lighting?

[Smoke]

i need help because every time i try to put in or change light in the game it doesent work :flame: even if i dont put in ANY light sources at all there still seems to be light coming from somewhere in the game, no shadows, but there is STILL light. :flame:

i also cannot change my light colours, please help. :afro:

 

[MetalHead]

i think i hav the same problem. I'm still gettin my head round map making and whenever i go to test my map everything is bright there are no shadows in the console there is a command that comes up because it is sayin my map is unlit when it is (i prolly havnt dun it right) and it automatically sets 'mat_fullbright' to 1 i think this is compensatin for the lack of light in the map and makes everything bright so u can see.

 

[Mr Neutron]

you guessed right about fullbright. That's the setting so that you see everything without lighting (which means nothing is dark either).

Are you sure you're compiling the map with VRAD on? Try the normal setting, not the extra one.

 

[Smoke]

yep, all setttings r normal. i also cannot see any other form of light besides flares, that i put into the lvl, even on mat_fullbright 0

any help?

 

[RabidJester]

Some people were having problems if they had their game configuration set wrong when going into hammer. Make sure it's set to the game you are actually working on, otherwise, VRAD doesn't work correctly to compile lighting.