What I did today

Winters

I started another map today out of bordem. i have a load if ideas i just can never be arsed sticking to my plans

I will have to cut down on my wads though. The wad file for the map is currantly 3.4Mbs :eek:

I dont have a name for this map yet. And as usual im having the problems, how do i get rid of the black around the trees? I have tied them to the fnc_wall like the tutorials say but they turn out black

screenshots:
Just to tell you i will be changing the background

DRakE

Looks like you have a **** load of trees there.. wp?

ANyway, looks quite good... needs more rubble/ better lighting to make it believeable as a WW2 place...

more rubble i say! and 1337 sounds, env_shakes, and models too.

And a good layout

thats nt too much to ask now is it?

Winters

Yea..there is kinda a problem with the light. Usually there is no light on the level and now, for some reason, the whole map is REALLY bright.... i wanted to make it a dark map... but for some reason every place in the map is bright....even in rooms :eek:

DRakE

Select a dark skybox..

Put in a light_environment

go to the brightness property.. make it a dark grey

make the very last number of it like 40-70.. not 200

should make it dark(er)

Winters

Well...i hope that works...at the moment there is no light_enviroment in the map so ill give it a go tomorrow.

Ill have to add all the flags to the map too....its a bit useless without them....ill have the link to the final map soon.

Anima

For the tree's make em a func_wall (or illusionary) and set the render mode to solid and the fx amount to 255. That should get rid of the black/blue.

Lyconix

Originally posted by Winters
Yea..there is kinda a problem with the light. Usually there is no light on the level and now, for some reason, the whole map is REALLY bright....

Its been a while since I've mapped for HL, but as far as I recall, if you don't run the radiosity part of the compile you get a full bright map... not having any lights in the map may also cause this to happen. So run full compiles and throw in light environment Don't have the light coming straight down, give it an angle... fiddle around with the angles randomly in there and you can come out with surprisingly nice results in terms of shadows from buildings etc.

Anyway, map looking good. Best of luck

Winters

Also if you have ANY leaks in the map it will cause it to light up. Onle if there are NO leaks will the light_evviroment work.... read that last night.

KdjaCL

Same with radiant ,just wont fully light each model/brush until there are no leaks.

Usually doors and windows with radient or a N00b mistake where the brush is outside the skybox ,made that one a few times meself

kdja