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Point Entity

This entity makes a map's sky emit light. The only practical way of lighting outdoor maps.

Attributes

Name (targetname) - Property used to identify entities.
Pitch Yaw Roll (angles) - Sets the pitch (up / down), yaw (left / right) and roll (bank) respectively. The compass in WorldCraft / Hammer corresponds to Yaw. The settings are not always (or not all) used.
ZHLT Fade (_fade)
ZHLT Falloff (_falloff)
Pitch (pitch) - A negative number will give downward pitch (which is normally what you want).
Brightness (_light) - The first three 3-digit numbers are the colour (RGB), and the third is brightness.

Flags

Inputs

Outputs

Notes

You only need one light_enviroment per area of sky, So if you have a map that has two seperate/divided areas of sky, then you need two entities unless you are using Zoner's Half-Life Tools for compiling (see the Links page) which you certainly should be.

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Sky brushes must have the 'sky' texture on all faces or they won't emit light.

1 Comment

kimilil

Commented 2 months ago2024-09-15 15:09:55 UTC Comment #106399

NOTE TO SELF: VHLT rolls pitch into the pitch component of angles. World and model lighting should just work.

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