pitch black func_wall in hl2 Created 18 years ago2006-04-17 08:54:23 UTC by painkiller

i have a problem. in hl2, my func_walls entities appear totally black, and the func_door entities too. here you have a screenshot showing the problem

thanks in advance and sorry for my english.

func_walls are sort of obsolete in source. Turn them into func_detail. I'm not sure about the func_door.
If you use a model texture on a regular brush, it also makes it look black.

well, i'll replace func_walls with func_detail, but the door are using my custom textures, no model ones...

does someone know whats goin' on?

Are you compiling on normal?
And don't you want your door to use custom textures?

Perhaps your text file for the targa image in the custom textures folder is improperly filled out?

And you say its not a prop texture? Hmmm....

Leaks sometimes cause that too. Also sometimes weird lighting improperly used.

BTW nice map

tried both compiling, normal and fast, but it's the same thing on both...

the texts files for the tga images are empty.

and it's not a prop texture, these textures where converted from .wad to tga, modified in photoshop to add detail, and converted to the hl2 format.... nothing special

there are no leaks (thank you dear .log file :p) and lightning is normal, only light entities, with their colors modified (and their brightness too, but nothing really drastic).

something i forgot to add: when i use the flashlight in these door, i can see its texture, but when i turn the flashlight off, ptich black again...

pd: thank you Xyos212

Hmm, maybe it is something with the lighting then. I dunno.

Obviously...There isn't any light reaching it...Add a light_spot poitning at it and blend it in with the environment. Should look fine.

thank you VERY much habboi, i'll do it...

You say the text files for the tga images are empty? Do you have something similar to this in them?:

"LightmappedGeneric"

{ "$basetexture" "yourfoldername/yourtexname" }

Maybe thats why their pitch black. The text file defines its lighting, and other parameters.

they are empty, with no text in them....

well, i'll replace that door with something else..... source, you win!

But you could easily just fill the VMT with text and thus it will work...

well, if i put

"LightmappedGeneric"

{ "$basetexture" "yourfoldername/yourtexname" }

then it would work?

I've seen this error in many Source maps (including my own). I believe it's a rendering bug, and I haven't figured out a non-kludge way to get around it.

I dont think its a bug. Sounds like he didnt fill out the text for the text file with the tga image.

Read the custom materials tutorial to fix.