Making real sun

Making real sun

Re: Making real sun Posted by SuperCobra on Tue Jan 11th 2005 at 3:53am
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Posted 2005-01-11 3:53am
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How do I make a sun and light come from the sun. Yes I did a search couldnt find anything.
Re: Making real sun Posted by ReNo on Tue Jan 11th 2005 at 3:54am
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Posted 2005-01-11 3:54am
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Use a light_environment entity to make natural lighting (be it
sunlight, moonlight, etc...), and use an env_sun to make the bright
spot in the sky. Search those entities on the forums to find out more
info.
Re: Making real sun Posted by LittleGetty on Sun Jan 16th 2005 at 1:31am
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Posted 2005-01-16 1:31am
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http://www.snarkpit.com/editing.php?page=tutorials&game=HL2&id=116

there is a tutorial on it. I don't know how your supposed to line it up with the sun on a skybox though.
Re: Making real sun Posted by Crono on Sun Jan 16th 2005 at 1:34am
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Posted 2005-01-16 1:34am
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Can't you apply sky box images like textures? I know they're in the
texture browser. You could just apply them to the inside of the skybox,
line everything up then change the skybox texture back to "sky".

Just a thought.
Re: Making real sun Posted by Bobv on Sun Jan 16th 2005 at 1:38am
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Posted 2005-01-16 1:38am
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Can't you apply sky box images like textures? I know they're in the
texture browser. You could just apply them to the inside of the skybox,
line everything up then change the skybox texture back to "sky".

Just a thought.
if you try that, i promise you, itll look crappy......
Re: Making real sun Posted by LittleGetty on Sun Jan 16th 2005 at 2:01am
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Posted 2005-01-16 2:01am
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Yes. You can't get that to work. It wont line up.

It took me about an hour to figure out that you use a skybox texture and just change the name of the one you want to use in proberties. I felt like a retard.