Shadows/Lighting (dumb Q)

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R!ghteous

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I am recreating the middle point of cp_well for my own purposes. I have all of the brushes/lights/models in the proper places but the lighting is still way off. I dont know what I am doing wrong but im sure someone here knows whats up

This is what I have currently:
wellbad1.jpg


wellbad2.jpg


wellbad3.jpg




This is what I want:

wellgood1.jpg


wellgood2.jpg


wellgood3.jpg





What am I doing wrong? I know its something that i should know but... alas i fail.
 
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Ida

Ida

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Well, decompiled maps are often a bit messed up.

I know that leaks can cause the lighting to look all wrong too. Have you checked to see if you have one?
 
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R!ghteous

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Yes i do have the light_environment created with the proper settings enabled. :-/ I Have no other idea what it may be.
 
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R!ghteous

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I really dont think thats it. The props are supposed to have shadows as you can see from my images however there is no minimum light on brushes. I dont know how to fix this... anyone?
 
Ida

Ida

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It doesn't hurt to try disabling the shadows. You could always turn them back on afterwards.
 
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R!ghteous

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I have checked and rechecked and rechecked. I have used the pointfile tool to verify that there are no leaks.... I have no idea how to fix this at all. Does anyone have a clue? I am happy to send the file to anyone who wants to take a peek. please let me know. What other options could it be?
 
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Laz

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Jul 5, 2008
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valve always compiles its maps with extra lightbounces. but still the difference is to big. Disabeling shadows might help, perhaps your ambient light settings?
 
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Bonafide

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Mar 18, 2008
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I can almost guarantee its because of the shadows, just disable them for a test. It cant do any harm to see. massive props create massive black shadows like the ones you are seeing.
 
Dox

Dox

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Definitely not a leak because a leak causes fullbright, AFAIK.
 
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terrorist_hell

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Could you explain why? That would be helpfull for other people. I kinda hate it when people just say "fixed", but that leaves other folks with the same problem in the blue.
 
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99X

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Aug 21, 2008
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Yes, please tell us what you did. This happened to me and I want to know how to fix it also.
 
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Koei

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Props stuck in geometry a bit? make an info_lighting in front of em and select that as the calculation source for lighting instead of the location of the prop itself.
 
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