flaring, light beams, etc. lighting effects...

[MrFoofles]

I've been looking around... but... can anyone explain to me how I would achieve a lighting effect similar to the way you see the lightbeams coming off the lights in the prodigy maps,... you know the lights you can knock around

also flares... not a really bright sun like glare but more like a 2d billboard basic video game flare effect... I've

 

[Lobster]

The beams are a speacialy setup sprite entity called point_spotlight, just parent it to the hanging lamp if ur after that specific effect, if you wanna do flares and stuff you best use env_sprite's and adjust the settings, check out the dm_lockdown example map, both of these are used alot.

 

[MrFoofles]

ahahaha so that's how you make 2d sprites... thank you lobster!! been wondering for a while lol

now if I've gotten anyone else's attention...anyone know how to make the little decals like "A->" on the CS:S maps? is it a texture? where is it?

I'm about to search for it but I figure it's not a new thread, I could weasle it into my thank you to lobster