screenshot of bad lighting need help pls Created 16 years ago2007-12-20 07:41:41 UTC by klobb

i have been trying to test shadows in open areas messing with the pitch and using a light enviroment. but i am getting some areas that a player goes into and turns completely black. this is my setting on the entity:

angles 0 0 0
pitch -145
light 255 255 128 75

what am i doing wrong here? should i use a light spot instead? anyway here are 3 screenshots. 2 of bad light and one of me stepping out of the bad area. should be noted that the custom santa suit in the pics is not the problem as i had it before i put him in the server. thanks
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/9249/shadowerrorzh1.jpg
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/7994/error6sf2.jpg
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/4949/nonerror1lu1.jpg

Mod Edit: Please use thumbnails next time.

image shack hosting, is down but the pics should be back up soon. so says the site

Try moving the light source higher up into the sky. Above the general playing area of the map.
If you're using a light_environment, try switching to a light_spot with Light from sky set to : yes.
And vice-versa for spot --> environment.

Compile with Vis on -full
Compile with Rad on -extra

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Or... you can just put an alternate light source at that spot. Like a light post or something.

Try changing the pitch value to something over -90 and see how that works. Also, you might want to change your Yaw value for more interesting effects.