The return of Flash Gordon (Ahhhh Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh)

I've got my lightning working in GoW now, and although this image doesn't really give it justice, when the lightning strikes and you hear the thunder with the lighting bloom, it really does give a spine tingling feeling. I'll probably have a go at making some lightning in the particle editor once I've read more into beam emitters in the book.

I had to change it from one light to 4 though because I needed shadows so the inside didn't light up. The four lights are at a 25 degree angle on 90 degree iterations. This also gives a nice effect as you can see in the image above, where there is still some nice shadow depth underneath the roof. When I get closer to the end, I'll add a lot of point lights in the game to represent the indirect bounces of the lightning, as of right now the lightning enters the doorway of the building but inside it stays dark, this wouldn't happen. I think I'll use the lighting as the primary source of lightning and mood for the level.