Changes

Starting with version 1.5, SCS Blender Tools features Lighting panel enables easy to setup scene lighting by using game sun profile dataand may be used for replicating different times of day from the SCS game. SCS Lighting panel Panel can be found under ''World '' tab inside Blender properties window.

You may use it If SCS Lighting is disabled (checkbox on the left side of panel header is unticked), then Blender uses fully featured reference lighting for best SCS Materials, representing neutral lighting in game like preview the middle of your model inside Blender 3D viewportthe day. To get it work, But if you only have want to use your own settings or same sun profiles data as game does, then tick the checkbox in header and either setup reference profile yourself by changing values in '''Active Sun Profile Settings''' sub-panel or search for a sun profiles SII definition file and then click {{Blender_Button|[[File(usually found inside game structure under:Blend icon save prefs"/def/climate/<climate_type>/<weather_type>.png]]}} '''Setup lighting''' button beside sii"). Selecting desired sun profile entry in the list, applies it's settings to Blender scene lighting.

[[File:SCS Blender Tools Lighting.280.png]]

With 1.6 version of SCS Blender Tools there There is new also locking option placed beside lighting east: {{Blender_Button|[[File:Blend_icon_lock_east.png]]}}. This option will force lamps to follow rotation of the camera in 3D view on global Z-axis. Once option is unchecked lamps will remain in place. So you can easily use this option to move east lighting around in 3D view by your liking.

== Selected Active Sun Profile Details Settings ==

This section is showing lighting values of currently selected sun profile in the list. By usage of '''Apply Values to SCS Lighting''' buttonchanging any value in this section, scene lighting will be updated accordingly to currently set values.