Environmental Light

[ferret]

boot up hammer for css, open the texture browser, type in "skybox" it gives you all the skyboxes.

I suppose I could try that.

[ferret]

There you go everyone -- I made the same tutorial for CS:S

[ferret]

HEY

HL2 world copied my tutorial!!!

http://www.hl2world.com/wiki/index.php/Sky_List

At least they gave interlopers credit!

[KILLA-COW]

Where do you put the light env to maximise its full potentiol for these settings?


EDIT: dont worry i got it lol the results are coooooool ferret u got msn?

[ferret]

nope I don't have msn

[MarblesXIII]

Below is a link to the page with the list of skyboxes for HL2 & for CS:Source, pictures of the skyboxes are included.


http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Sky_List

[Shr3d]

Below is a link to the page with the list of skyboxes for HL2 & for CS:Source, pictures of the skyboxes are included.


http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Sky_List

Thanks for that, but I'm pretty sure we already have it in the tutorials section .

[ferret]

actually a similar thing is linked in this tutorial (above) with the same images

[CoDCriLL3]

Now you gotta update the tutorial with HDR-settings to!

[nub]

Just a quick question, when adding the light_enviroment, do you add one inside this map (withing your skybox) and outside the map (outside the skybox) in order for it to work right? I really am hoping on releasing this crazy hl2 level project im working on. But i need to figure out how to make the level change process work.

Email me at

fruitkiller222@hotmail.com

If your bothered enough to inform me on the level change problem.
(NOT THE LIGHT_ENVIROMENT QUESTION!)

[Biological-Bum]

Im trying to make a good map and just started a few weeks ago. I want it to be completely dark and so, I didnt put any environmental lighting in it. Only lamps and things. What sky should I use? Is there a tutorial I can look at for something like this? Also, there is something else that has nothing to do with lighting. My map is surrounded with water. Is there a way of making it seem like there is more water than there is from the land to the walls of the map?

[Sauce]

w00t! Thanks again Ferret! I've been trying to figure out the damn lighting in my map for ages now and finally you've helped me to fix it! No more ugly coloured shadows and reflections for me!

[Gamercat]

I use this for all my maps. Very very usefull. ^_^ Fantastic job Ferret.

[Someth|ng W|cked]

Avter you decompile a map with vmex, open it in hammer and go under MAP>PROPERTIES and under sky name it will tell uw what the sky texture used for that map is, so you can findo ut what they used for the css maps

[hP]

This is very, very usefull... Thanks