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[CS:GO] Shadows in Hammer

  • Nerve
  • November 24, 2013 at 5:56 PM
  • Nerve
    • November 24, 2013 at 5:56 PM
    • #1

    I've just been messing around with Hammer, and after compiling and running my map there seems to be (what looks like) a black shadow around two of the walls for no particular reason. It fades the further away you get, so I tweaked the render distance settings to see if that was causing it but no change.


    I checked to see if it was a leak but I don't have any errors when compiling, I'm most likely missing something completely obvious.


    Any help for a beginner?


    edit: Also tried different textures, no luck.

  • OrnateBaboon
    • November 24, 2013 at 6:46 PM
    • #2

    Do you have a light_env entity in the map? If so, have you turned it off in a vis group by mistake? Is this a full compile?

  • DrywallDreams
    • November 24, 2013 at 6:49 PM
    • #3

    If you compile with no lighting, this is what happens. Cascaded shadow mapping broke fullbright mode so now it shows shadows.

  • Nerve
    • November 24, 2013 at 7:46 PM
    • #4

    I've been following a few guides online and they haven't mentioned anything about lighting up to this point. Noob question: If it's lighting thats the problem, why do some of the textures inside the building show fine?


    Here's the video I'm following: http://youtu.be/9BxKIodPme0?t=5m12s


    So, to fix the problem I just need to add light entities?

  • OrnateBaboon
    • November 25, 2013 at 3:18 AM
    • #5

    https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Light_environment

  • Nerve
    • November 26, 2013 at 11:40 AM
    • #6

    Thanks guys, got it working after adding a light_env, tweaking the skybox settings and adding temporary light entities to the rooms. I wish mat_fullbright 1 worked for quick testing, but oh well!

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