Cubemaps

[Blink]

Make sure you reload your map after the buildcubemaps is complete, otherwise it is not saved to the .bsp correctly.

[-|Dizmas|-]

Yea, I know. I got the cubemaps to work, but after I exit the game and load it again they are reset. Nothing about the file was changed (ex-name) and it still resets.

[novalin]

hi-
Im still new to this and on my map, I have been having trouble with lighting whereas my ivy decals will be glowing and you can see the border or the decal and they change sometimes when you walk around/to the side of them. I tried just now placing cubemaps to see if it would fix the issue, being my first time doing this, and I compiled. I then typed in buildcubemaps, and the images came up. Then, I typed in restart, but nothing happens. I also tried "Retry", which seemed to restart the map (I think...), but the problem still looked the same so I dont know if it even restarted.

Any suggestions?

[zombie@computer]

just type "map yourmapname"

[novalin]

ok, that restarted it, thank you. But, the problem didn't change at all for me, still glowing and looking stupid, any ideas?

[novalin]

bump. please help. i dont understand why this is happening.

[Murkrow]

maybe bsp is for "read only"...

[novalin]

the problem was the the brush i was placing the decal on had a model texture on it (the cdecal was fine, but the texture on the wall was not). thanks.

[im.thatoneguy]

I have a question relating to props.

All of my props are still using the skybox for their cubemaps. How do you direct a prop to use the cube maps?

I am using a custom texture and even specified in the material to use env_cubemap for my cubemap source.

[Blink]

Props use the nearest cubemap for reference

[Spartan]

As long as you place a cubemap where ever there is a major change in lighting you should be fine.

[im.thatoneguy]

Really? Because.... none of mine are.

Every single prop in my scene is using the skymap after I run "buildcubemaps" I ran it on my roomate's system, same thing.

I'm even using a couple of default props with reflections, and I can make out clouds and a horizon pretty distinctly. Could I have changed a global variable somewhere in hammer?

[Blink]

Are you restarting the map after running the command? They will behave incorrectly until you restart the map.

[Spartan]

You have to run buildcubemaps again after each compile.

[im.thatoneguy]

Yes and Yes.

I run buildcubemaps.

I then exit the game completely. Restart Half Life 2 DM. Load'er up and BAM. Clouds everywhere. Well... everywhere there are prop_XXX entities