sun dont work

how do you use the env_sun entity? its not lighting my level and i dont understand why not.

thanks in advance

env_sun doesn't emit light, light_environment does.

All the env_sun does is add a sun to your level, that's just a big glowing ball in the sky, but it doesn't create light.

it's the light_environment entity that lights your map. the env_sun is only an effect that dazzles the player when he looks towards it.

set the "use angles" property of the env_sun to "yes", and enter exactly the same "angles" and "pitch" values as your light_environment.

as most skies have a sun or bright spot already in them, finding the exact values that will align your light_env or env_sun to this bright spot would be pretty time consuming, so it's good that someone thought to put a list of all the hl2 skies and their original light_env settings here.

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well thank you for the replies