[SOLVED] Problem with lighting when adding skybox.. (TF2)

[Donatello]

Yesterday I ran into a problem regarding the 2dskybox and the lighting in my map.
The problem is that when i add a skybox to my map all of my light suddenly doesn't work (everything is black)
removing the skybox resolves this issue, but I want my map to have a skybox.

Note that I do not have any leaks in my compile log.
ALT+P doesn't show any errors aswell.

 

[nickybakes]

2dskybox

Are you using the normal toolsskybox texture or the 2dskybox texture (the one that has "2D" in the middle of the texture)? Use the normal toolsskybox texture (the one that looks like this:
)

 

[Crowbar]

Probably this. Have you used search on this site or with Google by chance?

 

[Donatello]

Are you using the normal toolsskybox texture or the 2dskybox texture (the one that has "2D" in the middle of the texture)? Use the normal toolsskybox texture (the one that looks like this:
)

I originally used 2dskybox, switched to the normal toolsskybox didn't resolve the issue.

 

[Beef Bucket]

Do you have a light_environment anywhere in your map? This is a wild guess, but it could be your map is trying to pull from a light entity that doesn't exist which is messing the other lights up as well.

 

[Donatello]

Probably this. Have you used search on this site or with Google by chance?

Thanks, will try that. FYI, I have searched and tried alot before making a post.

 

[Donatello]

Do you have a light_environment anywhere in your map? This is a wild guess, but it could be your map is trying to pull from a light entity that doesn't exist which is messing the other lights up as well.

Yes, it does has a light_environment in the map.

 

[AsG_Alligator]

Is your map origin inside a brush?

 

[Donatello]

Is your map origin inside a brush?

nothing is inside my map origin.

 

[Crowbar]

What about light entities?

 

[Donatello]

Thanks, will try that. FYI, I have searched and tried alot before making a post.

update: It doesn't seem like that I have any light source inside a world brush.

 

[AsG_Alligator]

Is everything dark? Brushes and models?

 

[Donatello]

this is how it looks ingame.
everything around it is black. (ammo packs/health packs are visible too, aswell as water).
*this problem did not persist in older versions of my map.

 

[AsG_Alligator]

So models are lit, brushes are black.

I'm pretty sure this is what happens when map origin (0,0,0 point on hammer grid) is embedded within a world brush.

 

[Donatello]

this is from Hammer. I don't see anything wrong with it

 

[Blade x64]

Your 3d sky is likely casting a shadow onto the main map. Ensure the imaginary area the main map occupies in the 3d sky is free of shadow casting objects.

 

[Donatello]

Your 3d sky is likely casting a shadow onto the main map. Ensure the imaginary area the main map occupies in the 3d sky is free of shadow casting objects.

what do you mean exactly?

 

[Billo]

it depents,
if your skybox is completed and there are no leaks or you messes up the light environment.
if you have the same problem i had with my map on the one day everything is all right but suddently the whole map is black, what i did is just move the whole map a bit , when i did that i saved the map as too with a different name just to be sure for exable pl_test_a1 i changed it to pl_test_a2
try those , if you still dont get the problem fixed i dont quite now what you should do

 

[Donatello]

it depents,
if your skybox is completed and there are no leaks or you messes up the light environment.
if you have the same problem i had with my map on the one day everything is all right but suddently the whole map is black, what i did is just move the whole map a bit , when i did that i saved the map as too with a different name just to be sure for exable pl_test_a1 i changed it to pl_test_a2
try those , if you still dont get the problem fixed i dont quite now what you should do

Tried moving the map, didn't work.

 

[Billo]

maybe you have a light into a brush?
dunno to be honest . if i were you i would probably copy and paste the map into another new empty map