Author Topic: POWERFUL LIGHTING (Read 5138 times)

MON1TOR · « **on:** July 18, 2015, 09:09:07 AM »

HOW TO MAKE SO FOWERFUL LIGHTING LIKE AT MAP AIRTIME?!
PLZ HELP FELLAS!

rockitude · « **Reply #1 on:** July 18, 2015, 09:27:04 AM »

Click on the lights and increase the value or set an ambient light.

MON1TOR · « **Reply #2 on:** July 18, 2015, 09:33:50 AM »

Quote from: rockitude on July 18, 2015, 09:27:04 AM

set an ambient light.

And.. how 2 do it?
Ich bin ein anfaeger in BSP.

BASEBALLDUDE · « **Reply #3 on:** July 18, 2015, 10:28:50 AM »

Make sure the map is not leaked; it it is, it will be indicated by ***leaked*** on the compiler screen. Leaked maps have horrible lighting.
To solve a leak problem, make sure the map is "sealed" and you don't see a hall of mirrors effect.

MON1TOR · « **Reply #4 on:** July 18, 2015, 11:47:09 AM »

Quote from: BASEBALLDUDE on July 18, 2015, 10:28:50 AM

Make sure the map is not leaked; it it is, it will be indicated by ***leaked*** on the compiler screen. Leaked maps have horrible lighting.
To solve a leak problem, make sure the map is "sealed" and you don't see a hall of mirrors effect.

Dude, Ik wut leaks are (like). But thanks 4 that information.

rockitude · « **Reply #5 on:** July 18, 2015, 12:12:49 PM »

Quote from: MON1TOR on July 18, 2015, 09:33:50 AM

And.. how 2 do it?
Ich bin ein anfaeger in BSP.

I haven't mapped for a while, but I think you had to add "_ambient" in the worldspawn.

BASEBALLDUDE · « **Reply #6 on:** July 18, 2015, 05:42:38 PM »

Seeing that your map is entirely exposed to the sky, you might want to go with a little sun_light in order to brighten it up a little even though it's nighttime. _ambient might also work.

MON1TOR · « **Reply #7 on:** July 19, 2015, 01:37:36 AM »

Quote from: BASEBALLDUDE on July 18, 2015, 05:42:38 PM

Seeing that your map is entirely exposed to the sky, you might want to go with a little sun_light in order to brighten it up a little even though it's nighttime. _ambient might also work.

Okay. Thanks!

Rockyar_96 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 19, 2015, 12:15:43 PM »

for sun lightning there is _sun_ambient I think...
_ambient is for all light sources on the map.

MON1TOR · « **Reply #9 on:** July 20, 2015, 12:03:37 AM »

Quote from: Rockyar_96 on July 19, 2015, 12:15:43 PM

for sun lightning there is _sun_ambient I think...
_ambient is for all light sources on the map.

Okay, thx!

Ace · « **Reply #10 on:** July 20, 2015, 01:04:18 AM »

If you look here (http://dplogin.com/forums/index.php?topic=27756.0) you'll see that sun_ambient creates worse results than sun_surface. They work a little differently though.

sun_ambient applies the light value you give it to all surfaces that are exposed to the sky (so you use a light value, for ex. 60)
sun_surface takes into account some areas are more exposed than others (so you use a color value, in rgb format, or 1 to use the color of sky texture)

MON1TOR · « **Reply #11 on:** July 20, 2015, 02:21:20 AM »

HMMM... THX!

jitspoe · « **Reply #12 on:** July 20, 2015, 09:30:52 PM »

For a night map, you probably don't want to use sun ambient/surface light like that -- you could just add a subtle sun source from the direction of the moon (tip: aim your crosshair at the moon and type "angles" to get the sun angle to place in your worldspawn).

MON1TOR · « **Reply #13 on:** July 20, 2015, 10:59:42 PM »

Quote from: jitspoe on July 20, 2015, 09:30:52 PM

you could just add a subtle sun source from the direction of the moon

Aaaand.... how? What keypair?

Ace · « **Reply #14 on:** July 20, 2015, 11:06:49 PM »

Well, I guess I am for using a low value _sun_surface or ambient in most maps with a sky just to even out lighting. I am guessing Jits means to add:
_sun_light #
_sun_angle # #

with a low value for _sun_light