lit models

hey guys, i have used the stop/go signal from props_trainyard in my map, i want to be able to light it grren or red. when the model is in hammer it has three lights, white red and amber. but when you run it in game all three lights are white. is it possible to make the signal light up (so that only the light part is lit up) rather then the model glowing?

i had a look at the model, hoping that i could tell you to use a different skin value, but the model doesn't seem to have any other skin values. so i don't really have any suggestions, other than to possibly decompile the model and add some self illuminated textures to the parts that you want lit up.

im nearly sure they did it in the hl2 single player

if so, i can only imagine that they did it by using some sort of sprite /glow entity.

Thats right, add a env_sprite. Give it a color and then make some kind of trigger to turn them on and off.

do you need help setting that up?

yeah this has kinda been on my mind all day to try this, just been busy working on other parts of my map.. i'll give it a bash and see how i get on. if not ill send you a pm for some help :razz:

hmmm.... i really should goto bed, but heres what im getting

Set the Render Mode on the sprite to "Additive" or "Glow"

Set the Render Mode on the sprite to "Additive" or "Glow"

and change the number from 0-255 to make it more or less opaque (0 is translucent)