:





this is the same MT same track running offline





any ideas ?

I know it to.
Tracks are darker then online.

Other atmosphere.

I think this has to do with server config..........

maybe...............

or

local are better then server.........

more details local

2 options:

1: the 2 screenshots were made by 2 different persons? maybe they had 2 different quality settings, slightly different...

2: online the track doesn't have the lightmaps, the thing that TM calculates when you start a track with full settings, but that's only offline, so that could be a reason

I think Its about the Shadow calculation of the map,

When u play a map solo, your game calculate's shadow's...
When u abort that, it should be same as online (the darkness can be determined on the mood)
but even with darker mood, after calculating shadows, it can turn brighter, by MT...

Those calculations dont take place online, however, after a few times online, some maps do get calculated, and they will appear better then...

I have no clue how TM calculates online... but it does happen,

load the map in offline and after that the lightscache is ok and u can play in online with shadows

thx for your informations guys