light.ron

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Sun, fill light, colour grade and haze. Read by the game client only: a change here changes how it looks or sounds, never how it plays.

File: assets/data/light.ron

About this file

How the light looks (crates/client/src/daynight.rs): the sun, the light that fills shadows, and the camera’s grade and vignette, by day and at night (in between follows the daylight). Only the look: what zombies see by is the simulation’s own. Every field is optional; one left out takes the value shown.

Fields

The file is one LightLook.

How the light looks, from the data folder’s light.ron (every field optional: one left out takes its default, no file at all the shipped one). Only the look: the sim’s own daylight (what zombies see by) is sim::senses::daylight.

Field	Type	What it is
`sun`	`SunLook`
`moon`	`MoonLook`	The moon: its brightness in lux and its colour (sRGB).
`soft_shadows`	`f32`	How wide the sun and moon are, as a soft shadow’s size (0 = hard-edged shadows). Only drawn soft with the graphics settings’ soft shadows on.
`fill_day`	`FillLook`	The light in the shadows: its colour (sRGB) and brightness.
`fill_night`	`FillLook`
`grade_day`	`GradeLook`	The camera’s grade. `shadows`: saturation, contrast, lift. `midtones`: saturation, contrast. `highlights`: saturation, gain. `vignette`: intensity, radius.
`grade_night`	`GradeLook`
`dusk`	`(f32, f32)`	Added to the temperature and the saturation at dawn and dusk.
`haze`	`HazeLook`	The haze: what stands up the screen from the survivor is washed toward its colour, in slow banks. `colour` (sRGB), `brightness` against sunlit ground and `strength` (how much of what stands in it it takes at most, 0 = none) are for a low sun, at dawn and dusk; `day` and `day_colour` the same for the thin veil with the sun high (day: 0 = none by day). `near` and `far`: how many metres from the survivor it starts and is thickest, at the default zoom (they follow the zoom). Drawn only with “Haze” on in the graphics settings.
`old_look`	`OldLookStyle`	The old look: the picture as a faded print, at the strengths the settings offer.
`fire`	`FireLook`	A campfire at night: its colour (sRGB), brightness in lumens, how far its light reaches and how high over the ground it sits (metres), and how far round it what stands in its light is seen in the dark.
`indoor_fill`	`f32`	How many times stronger the fill is by day while the player is inside a building: rooms lie in their roof’s shadow, hidden from the camera or not (1 = no stronger).

`SunLook`

The sun: how bright (lux), how high it climbs (low + climb at noon, against a ground distance of 1, with south of tilt), and its colour at its highest and toward dawn and dusk.

Field	Type	What it is
`lux`	`f32`	Brightness at full daylight, in lux.
`low`	`f32`	How high it stands: `low` at the horizon’s end of the day plus `climb` at noon, against 1 along the ground (0.2 + 0.4 is about 47 degrees up at noon), tilted `south`.
`climb`	`f32`
`south`	`f32`
`colour_high`	`(f32, f32, f32)`	Its colour (sRGB) at its highest, and toward dawn and dusk.
`colour_low`	`(f32, f32, f32)`

`MoonLook`

The moon: how bright (lux) and its colour (sRGB).

Field	Type	What it is
`lux`	`f32`	Brightness at full daylight, in lux.
`colour`	`(f32, f32, f32)`

`FillLook`

The light that fills shadows (the ambient light): its colour and brightness.

Field	Type	What it is
`colour`	`(f32, f32, f32)`
`brightness`	`f32`

`GradeLook`

The camera’s grade and vignette at one end of the day (night, or full daylight).

Field	Type	What it is
`exposure`	`f32`
`temperature`	`f32`
`tint`	`f32`
`saturation`	`f32`
`shadows`	`(f32, f32, f32)`	Saturation, contrast and lift of the shadows; saturation and contrast of the midtones; saturation and gain of the highlights.
`midtones`	`(f32, f32)`
`highlights`	`(f32, f32)`
`vignette`	`(f32, f32)`	The vignette’s intensity and radius.

`HazeLook`

The haze: what stands up the screen from the survivor (and a little of what stands off to the sides) is washed toward its colour, in drifting banks, thickest near the ground: a thin pale veil all day, thick and warm with a low sun (dawn and dusk). The camera is orthographic, so this stands in for distance fog (world.wesl). Drawn only with the graphics settings’ haze on.

Field	Type	What it is
`colour`	`(f32, f32, f32)`	Its colour with the sun low (sRGB) and how bright it is against sunlit ground.
`brightness`	`f32`
`strength`	`f32`	How much of what stands in it the haze takes at most, with the sun at the horizon (0 = none).
`day`	`f32`	The same with the sun high (0 = no haze by day), and its colour then.
`day_colour`	`(f32, f32, f32)`
`near`	`f32`	Metres from the survivor where it starts and where it is at its thickest, at the default zoom (`HAZE_ZOOM`); they shrink and grow with the zoom, so the screen is as hazy at any.
`far`	`f32`

`OldLookStyle`

The old look at each strength the settings offer (Off draws none of it).

Field	Type	What it is
`subtle`	`OldLookLevel`	The setting’s “Subtle”.
`strong`	`OldLookLevel`	The setting’s “Strong”.

`OldLookLevel`

One strength of the old look (film.rs, the settings’ “Old look”): the picture as a faded print. Colours are sRGB; every amount is 0 for none.

Field	Type	What it is
`fade`	`f32`	How far the blacks are lifted toward `ink` (0 = true black stays, 1 = black becomes `ink`).
`ink`	`(f32, f32, f32)`	What the darkest parts fade to: a warm brown, as old ink does.
`wash`	`f32`	How far the whites are pulled down to `paper` (0 = white stays white, 1 = white is `paper`).
`paper`	`(f32, f32, f32)`	The colour of the paper: a warm cream that tints the whole picture through the whites.
`desaturate`	`f32`	How much colour is taken out (0 = none, 1 = grey before the tint).
`grain`	`f32`	Grain added on top of the film grain (as its strength; that is 0.085 by day).
`glow`	`f32`	The soft glow round the brightest parts (0 = none, 1 = a lot).
`night`	`f32`	The share of `fade` kept at night (in between follows the daylight), so the dark stays dark.

`FireLook`

A fire burning outdoors (a campfire’s light at night): its colour (sRGB), brightness in lumens, how far its light reaches, how high above the ground it sits, and how far round it what stands in its light is seen in the dark.

Field	Type	What it is
`colour`	`(f32, f32, f32)`
`lumens`	`f32`
`range`	`f32`
`height`	`f32`
`seen`	`f32`

The file

The whole file as shipped

// How the light looks (crates/client/src/daynight.rs): the sun, the light that fills shadows, and
// the camera's grade and vignette, by day and at night (in between follows the daylight). Only the
// look: what zombies see by is the simulation's own. Every field is optional; one left out takes
// the value shown.
(
    sun: (
        // Brightness at full daylight, in lux.
        lux: 16000.0,
        // How high it stands: `low` at the horizon's end of the day plus `climb` at noon, against
        // 1 along the ground (0.2 + 0.4 is about 47 degrees up at noon), tilted `south`.
        low: 0.2,
        climb: 0.4,
        south: 0.55,
        // Its colour (sRGB) at its highest, and toward dawn and dusk.
        colour_high: (1.0, 0.88, 0.7),
        colour_low: (1.0, 0.64, 0.34),
    ),
    // The moon: its brightness in lux and its colour (sRGB).
    moon: (lux: 1100.0, colour: (0.55, 0.65, 1.0)),
    // How wide the sun and moon are, as the size of a soft shadow's edge: 0 = hard-edged. Drawn
    // only with "Soft shadows" on in the graphics settings.
    soft_shadows: 6.0,
    // The light in the shadows: its colour (sRGB) and brightness.
    fill_day: (colour: (0.86, 0.74, 0.62), brightness: 520.0),
    fill_night: (colour: (0.3, 0.38, 0.66), brightness: 40.0),
    // The camera's grade. `shadows`: saturation, contrast, lift. `midtones`: saturation, contrast.
    // `highlights`: saturation, gain. `vignette`: intensity, radius.
    grade_day: (
        exposure: 0.45,
        temperature: 0.04,
        tint: -0.01,
        saturation: 0.95,
        shadows: (0.9, 1.0, 0.006),
        midtones: (0.97, 1.08),
        highlights: (0.92, 1.1),
        vignette: (0.46, 0.8),
    ),
    grade_night: (
        exposure: 0.35,
        temperature: -0.03,
        tint: 0.0,
        saturation: 0.72,
        shadows: (0.6, 1.0, 0.0),
        midtones: (0.8, 1.04),
        highlights: (1.0, 1.0),
        vignette: (0.6, 0.62),
    ),
    // Added to the temperature and to the saturation at dawn and dusk.
    dusk: (0.06, 0.1),
    // The haze: what stands up the screen from the survivor is washed toward its colour, in slow
    // banks. `colour` (sRGB), `brightness` against sunlit ground and `strength` (how much of what
    // stands in it it takes at most, 0 = none) are for a low sun, at dawn and dusk; `day` and
    // `day_colour` the same for the thin veil with the sun high (day: 0 = none by day). `near` and
    // `far`: how many metres from the survivor it starts and is thickest, at the default zoom (they
    // follow the zoom). Drawn only with "Haze" on in the graphics settings.
    haze: (colour: (1.0, 0.7, 0.42), brightness: 1.15, strength: 0.26, day: 0.24, day_colour: (0.95, 0.93, 0.86), near: 8.0, far: 34.0),
    // The old look (the settings' "Old look": Off, Subtle, Strong): the picture as a faded print.
    // `fade`: how far the blacks lift toward `ink` (sRGB, a warm brown). `wash`: how far the whites
    // come down to `paper` (sRGB, a warm cream that tints everything through them). `desaturate`:
    // how much colour goes. `grain`: grain added to the film grain's. `glow`: the soft glow round
    // the brightest parts. `night`: the share of `fade` kept at night, so the dark stays dark.
    // Every amount is 0 for none.
    old_look: (
        subtle: (fade: 0.3, ink: (0.3, 0.22, 0.16), wash: 0.45, paper: (0.97, 0.9, 0.76), desaturate: 0.12, grain: 0.05, glow: 0.25, night: 0.35),
        strong: (fade: 0.55, ink: (0.34, 0.25, 0.18), wash: 0.8, paper: (0.95, 0.86, 0.7), desaturate: 0.3, grain: 0.11, glow: 0.45, night: 0.35),
    ),
    // A campfire at night: its colour (sRGB), brightness in lumens, how far its light reaches and
    // how high over the ground it sits (metres), and how far round it what stands in its light is
    // seen in the dark.
    fire: (colour: (1.0, 0.55, 0.22), lumens: 600000.0, range: 14.0, height: 0.7, seen: 7.0),
    // How many times stronger the fill is by day while you are inside a building. Rooms lie in
    // their roof's shadow (the roof casts it whether the camera draws the roof or not), so only
    // the windows let the sun in. 1 = no stronger.
    indoor_fill: 1.6,
)