Lighting Outdoor Maps Created 16 years ago2007-08-25 14:51:56 UTC by esmajor

In source, there's no way to designate a light_spot as "is sky"

How can it be done in source?

What?

Use light_enviroment to light outdoor maps

Entity light_environment (parameter "pitch" requare sunlight angle with minus, like "-45" or something). Also good way - see live samples in SDK (C:Program FileZSTEAMsteamappsesmajorsourcesdk_contenthl2mapsrc)

The only reason people use light_spot for outdoor lighting in GoldSrc is because light_environment apparently produces worse looking lighting than it. In Source, this isn't a problem, so there's no reason to have the "is sky" feature.

smacks forhead

Thank you. I'm so out of practice with mapping for source it's unreal. I promised someone I would make them an fy_ map, and ARGH!!!! LOL

http://interlopers.net/index.php?page=tutorials.php - and this resource realy helps, good tutorials. I spent a lot of time reading interlopers tutorials