Reflective texture for radioactive glow, or lighting?

[draconic]

I've barely scratched the surface concerning customizing textures via reflectivity or any sort of 'glow' they may give off, but I have a sort of 'toxic spill' in my map, but I can't seem to get the menacing look of radioactivity that I'm looking for.

I've heard you can add variables to textures that give them a colored glow, but how is this possible? Should I even bother or go with a certain type of lighting instead? I want to give a feel of "I better not touch that." since it will be associated with some sort of damage.

I'm not 100% on this texture, so if anyone has any better ideas for how to make it look truly menacing and dangerous, by all means, let me know! I do want it to give off some sort of glow, though.



That's the texture I'm using thus far, but it's dull and boring. Any ideas?

[kraid]

This might help:

http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/$selfillum
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/$envmap

[crazycarl]

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

Sound and particle effects also help. If you use a trigger_hurt with radiation damage, the player will hear the click of a geiger counter (in HL2) when he's near it.

[stoopdapoop]

Kraid and crazycarl are pointing you in the right direction, but keep in mind that the texture will look different in game than it does in hammer. I say this because you supplied a hammer screengrab, and asked how you could make it look better

[draconic]

I did use the radioactive trigger_hurt idea for the geiger counter, that helps tremendously. What I ended up doing was going with a more liquid-like texture that is reflective on its own. The lights above do the job for me!

Thanks for the help, though, I appreciate it!