Lights & Coloramp Configuration

1. Controlling Light & Shadow Direction

During character setup, a dedicated Light Direction_<Character> object is created in your scene collection.

1. Locate Light Direction_<Character> in the Outliner panel.
2. Open the Item Transform panel in Object Properties.
3. Adjust the Rotation values (XYZ Euler) to rotate the light vector:
   • Rotation Z: Rotates the sun angle horizontally around the character.
   • Rotation Y: Adjusts the horizontal tilt of the light across the character.
   • Rotation X: Adjusts the vertical pitch of the shadow line.

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2. Character Settings (Item Panel)

Select your character mesh or armature and press N in the 3D Viewport. Open the Item tab to access the Character Settings panel, providing real-time controls without having to manually edit shader node trees:

• Animate Mode: Temporarily swaps complex toon shaders for lightweight materials to ensure smooth viewport animation playback.
• Lighting Mode: Switch between built-in ambient lighting presets or choose Custom to tune individual color channels.
• Blush: Adjusts the intensity of the character’s facial blush texture.
• Toggle Resonator Star: Toggles the visibility/animation driver for the character’s Resonator star emblem.
• Use Fresnel: Enables the fresnel rim effect on the shader.
• Alpha Transparency: Easily toggle transparency on alpha materials (such as transparent veils, cloth lace, and hair ribbons) between blended transparency and solid rendering.
• Outlines: Switch between Default and Custom outline colors, and adjust Outline Thickness.

Lighting Modes & Presets

You can select from several curated lighting preset modes:

• Default: Original game lighting baseline.
• Sunrise: Warm, soft morning glow with soft blue-purple shadow tints.
• Day: Crisp, balanced daylight illumination.
• Sunset: Golden-hour tones with warm amber highlights and rich shadows.
• Night: Dim cool moonlight tones.
• Rainy: Overcast, diffused atmospheric shading.
• Custom: Unlocks granular control over Ambient, Light, Shadow, and Rim color swatches.

Fresnel & Outlines

• Use Fresnel: Enable it to reveal the Fresnel Options subpanel (Fresnel Color, Fresnel Scale, Fresnel Strength).
• Outlines: Set to Custom to reveal Custom Outline Colors (Outline Color 1 / 2) plus Outline Thickness.

Custom Colors (Custom Mode)

When Lighting Mode is set to Custom, the Custom Colors subpanel appears to let you fine-tune each channel of the Gustling Waters shader:

• Ambient: Controls the unshaded base ambient illumination color.
• Light: Color tint applied to fully lit regions.
• Shadow: Tone applied to shaded/occluded regions.
• Rim: Color of the specular rim light highlight.

Resonator Star & Alpha Transparency

• Toggle Resonator Star: One-click button to toggle the visibility and animation driver for the character’s Resonator star emblem.
• Alpha Transparency: Checkbox to toggle transparency on alpha-based materials (such as transparent veils, cloth lace, and hair ribbons) between blended transparency and solid rendering.

Animate Mode

For smooth and lag-free viewport animation playback, click Enable Animate Mode in the Character Settings panel. This temporarily swaps complex toon shader trees with lightweight low-overhead materials while you animate, and you can switch back with one click when preparing your final render.