Lighting

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fyre

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Mar 15, 2008
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Hi all,

I'm wondering if there's a list of TF2-specific light values anywhere. I tried the HL2 values on the Valve dev wiki, but they don't look right in TF2. I'm working on a map that's almost ready, except for the lighting.

So...I would appreciate any suggestions.

BTW, I'm a mapping noob if you couldn't tell.

Thanks
 

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fyre

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Mar 15, 2008
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No, I mean indoor lighting. I can't get it too look good. I've been experimenting with light and light_spot, but either everything is too dark, or I get a washed out glare sort of look.
 

trainRiderJ

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Mar 14, 2008
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Make sure your map doesn't have any leaks, and try changing to color of the lights to warm hues for incandescent bulbs and blue hues for fluorescent.
 

Earl

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Dec 21, 2007
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A strategy that valve uses is to put a very bright pointlight with a dark color. So the color intensity would be something like 30 30 30 800. I've used it when I just wanted to add brightness to an enclosed area without adding obvious lights, and it worked well.
 

Koei

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Feb 23, 2008
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A strategy that valve uses is to put a very bright pointlight with a dark color. So the color intensity would be something like 30 30 30 800. I've used it when I just wanted to add brightness to an enclosed area without adding obvious lights, and it worked well.

Wow, this is an extremly useful tip for me. I have a cave and had no idea where I would put all the lights :thumbup1:
 

Tokit

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A strategy that valve uses is to put a very bright pointlight with a dark color. So the color intensity would be something like 30 30 30 800. I've used it when I just wanted to add brightness to an enclosed area without adding obvious lights, and it worked well.

This does help a lot, you don't need to have a light model for every single light, I have dim lights pointing in dark corners most of the time so the room doesn't feel dark or bigger.
 

fyre

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Mar 15, 2008
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A strategy that valve uses is to put a very bright pointlight with a dark color. So the color intensity would be something like 30 30 30 800. I've used it when I just wanted to add brightness to an enclosed area without adding obvious lights, and it worked well.

Thanks, this helped a lot.