Lighting problems

[Gonika633]

I am great with hammer, I know how to throw a map together but... I don't know how to use light_spot, light_environment, or light_dynamic. Can anyone help? I want to light up my WHOLE map without having to spam 'light' allover, and the wiki is confusing. What exactly do I do if i want to light up the whole map or one big area with light?
Sorry for wasting your guys time if this is easy =/.

-Gonika

[gameliker9]

for light envirmeant the basics of it are useing the valve sky list jsut place the correct vaules

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Sky_List

it usally takes time to learn the diffrent light settings i think light dynamic is only used f0r lights that can turn on and off but i usally olny use light_envirments and normal light

[Buzzaard]

light_spot is yes a spotlight and shines in a cone shape at whatever you point it at and is static and cannot move.

light_environment is usefull only for outdoors area as the light emits from the skybox as a glow and also acts as a sun to cast shadows, doent work with indoor maps.

light is great for lighting indoors places or wherethe light_environment doesnt give quite enough light, if you have a large map you can adjust the falloff levels and illuminate a map with just a few if its big and open with no skybox.

light_dynamic is like a light_spot except you can attach it to a rope and it will swing around and illuminate whatever its pointing at, its also expensive to use.

[bgp157]

light_spot's should work automatically. You increase the values for the light spread angle, (default is 45) the more you go up the more the light spreads out. to make the light_environment show up you go to Pitch Yaw roll and click on: Point at, and then select the ground or something, and it should show up :)

[iPlayer]

No question