some sort of shadow problem?? Created 18 years ago2005-11-16 21:08:25 UTC by 3mil

<p> when i step into the light the gun/gordons arm model turn black. its not permanent, it goes away when i step out of the light. any ideas as to why this happens?

Im not a light expert, but im guessing it?s a bug...

any suggestions on how to fix it?

Well, i get that problem sometimes, i usualy try to move around with the light entity and see what happeneds, and if that doesn?t work some one with a little more knowledge in lights will come around and answer your question! good luck

heh heh thanks...i guess ill read the lighting tutorial again and see if i can find anything.

Model lighting is determined by the light intensity of the solid face below it. Black lit models sometimes happen when you're standing on an entity (func_wall for example) and below that entity there's a dark world brush, or a nullified face or a skybrush.

Now I don't know if you've used entities on the floor or anything but that might be it. If not, try looking up and down and see if that makes any difference.

actually after i added light_envioronment to the level the problem went away

Use texture lights for normal world lighting, not light entities (the light bulb thingies)
Only use light entities when you want to give something special to the light, like flickering.

Personally I don't see what's so bad in using light entities except for that they often take a bit more time to tweak and get right than texture lights. I'd say, don't limit yourself and keep in mind light entities are more versatile while texture lights are easier and faster to use.

Entity lights look a lot worse on large fittings than texture lights.

i was using the light entities to try and create cool shadow effects, didnt work out to well though :