Pikmin 2 cave lighting files

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Lighting configuration files for caves can be found under "root/user/Abe/cave/" as .txt files. There are 67 in total.

Configuration Format

Be aware that similar to camera parameters, the first section of parameters appear to be ignored. To actually see changes in-game adjust property values below line 95.

The example below represents settings for bluefog00.ini taken directly from the file and broken up into segments.

############################################### 
# 
# Game Light Mgr Setting  
# 
############################################### 
#=============================================== 
#	共通設定 <Common Setting>
#=============================================== 
{0001} 	# バージョン <Version>
1	# タイプ <Type>
#=============================================== 
#	スポットタイプ設定 <Spot Type Setting>
#===============================================

The first line represents what version the lighting file is. This can be changed to {0000} and {0001} and have different effects. Might have to do with how the lighting file is parsed. More testing is needed.

The second number below represents the type of lighting. Setting this to 0 seems to set the light source at a far fixed angle creating a sunrise and sunset effect with heavy contrast between lit and unlit surfaces (Seems to work on certain files and can crash. Might be related to parameters that don't work with it).

Setting this to 1 seems to be the regular light source situated directly overhead the player.

#----------------------------------------------- 
# パラメタ <Parameter>
#----------------------------------------------- 
# MoveParms
{
	{f000} 4 1000.000000 	# 光源までの距離 <Distance To Light Source>
	{_eof} 
}

Self explainatory. The setting for how many units above the player the light source will be

#----------------------------------------------- 
#　ライト設定 <Write Setting>
#----------------------------------------------- 
# メインライト <Main Light
# ColorParms
{
	{u800} 4 144 	# 赤 <Red>
	{u801} 4 137 	# 緑 <Green>
	{u802} 4 109 	# 青 <Blue>
	{u803} 4 255 	# アルファ <Alpha>
	{_eof} 
}
# SpotParms
{
	{f000} 4 45.000000 	# カットオフ <Cut Off>
	{_eof} 
}

AGAIN. Changes to these parameters only seem to take effect below line 95.

This is the basic settings for the main light source above the player. Uses RGBa settings {u800}-{u802} to determine color. {u803} while apparently affects alpha levels doesn't seems to do anything (Can be safe to say that this setting is completely useless) and the {f000} property determines the cut off angle of the light source. It seems as though all light files have the exact same angles for their cut off properties at 45 degrees. This however makes sense since they can just simply raise or lower the light source to increase or decrease the radius of light around the player. A great example of how raising the light source rather than making the cut off angle wider is effective is shown by how the developers made jyoou_light_lv4_5.ini to be raised 1500 units above the player for a spotlight effect and jyoou_light_lv0.ini is raised 5000 units above the player for a bright effect.

# サブライト <Sub Light>
# ColorParms
{
	{u800} 4 60 	# 赤 <Red>
	{u801} 4 60 	# 緑 <Green>
	{u802} 4 60 	# 青 <Blue
	{u803} 4 255 	# アルファ <Alpha>
	{_eof} 
}
# SpotParms
{
	{f000} 4 30.000000 	# カットオフ <Cut Off Angle>
	{_eof} 
}

This lighting property is hard to notice but only seems to act as the light that reflected from the ground up to the player models. To keep this realistic try to keep it the same color as the light used for the main lighting.

# スペキュラライト <Specular Light>
# ColorParms
{
	{u800} 4 255 	# 赤 <Red>
	{u801} 4 255 	# 緑 <Green>
	{u802} 4 255 	# 青 <Blue>
	{u803} 4 0 	# アルファ <Alpha>
	{_eof} 
}

Simliar to sub light however this affects every object in the game. Specular light relates to light that is reflected off surfaces. Changing this setting will result in a change of color that reflected off glossy surfaces.

# アンビエントライト <Ambient Light>
# ColorParms
{
	{u800} 4 19 	# 赤 <Red>
	{u801} 4 39 	# 緑 <Green>
	{u802} 4 30 	# 青 <Blue>
	{u803} 4 0 	# アルファ <Alpha>
	{_eof} 
}

Ambient light refers to lighting that relates to the immediate surroundings. This would be static light that exists before adding in main lighting and fog.

# フォグ <Fog>
# ColorParms
{
	{u800} 4 67 	# 赤 <Red>
	{u801} 4 159 	# 緑 <Green>
	{u802} 4 213 	# 青 <Blue>
	{u803} 4 255 	# アルファ <Alpha>
	{_eof} 
}
# GameFogParms
{
	{f000} 4 0.000000 	# 開始z値 <Fog Start Z Value>
	{f001} 4 8000.000000 	# 終了z値 <Fog End Z Value>
	{_eof} 
}

Controls fog color and start and end values.

# 影 <Shadow>
# ColorParms
{
	{u800} 4 0 	# 赤 <Red>
	{u801} 4 0 	# 緑 <Green>
	{u802} 4 0 	# 青 <Blue>
	{u803} 4 128 	# アルファ <Alpha>
	{_eof} 
}

Unsure. Doesn't seem to change anything to do with shadows?

Vanilla Light File Gallery

Note that light_blue.ini and light_red.ini WILL CRASH THE GAME. This is because these files seems to use an older format that the game no longer reads. To fix these all you have to do is simply reformat the values to a normal light file.

File Name	Far Angle	Close Angle
bluefog00.ini
chikahimi_metal_light_lv4.ini
forest_2_siro_light.ini
forest_3_light.ini
hiroba_light.ini
hiroba_toy_light_cha.ini
houdai_light.ini
jyoou_light_lv0.ini
jyoou_light_lv1.ini
jyoou_light_lv2.ini
jyoou_light_lv3.ini
jyoou_light_lv4_5.ini
jyoou_light_lv6.ini
key_light_lv0.ini
key_light_lv1.ini
king_light.ini
kumomei_light_cha.ini
kusachi_light_cha.ini
kusachi_light_lv0.ini
light.ini
light_blue.ini
light_red.ini
metal_light_cha.ini
metal_light_lv0.ini
metal_light_lv1.ini
metal_light_lv2.ini
metal_light_lv3.ini
metal_light_lv4.ini
muraon_light_lv0.ini
muraon_light_lv1.ini
muraon_light_lv2.ini
muraon_light_lv3.ini
muraon_light_lv4.ini
normal_light_cha.ini
normal_light_lv0.ini
normal_light_lv1.ini
normal_light_lv2.ini
normal_light_lv3.ini
normal_light_lv4.ini
oootakara_light.ini
qchap_light.ini
sirohana_light_lv0.ini
sirohana_light_lv1.ini
sirohana_light_lv2.ini
sirohana_light_lv3.ini
sirohana_light_lv4.ini
sirohana_light_lv5.ini
sniper_light_lv0.ini
suityu_light_lv0.ini
suityu_light_lv1.ini
suityu_light_lv2.ini
suityu_light_lv3.ini
suityu_light_lv4.ini
toy_light_cha.ini
toy_light_lv0.ini
toy_light_lv1.ini
toy_light_lv2.ini
toy_light_lv3.ini
toy_light_lv4.ini
tutorial_1_light.ini
vs_2_light.ini
vs_6_light.ini
vs_7_light.ini
vs_8_light.ini
vs_10_light.ini
yakushima_2_light.ini
yakushima_3_16x17r_light.ini