Argh...

[Odd]

Hi all (again ;) )
This time im having trouble with lighting. Today I had my first attemp at building (part) of a TFC map. This is the first time I have tried in WC 3 (previous attempts at HL mas in WC 2.1 worked fine) but when I came to adding textured light this is what I got
http://www.paul1999.btinternet.co.uk/test1.jpg
Does anyone know how to fix this
Thanks in advance,
Odd
Gah typos

[Edited by Odd on 02-12-2000 at 02:00 AM]

[+Cadaver+]

My eyes....dear God, what is that map? j/k :P

Not quite sure what your problem is - odd lighting I assume? Textured lighting not working? You need to look for the "lights.rad" file. Open it up in Notepad, and you should see something like this (this is fromone of my lights.rad files):

+0~GENERIC65 255 255 255 750
+0~GENERIC85 110 140 235 20000
+0~GENERIC86 255 230 125 10000
+0~GENERIC86B 60 220 170 20000
+0~GENERIC86R 128 0 0 60000
GENERIC87A 100 255 100 1000
GENERIC88A 255 100 100 1000
GENERIC89A 40 40 130 1000
GENERIC90A 200 255 200 1000
GENERIC105 255 100 100 1000
GENERIC106 120 120 100 1000
GENERIC107 180 50 180 1000
GEN_VEND1 50 180 50 1000
EMERGLIGHT 255 200 100 50000
+0~FIFTS_LGHT01 254 235 126 4000
+0~FIFTS_LGHT06 254 235 126 4000
+0~FIFTIES_LGT2 160 170 220 5000
+0~FIFTS_LGHT3 231 207 78 10000
+0~FIFTS_LGHT4 214 230 239 5000
+0~GYMLIGHT 255 255 170 200
C3A1_GEAR1 255 255 170 200
+0~LIGHT1 40 60 150 3000
+0~LIGHT3A 180 180 230 10000
+0~LIGHT4A 200 190 130 11000
+0~LIGHT5A 80 150 200 10000
+0~LIGHT6A 150 5 5 25000
+0~TNNL_LGT1 240 230 100 10000
+0~TNNL_LGT2 190 255 255 12000
+0~TNNL_LGT3 150 150 210 17000
+0~TNNL_LGT4 170 90 40 10000
+0~TNNL_LGT5 190 255 255 12000
+0LAB1_W6D 165 230 255 4000
+0LAB1_W6 150 160 210 8800
+0LAB1_W7 245 240 210 4000
SKKYLITE 165 230 255 1000
+0~DRKMTLS1 205 0 0 6000
+0~DRKMTLGT1 200 200 180 6000
+0~DRKMTLS2 150 120 20 30000
+0~DRKMTLS2C 197 111 39 2000
+0DRKMTL_SCRN 60 80 255 10000
~LAB_CRT9A 225 150 150 100
~LAB_CRT9B 100 100 255 100
~LAB_CRT9C 100 200 150 100
~LIGHT3A 190 20 20 3000
~LIGHT3B 155 155 235 2000
~LIGHT3C 220 210 150 2500
~LIGHT3E 90 190 140 6000
C1A3C_MAP 100 100 255 100
FIFTIES_MON1B 100 100 180 30
+0~LAB_CRT8 50 50 255 100
ELEV2_CIEL 255 200 100 800
YELLOW 255 200 100 2000
RED 255 0 0 1000
+0~WHITE 255 255 255 100
~TRN_LT1 247 225 138 200

If you want, you can copy-paste that into your own file, save you some time if this is what the problem is. Basically, the first part is the texture name (eg +0~GENERIC65); the first 3 groups of numbers are RGB, or Red Green Blue settings, which determine the colour of thelight, and the final number is the brightness of the light. You can edit to lights.rad to add any texture lights which aren't present in your own lights.rad

Hope this helps.

[Gwil Da Skank Of TA]

Heres the problem -

When WC 2.1 upward is installed, it installs the proper lights.rad as a file called valve.rad

the lights.rad it installs contains one entry

SO, what you do is

Rename lights.rad to oldlights.rad
Open it in a text editor, and copy the entry to the clipboard
Open valve.rad, and paste in the entry from oldlights.rad ( formerly lights.rad )
Then, save the edited valve.rad as lights.rad - and thats your problem fixed.
Da da!

[Leperous]

Download WC3.3 you monkee

Anyways, your lighting obviously is working, hence the shadows. If the only source of light in your map is that textured block, then everythings fine and you don't need to fiddle around with your lights.rad file. Also, aaatrigger (the pink texture you've used on the wall) sometimes is lit funnily (depending on your compiler)- I suggest using a different texture (try one of the "fifties" textures instead?) and see how it comes out.

Click on the little red house piccy by my name to go to my WC webby :)

[Gwil Da Skank Of TA]

pfffffft! /me hits leperous

[Leperous]

/Me whacks you with Clipping Tool
Well, it's obvious that his light is working :E

[-[Raven]-]

I seem to remember theres a specific use for aaatrigger, and that its not meant for normal usage, ie walls an stuff.

[BombBomb]

AAATrigger is used for some func_entities that are invisible (like the ladder enitity)

:)

[Leperous]

You can use it for whatever purpose you wish, but the best bet is for invisible brush based entities (such as triggers) so you know that they're not walls/objects etc.

[FunkySpider]

Lep! WC3.3 is the buggyish piece of $%*£ ever! It may be faster but it is muppetry in how it works!
"Oh lovely sprites for the light entities....ohh look it crahed...again!"

FunkySpider
SHEPHARD'S BREAKOUT
COMMING SOON!

[oysterizer]

still havin problems with that ATI card then funky ? ;)

oyst.

[FunkySpider]

....yes....my argument looked so good till that
:)

[FunkySpider]

light messes up when you put a light entity in an entire room made form AAAtrigger looks like a dodgy light show gone wrong....ohh err. try putting other textures in the room not put AAAtrigger in