Blackness Created 18 years ago2005-11-12 18:19:00 UTC by [ACE]Cloud

ok i dont understand this ive completed a map comipled it but when i try to play it itll be pitch black...i do have an enviornment light.

Try just adding a standard light entity somewhere.

Make sure RAD is running.

Is this Source or HL1?

hl1.

Happens to me when the environment light is'nt set up right, make sure the pitch is -90, or for better shadows use -45

ok ty oh and whats the difference between light and environment_light?

env light uses SKY textures as light sources, lights just provide light.

environment lights up the whole map, and just a light, lights up a part of the map,

real life example:

Environment_light ---> The Sky!
Light ---------------> The Lightbulb!

Another way of explaining it is that
light is an entity that emits light from a certain point and in all directions, sort of like a sphere of light.
light_enviroment is a distant light. It doesnt matter where you place the entity, the only thing that matters is the angle (azimuth) and pitch (altitude) of the sun. You can actually get a solar calculator and light your map in a precise time of day etc

The most important differance is that you need atleast one sky brush to use the light_enviroment, otherwise it wont emit any light.

If you have compiling tools that are older then ZHLT 2.5.1(This includes hammer's original compiling tools) your sky brushes need to have a sky texture aglined to all they're sides if not they wont emmit light.