lighting problems Created 20 years ago2004-10-24 16:22:39 UTC by Azn-Dragon2k

I don't know if any of you experienced this before, but it doesn't matter if i have a light enity or not, my map lights up EVERYTHING! i tried changing the light level in map properties section but it doesn't work!!!

but if there IS a leak wouldnt it have compile problems?

post your compile log. your map will also be fullbright if you haven't run rad. just post the log so it can be looked over.

when it's a lleak the rad file doesn't know how to calculate the light ammount in a map so it lights everything or it will be as dark as in your ass

Sort of.

The compile process Half-Life uses (from what I know at least) essentially bounces light around the entire room (provided something is lighting it) and then computes shadows based on that data. If there's a leak, then the light would theoretically bounce out the hole into the void and make RAD run infinitely as it's bouncing around out in the void. Talk about a long compile time... and the rad file? Do you mean the RAD exe?

The rad file is for defining texlights...

Pot your Map in the Problem Maps Vault, we'll look at it and fix it up, perhaps we'll even put in a smal world-brush panzer tank...

Azn-Dragon2k: The map will still run despite a leak. The compile tools will either say "LEAK LEAK LEAK" (Q-Tools) or "Leak found, leak pointfile generated" (Zoner's Tools, which you should be using). As a result, the lighting will be totally screwed. Check your compile log for an error similar to those mentioned above.

Well, the RAD program lits the map correctly, so when that doesn't run correctly, you will always end up with a full-bright map...

Have you read your own error? Have you done what it suggests? Checking for errors (Alt + P)?