The Source Engine Question Thread!

[Freak]

I open this one for those who have questions to the source engine, and especially, for me

Use the thread for every little or large question u have

(dunno if there´s already such a thread or so..)

Well, i´m creating a bright, white´ish environment atm, and i´ve made a lot of textures till now, but i got a problem:

how can i make textures bouncing light? I don´t have a large amount of light sources, and all my walls shall bounce the light around so that everything gets pretty bright.

[e-freak]

go for the lights.rad file (or something like that) - you can there type in which textures will be calculated esp as lightresources by the rad compilation. if you wanna fake a little it may also be usefull to add selfillumination to the textures in question

[Freak]

thanks, i selfilluminated the ceiling of the map (same texture everywhere) and it seems to be a good base for the rest

[Freak]

another question, if i change the colour or the brightness of on of valve´s textures in the lights.rad file, and i compile the map, the changes applied. Now, if i finish a map for example, and i set the brightness in the lights.rad file back, will it change the light´s brightness in the compiled map(s), too?

[Defrag]

Nope; lights.rad is used at compile-time only.

[Freak]

thanks