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#11 · May 5, 2011, 5:32 am

I am unable to get the gels to show up on the ground in this example. The map has lighting, I do not understand why my compile is so bright.

@jul3z:
Mind telling what you did, exactly?

#12 · May 5, 2011, 10:58 am

vmadman wrote:

The map has lighting, I do not understand why my compile is so bright.

Both the gels showing up and your compiled map being very bright point to you not having lit your map properly. You may have lights, but they aren't doing their job. Anyone have a link to a good lighting tutorial?

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#13 · May 5, 2011, 4:22 pm

Post a screenshot and your compile log. Do it in a new thread in the Maps and Modding board though, please!

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#14 · May 5, 2011, 8:23 pm

Thank you for your responses. I understand I need to learn lighting and so forth and I will be sure to post in another forum thread. I only asked here because this example map, as it is, doesnt show gels. His map, not mine, is compiling as fullbright right out of the box.

I was hoping to get the simple solution to fixing this particular map. It has 3 lights already, I only wonder what could have went wrong.

If I have further questions I will post in a new thread. Thanks for you help.

-Luke

#15 · May 5, 2011, 11:11 pm

It doesn't compile that way for me. Sometimes when you run a map on fullbright the next map you load will be fullbright as well. If you check the VMF there are three light entities near the ceiling of the map.

#16 · May 5, 2011, 11:38 pm

Are you sure you haven't selected "no lighting" in your compile option, or if you are using Advanced compile, that vrad (the lighting calculator) isn't unselected or missing? Again, post your compile log, that will tell us what is going on.

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#17 · May 5, 2011, 11:59 pm

Also, make sure you haven't disabled the lights visgroup or something silly like that

#18 · May 7, 2011, 5:32 pm

Nacimota wrote:

It doesn't compile that way for me. Sometimes when you run a map on fullbright the next map you load will be fullbright as well. If you check the VMF there are three light entities near the ceiling of the map.

Thanks for the responses, it turns out Nacimota was exactly right. I left Portal 2 open while I tried different things, compile, test, etc. Previously in that game launch Portal 2 was open on a fullbright map.

After restarting Portal 2 it worked just fine.

Thanks again,
Luke

Portal 2 Gel Types Example 01/05/2011