Using Fade Created 20 years ago2004-06-09 17:42:58 UTC by esmajor

I('m trying to use the texture "fade" and it's coming up as a solid brush with different faces faded diff directions........... HELP!

Huh?

the texture "fade" is used for stuff like lights... spotlights and such

Oh! I guess your talkin' about texture application. Just fool around with the rotation in the texture application tool. or read the tutorial here at TWHL.

Okay, first set the brush that you want faded to a func_illusionary. This makes it visible, but not solid. Set the contents box to either empty or light, (doesnt really matter) then make sure the black bit of the fade texture is where the light would start to fade. I.E., its at the end away from the window or whatever the source of light is. In other worsd, the pure black is where it will appear invisible, as additive brushes render black transparent, sort of how like solid renders blue invisible. Change the rendermode to "Additive" and the renderamt around 40 or so, experiment with different values to get a different effect.

-Rabid

OR look at this example map; http://cariad.co.za/twhl/mapvault_map.php?id=1210

Plus read the "Texture Application" tutorial.

Setting the func_illusionary's content to 'volumetric light' causes the player to drown in it like in water. So you should leave the content as 'empty'.

I used the example map's technique.... thanks all!

tee-hee I made it

Well I'm glad you did.

and there was one already :

? Which one Pepper?

look back in the vault.

Light causes water-drownage-effects? Weird...Should be Volumetric Water then.

Pepper, there are actually 2 map's in the vault with fade texture - func_pendulum, and the sunbeam one

Actually, if you set a func_illusionary to volumetric light, its acts as water (funky), well at least for me it does. But I use Worldcraft, maybe thats not in Hammer.

What do you mean it acts as water?

You can swim in it and stuff

The content of this func_illusionary should be left at 'empty'. Other values for it can mean water/slime/other things. I don't have a list of these values corresponding to their behaviours, but I've seen one somewhere before. For those that want to make lightbeams, it's not important to know, just keep it at 'empty'.