real-time/dynamic light rendering

[gbrak30]

we all remember Doom 3 and other games from that time that introduced real-time dynamic lighting right?
when i start a blank sim, and spawn a planet, technically it should be dark but there is a phantom sun lighting it.  Can we turn this off? Also when there are collisions and/or hot objects that are emitting light, how come that light doesnt hit surrounding objects? it seems like the dominant light source (when there isnt a star present) is the phantom sun.  Any suggestions?

[tepidbread]

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when i start a blank sim, and spawn a planet, technically it should be dark but there is a phantom sun lighting it.  Can we turn this off?

I think that there is a slider for changing ambient light levels. It is located in view/backgrounds/advanced settings (top right corner of a background tile). See if that helps... I hope it made sense

[The Ventifact]

Objects are illuminated by default, I don't think it can be turned off. In a previous version (don't know which one), I think it used to be dark in the simulation until a star was added, but I can't remember very well (don't quote me on it). As for real-time lighting? I don't know about that. This game is quite intensive as it is without a fancy lighting system, but its not out of the realm of possibility. Giant Army just wants to get down the performance and the bugs before attempting big game changing features.

[DiamondMiner10]

we all remember Doom 3 and other games from that time that introduced real-time dynamic lighting right?
when i start a blank sim, and spawn a planet, technically it should be dark but there is a phantom sun lighting it.  Can we turn this off? Also when there are collisions and/or hot objects that are emitting light, how come that light doesnt hit surrounding objects? it seems like the dominant light source (when there isnt a star present) is the phantom sun.  Any suggestions?

If you mess around with settings you can turn the light down as stated before. I think US1 had a "phantom sun" button though and I'm not sure if US2 does