Lighting Fails Created 18 years ago2006-04-28 23:05:30 UTC by FelixTheCat

My problem is that my lighting isn't working...correctly. I can make a light or light_spot entity and press the brightness all the way up, but obviously, that looks horrible. The effect Is Sky w/ light_spot doens't work, texture lighting doens't work, and light_environment doens't work. My lights.rad file is in the same directory as my compile tools and is configured w/ the proper ZHLT compile tools, and my zhlt.wad is loaded. What am I missing?

Ok so I got texture lighting to work but env_light and spot_light w/ Is Sky still don't work. I just get a big black room.

You're definitely putting them inside the room? You have a sky brush when you're trying to use the light_environment?

Well I learned that if I use a sky brush then I can get spot_light Is Sky and light_environ to work. But if I don't use a sky brush is there no way to get the whole map to just have flat lighting anyways?

Why would you want to? It wouldn't make any sense to have the whole map lit with no apparent source. Would look terrible.

Post the compile log.

is there no way to get the whole map to just have flat lighting anyways?

To answer your question, no.

Well, if you func_wall most of your map's structures, the lighting/shadows will be "flatter", but as like Seventh said, why would you want to?

flat lighting = boring = bad

If you want it really flat, just compile it without vis lol!

or make EVERY texture you use a tex light

If you want a well lighted map don't make flat lighting. Just place more light sources, even the brightest of areas isn't full bright/bland, there are always abit darker places. It wont really hurt, you'll see your enemies as good as ever.

just don't run rad.

Argh I meant Rad...