Light in movelinear chamber

CaretCaret

290 Posts

#52008

Posted Sep 05, 2011

So Ive made one of those wheatley chambers where he combines 2 chambers, and Ive got some light problem with the props:
Before the chamber is moved into place:

And after:

Since there is no lightsource there when its moved into place they get all dark.
What to do?

KenJeKenny!?

238 Posts

#52019

Posted Sep 05, 2011

Replied 2 hours later

How did you compile?

Rubrica

305 Posts

#52020

Posted Sep 05, 2011

Replied 1 minutes later

I think they used env_projected_textures for those parts, so experiemnt with those a bit.

CaretCaret

290 Posts

#52021

Posted Sep 05, 2011

Replied 4 minutes later

compiled with: vrad normal, vvis fast

I could use projectedtexture but there are kinda two separate areas(cant light with only 1 light), and you can only have 1 projectedtexture right?

Vordwann

767 Posts

#52022

Posted Sep 05, 2011

Replied 9 minutes later

I'd suggest mapping with the two chamber pieces together so when you compile lights it works. Pretty much, the player is going to notice if two halves of your testchamber have a big break in the shadows. They won't notice if the two testchambers come together and the shadows are continuous. Just map with the two pieces together, and then have them quickly move apart on the map spawn before the player gets a chance to see them.

CaretCaret

290 Posts

#52023

Posted Sep 05, 2011

Replied 13 minutes later

Well... that would work... for any map but this one. Im so great!

Another Bad Pun

516 Posts

#52025

Posted Sep 05, 2011

Replied 37 minutes later

Try compiling with Advanced mode on Full Compile- Both- Final- (Slow!) Using this should enable -staticproplighting which should fix your problem.

CaretCaret

290 Posts

#52026

Posted Sep 05, 2011

Replied 10 minutes later

It should not, for they are not static they are dynamic.

Another Bad Pun

516 Posts

#52038

Posted Sep 05, 2011

Replied 1 hour later

CaretCaret wrote:
It should not, for they are not static they are dynamic.

Actually, yes it will. (Unless you've already tried it or something and I'm wrong.) It accounts for all props, static or not. Source usually only uses the prop's origin for lighting, but that can be buggy as you have shown. -staticproplighting was introduced in 2007, so it has to be put in manually. However, Full Compile- Both- Final -(slow!) already has the variable put in. Look at YM's Nodraw.net lighting article for more information. (And his tutuorial applies for all games, not just TF2.) Hope this helps!

CaretCaret

290 Posts

#52041

Posted Sep 05, 2011

Replied 31 minutes later

Well yes I have tried it and I cant see how it would solve my problem. Its not with the shadows I have problems.

Another Bad Pun

516 Posts

#52045

Posted Sep 05, 2011

Replied 28 minutes later

Hmmm... There has to be some variable that controls stuff like that... I think it actually may be the props themselves: My track train model in eco_leaf dosen't do that... That could explain why the Wheatley observation rooms always seem to be empty.

Reload

22 Posts

#52067

Posted Sep 05, 2011

Replied 6 hours later

Disable shadows I also think there is a thing for making it not get shadows. Try this!!!!!

Vordwann

767 Posts

#52069

Posted Sep 05, 2011

Replied 11 minutes later

You can set a lighting source for prop_dynamics, either some sort of light or an info_lighting (recommended because it takes data from all the lights in a space)