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Posted by Sixsixone on Mon Dec 6th at 11:43am 2004

Hello, Just joined, great tutorials by the way. I've just started mapping, I wanted to learn in HL1 but never got around to it. But now HL2 is out, and there is so much to do, i deiced to give it ago. So far, i'm doing ok. I have a light_dynamic entity, with an orange glow. It works, but I have a lamp on my celling, and it doesn't light up. I've told the lamp model that its light source is that entity, but still nothing. I've put an info_light in, and pointed the lamp to that, but still, nothing.

Any help would be awsome.

Thanks


Edit: Here is a picture, just incase its any help explaining my problem







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Posted by Leperous on Mon Dec 6th at 11:54am 2004

info_light? I don't have any entities called that, only an info_lighting (which does the same thing as you describe).

But first, move your light entity to where it should be coming from, i.e. out of the light (not slightly to the side). And secondly, move the info_light so it's about 32-64 units underneath the light and see if that works.

If you're still having problems, have you tried replacing your light_dynamic with a light or light_spot entity? (and use some env_sprite glows etc.)





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Posted by Sixsixone on Mon Dec 6th at 12:34pm 2004

Sorry, i typed that wrong, it was info_lighting.

I did what you said but still with no results. Is there anything i need to connect to each other? E.g, info_lighting to something or etc.

Thank you for your help.




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Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Mon Dec 6th at 12:54pm 2004

On an unrelated note, it's bad to have world brushes intersecting. The roof you have selected in the picture is the culprit.




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Posted by RaPtoR on Mon Feb 14th at 1:29pm 2005

Hi, i bounching this old thread cuz, it hasn't been solved and i have the same problem. I've made a lamp:



But as you see, the lamp itself, dosn't get lit up by the light_dynamic, since its aimed down. I made this lamp following this tutorial and it shows clearly that the author made it work. But how?
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Posted by cbk on Tue Feb 15th at 1:51am 2005

Well, i'm guessing you followed my tutorial on this right?
If you did then everything should work. something you might want to check...
Make sure that your light_dynamic entity is not inside the prop itself!
i've had the same problem as you are now, and is how i fixed mine.

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Posted by Sp3ctre on Tue Feb 15th at 6:18pm 2005

I know that a dynamic light only casts direct light. Looking at the 2nd screenshot: maybe your lamp remains dark because the only light source doesn't affect it(the walls doesn't bounce that light)?
If the entity is under the lamp, try lightning it with another subtle light or try with an origin lightning hack (don't remind how it's called, but i remind is there on every prop_ entity)





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