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Posted by Kapten Ljusdal on Fri Sep 5th at 6:03pm 2003

Hi peeps

Warning: Too many direct light styles on face

I know what it means, but not why its coming up (i have checked the map and the lights)

If you have the know-how PLZZ tell me

 





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Posted by Gollum on Fri Sep 5th at 7:35pm 2003

Well, if you know what it means then the solution should be pretty obvious: cut down on your use of different "styles" of lights.

First I suggest removing (only temporarily) every light you have that has any kind of flicker or strobe effect.  Remove all switchable lights, leaving only standard entity lights and texture lighting.

This should solve the problem.  If not, you gain some information at least.

Then you can try adding the lights back in, a few at a time.  Fundamentally you can't have too many different types (slow flicker, fast flicker etc.) affecting any one polygon (face).





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Posted by DocRock on Fri Sep 5th at 7:48pm 2003

? posted by Gollum
Then you can try adding the lights back in, a few at a time.  Fundamentally you can't have too many different types (slow flicker, fast flicker etc.) affecting any one polygon (face).

Ya I think it only allows 3 different styles of light.  That brings up another thought too: the 3 different light styles...does that include colored lighting as well?  

Man, I cant wait for HL2 Hammer.





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Posted by Gollum on Fri Sep 5th at 8:02pm 2003

No, coloured lighting is not a "light style" as such.  It's only the flickering/fading effects that matter (and *maybe* switchable counts as one of these).





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Posted by Orpheus on Fri Sep 5th at 8:04pm 2003

it is my understanding that "styles" means only that, the style of light emitted, being strobe,flicker, or whatever.. style should not count as color, because IMO it doesn't apply to light, at least it shouldn't.. it would be as if someone asked you what style car you own, be it a cheapy without ac or with, no one would ask about a style of color.. i might rephrase that as, no one i have ever talked to has.. but in my experience, some people are just petty enuff to include color as if it were important :/

 

anyways.. it is my understanding that color is not a factor in this particular error in HL..

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Posted by Kapten Ljusdal on Fri Sep 5th at 8:15pm 2003

3 max? well i have normal, flickerA, and flickerB. I removed the B, still didnt work



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Posted by Kapten Ljusdal on Fri Sep 5th at 8:39pm 2003

Hmmm, never min about my first post. Somehow it just fixed itself...kinda. I have another question: How to you make a sprite transparent so you dont see the edges and you only see it when it can see you?



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Posted by Cash Car Star on Fri Sep 5th at 8:43pm 2003

Rendermode additive and set the rendervalue to whatever suits it (0-255). Whenever you can see the point where the sprite is based, you will see the whole sprite. It's odd, but how they work.



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Posted by Kapten Ljusdal on Fri Sep 5th at 10:28pm 2003

? posted by Cash Car Star
Whenever you can see the point where the sprite is based, you will see the whole sprite

Hmm nope, i see it anyway 





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Posted by Cash Car Star on Fri Sep 5th at 10:31pm 2003

Then I can't help you unless you provide a screenshot, because that's how they work...



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Posted by Kapten Ljusdal on Fri Sep 5th at 10:34pm 2003

if u tell me how to get my angelfire account to be able to show images



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Posted by Orpheus on Fri Sep 5th at 10:37pm 2003

? posted by Kapten Ljusdal
if u tell me how to get my angelfire account to be able to show images

by following this link..

http://www.snarkpit.com/cp.php?mode=homepage

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Posted by Kapten Ljusdal on Fri Sep 5th at 10:46pm 2003

bah, Lep isnt here....



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Posted by Kapten Ljusdal on Sun Sep 7th at 12:28pm 2003

Ill just let the sprite thing be for now. Do you think Lep is gonna get mad if i use my webspace for..um, like innocent non-mapping pictures? I read the terms but i didnt remember all of it





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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Sep 7th at 12:39pm 2003

? posted by Kapten Ljusdal

Ill just let the sprite thing be for now. Do you think Lep is gonna get mad if i use my webspace for..um, like innocent non-mapping pictures? I read the terms but i didnt remember all of it

unless the content is unethical, he seldom says much..

 

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Posted by Kapten Ljusdal on Sun Sep 7th at 2:05pm 2003

Thats what i meat with "innocent"





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Posted by Kapten Ljusdal on Sun Sep 7th at 8:46pm 2003

Hey! I cant upload!



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Posted by Irenicis on Wed Nov 3rd at 12:29am 2004

How long does it take to compile a rather big map? [addsig]



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Posted by G.Ballblue on Wed Nov 3rd at 1:06am 2004

Using zoner's P series, a large map may take 45 minutes to 1 hour. A behmothic map may take 1 hour and 20 minutes -- that's for just running Rad. If you run extra, a behemothic map may take... about 18 hours. [addsig]



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Posted by Irenicis on Wed Nov 3rd at 1:17am 2004

thanks, my map compiling suddenly jumpped from 59 secs to more than 8 mins

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