Glass texture is too bright...

#1 · April 25, 2011, 7:38 pm

So I'm using the "glasswindow_frosted_002" texture for a glass divider in my Portal mod, but it's showing up waaaay too bright, as you can see in this screenshot...
http://steamcommunity.com/id/sidneys1/s ... 7332537517

Is there any way to decrease this and make it look more like natural glass?

Thanks,
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#2 · April 25, 2011, 8:06 pm

Firstly, you need to put lights in your map. Without lights, everything will be evenly lit, which means that it will be brighter than usual.

#3 · April 25, 2011, 8:18 pm

Thanks! I'll test that out as soon as Trine is done downloading

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#4 · April 25, 2011, 8:25 pm

You also probably want to add at least 1 cubemap, or else the glass may (and probably will) look weird. And definitely won't be reflective.

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#5 · April 25, 2011, 8:57 pm

Yes, I added a cubemap already thinking it would fix the glass, but it didn't... However, I just added a light and it cleared up the issue. Thanks for the help!

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#6 · April 25, 2011, 9:12 pm

Just for clarification, even if you place an env_cubemap in a map you have to enter the console command "buildcubemaps" (without the quotes) before the reflections will work properly.

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#7 · April 25, 2011, 9:32 pm

Yup, I did that too Thanks for making sure though. Now the trick is thinking of interesting puzzles

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