Newb Source Q Created 18 years ago2006-02-07 19:13:08 UTC by rlstoner2003

What are Cubemap entities about and the otehr things.. i cant igure it out lol. Also the one whose image is the fonze. I look at lockdown to get some ideas on how to do stuff and whatnot and see them everywhere... cant figure it out

Cubemaps are used to calculate environmental maps on specular surfaces. Check the VALVe Wiki on these.

The Tony Danza icon is an entity which is not used in the FGD - Either you're opening the file in the wrong game config (Deathmatch entities aren't in the CSS FGD for example), so anything that's not in the FGD is displayed with the little 'Obsolete' icon.

"calculate environmental maps on specular surfaces." can you explain this? examples of where its used?

I only map with HLDM, the danza icon was in lockdown, which is just HL:s, so that'd makew sense

Uhh...

What are you mapping for exactly? The Source engine, or the HL1 engine? Cubemaps, simply put, make stuff look reflective/shiny. Before I explain how to use them, please tell me what you're mapping for.

its in the source mapping thread...

source, and i couldnt find a thread on it....?

Clicky.

If you still need help, just post.

wouldnt hurt.. just basically, when would you want to use it and what does it do besides make things look "shiny"

It makes things look shiny and like proper...Otherwise your map will look like shit...

"calculate environmental maps on specular surfaces." can you explain this? examples of where its used?

They're used everywhere a specular mapped texture is. If you don't utilize cubemaps, the specular map defaults to the generic specular map texture or the generic EnvMap texture and it won't look proper in relation to your environment.