[csgo] Lighting on props broken since Wildfire Update? (+ Possible fix)

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Unfortunately yes, i have this bug too :c

did a compile last night. My props were OK, but all my shadows were a weird harsh inky black.

Default compile settings are forbidden on this website, sorry bro... :sad:

I notice that this brings high quality and low quality visual settings in line with each other. Maybe this was intentional?

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I notice that this brings high quality and low quality visual settings in line with each other. Maybe this was intentional?

That is an interesting idea. I presume you have some contact with VALVe due to Cache and Santorini having made the operation. Could you ask them?

Haha, ho you !

You just need to know that when it's question of render, fast lighting make things really gross, but this case seemas a bit too far for a classic fast compile.

I just got a problem but the other way around, with brushes black and props normal. Maby not connected to the update but worth mentioning.

Edit: After some compiles and changes to the map, it worked fine, And looks normal again. Still don't know if it was connected to the update or what fixed it.

I've noticed static props aren't lit properly in my case, info_lighting seems to be ignored or not as effective as it used to.

also computing static prop lighting takes a lot longer than it did before the update, yet the props look the same or maybe even worse.

After the update my shadows on the map is extreamly sharp, compared to pre-update compiles without changing any compile settings. They probably made some changes to make maps look better and on some systems this update resulted in broken lighting.

But hey, it wouldn't be a true CSGO update without bugs and glitches!

Hi there! We released an update to VRAD in the latest update. To get proper lighting on static props, you will need to run with -StaticPropLighting in VRAD, which sadly isn't updated (yet) in Hammer for the default, quick compile settings.

This flag will increase compile times, but to help with iteration we also included the ability to tweak the quality of the new lighting by adding -StaticPropSampleScale x parameter (16 = slow, high quality, 4 = default and 0.25 = fast, low quality) which is useful if you want to speed up compile times. Note that adding -final is the same as having -StaticPropLightingScale 16.

We'll have the full documentation for the upgraded compile tools out early next week.

Cool, thanks !
And also, thanks for fixed the "3D Shaded Textures Polygons" view of Hammer

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I had that unpleasant surprise too, seeing all of those prop_static rendered black at fast compile. I was starting to panic and curse Windows.

By the way, on linux the prop_static aren't black at fast compile but are horribly lit with some weird rainbow like effects.

An offtopic question to mr. MagnarJ: will it be possible for Hammer and Cs:go SDK to be ported on Linux? or should i remove that hope? (i'm dual booting just for mapping).

wait, so all we have to do is add those -staticproplighting and -StaticPropSampleScale #[/b] [/b]parameters to our fast compile setting and it's all gravy? Was sitting here for 30 minutes on a hdr compile. Good thing I came across this post!

For some reason I am having the same problem but the compiling settings did not fix the issue.

The props appear to be in a very dark enviroment, some of them could get back to life by adding light near them (the sculpture in the screenshot), others remained completely black even after setting up lights next to them. But at least the reveal their color if you fire your gun next to them.

Anyone else is still haveing the problem and/or a potential fix ?

You added it at "additional game parameters", cut it and click on "Expert..."

Now choose the fast configuration in the top left drop down menu. Go to "$light_exe" and paste these parameters there. Then click "GO" to compile.