light prob

[oik]

when ever i put natural light in my map ,the map turns the coulor of the "light colour" i picked ,so say i want a white light,i go to coulor,pick white,start map,...but in the map all the texturs are vary white except for the ones in the shadow.anyone know whats goin on,do i have the lights to bright?

another prob im haven is wird lines of black,as if there was a gap in the map,but when i look at the map in the editor,i cant see any lines,im only gettin the lines in the ground where i have littel hills and bumps.


ps: sorry if i spell stuff wrong or whatever,im still asleep:x

 

[oik]

this one is wird
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b121/taylor090/escape0003.jpg
so is this one
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b121/taylor090/escape0002.jpg
thats a random shadow in my map ...
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b121/taylor090/escape0001.jpg
and theres a littel bit of light at the bottom of that ice cliff thing
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b121/taylor090/escape0000.jpg


btw,i know the map sucks so far,it aint finnished and its my frist map

 

[G0lden Eagl3]

Got cubemaps?

 

[oik]

im farly new to this so i dont know what the realy do,i have one near the ground.where should it be?

 

[Raeven0]

Especially if you made an environmental light, it's too bright.

 

[oik]

ty,i got the light fixed,but the black shadows are still there,so are them wired black things sticking out of the ground..

 

[crackhead]

where your displacement maps are there are points that u can move up and down. soem of yours arnt equal. probally where the two displacement maps join. its kinds hard to explain. also try puttin a brush behind the cliff to see if that will fix it.

 

[oik]

i think i know what u mean,ill go try it out,ty

edit: it worked ty.

one more thing tho , how would i go about porting it to hidden source?

 

[Limpet]

Put the .bsp in the map folder for hidden:source

Or if you want to map with hidden:source in the pulldown box of the sdk you'll have to start a new mod.

 

[oik]

aw,it dont look like ill be abel to make the map for hidden,i cant find iris or the hiddens spwan points.


my last question is ,how come when i put snow in the map it turns out like rain and the game crashes?

 

[Solaris]

Can't hold back laughter....must be nice......AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ROFLROFLROFL @ THE n00b!!!!!!


No seriously, you need the hidden fgd.

 

[oik]

8|..........

 

[Raeven0]

Well, to speculate wildly, the game might have crashed as a result of your putting snow-that-is-actually-rain in it.

Func_precipitation isn't good for snow, and Source doesn't seem to like some scenarios involving particles--in particular, people say that if a particle entity shoots particles out of the map, the game is prone to crashing.

 

[oik]

so theres no way to get snow in my snow map lol?

 

[Raeven0]

Some people like to use an env_embers brush to make snow.

 

[UltraProAnti]

env_embers gives me weird flashing light artefacts whenever i use it

btw on the subject of light - i get strips of light where two displacements intersect (intersect, not meet at the edges). is this the portion of the lightmap on the part 'behind' leaking in?

 

[oik]

ill give it a shot,ty

 

[oik]

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b121/taylor090/escape0000.jpg

do u mean like that?
or 2 pices of flat wall where they come together?

edit:btw,any of u know how to get rid of that line that gose around the top of the skybox?

 

[Penguin929]

If that's the case geometry with block light texture should fix that.

 

[oik]

or any tutorials to get rid of that line?

 

[Raeven0]

Pick a different sky. The default one in Valve's FGDs is broken.

 

[oik]

i picked the one with 3d skybox written in each square,what other ones u think i should use that would fit a snow map?