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| Mrdarkangel4 |
  Posted 13th Aug 2005 6:42am |
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I'm haveing trouble with lights in red editor. Ill put my lights in and save it but when i load my map back up the lights dont work anymore. With the map im working on i put some lights in and they were all working then i had to go do something so i saved and exited and when i loaded it back up the lights werent working anymore. Is there something i can do to fix that? |
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| Assassin |
Posted 13th Aug 2005 7:50am |
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Mrdarkangel4, follow these steps for your lighting to work
1. Start RED
2. Load your map
3. Hit "W" key
4. Calculate lighting
5. Hold "Shift" key and hit "W" key
6. Now, calculate maps and lights
7. Save map, create packfile, play level
That should fix your problem Im hoping  |
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| mad_ferrit |
Posted 13th Aug 2005 12:58pm |
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Did you change the range of the light so that it is big enough to cast on your walls / ceiling / floor?
If so, this is your little routine...
1. BUILD (Spacebar)
2. W
3. Shift+W
4. L
5. Shift+L
6. Save
7. Create Level Packfile
That should work  If it doesn't, then try to be a bit more specific with your problem. |
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| Mrdarkangel4 |
Posted 14th Aug 2005 5:05am |
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awsome it worked  thanks. |
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| goober |
Posted 14th Aug 2005 2:38pm |  |
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MF, what is the L, shift+L for calculate lightmaps and lights with no shadows? |
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NoClanFrank  |
Posted 14th Aug 2005 4:37pm | |
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| Quoting goober | | MF, what is the L, shift+L for calculate lightmaps and lights with no shadows? |
I'm not a MF but I will try and answer that one. L calculates the lights regardless if they are shadow casting lights or not and it's something you have to do so they won't go out in your level if you have Geo in it. W on the other hand just hides the objects and then you have to bring them back and hence the shift + W. Remember to do the steps that MF guys posted above every single time before you save a map.
There is only one time when you don't really need to do that. When is that you say. Man we sure are nosy today.
* Hear a voice telling him to let goober know.*
OK you don't really need to do it if you are going to send it out to someone to check out the level for you or if they are going to fix something for you. When you calculate the lighting, usually the file size gets much bigger and hence it will save you sometime emailing it or via messenger.
*Talks to the voice he heard. If you keep talking I will go back on the medication.*
Any way, just remember to calculate the lights in your maps before submitting your files. Especially if you will have Geo in it. |
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| goober |
Posted 14th Aug 2005 5:05pm | |
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| Quoting NoClanFrank | | Especially if you will have Geo in it. |
or because all textures are alot brighter with no calculated lights |
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| NoClanFrank |
Posted 14th Aug 2005 5:55pm | |
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| Quoting goober | | Quoting NoClanFrank | | Especially if you will have Geo in it. |
or because all textures are a lot brighter with no calculated lights |
No & yes because if you don't calculate the lights, the map will go dark and you will have funny looking greyed out textures. |
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| goober |
Posted 14th Aug 2005 5:59pm | |
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| Quoting NoClanFrank | | Quoting goober | | Quoting NoClanFrank | | Especially if you will have Geo in it. |
or because all textures are a lot brighter with no calculated lights |
No & yes because if you don't calculate the lights, the map will go dark and you will have funny looking greyed out textures. |
thats if you blow up something |
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| NoClanFrank |
Posted 14th Aug 2005 6:06pm | |
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| Quoting goober | | That's if you blow up something |
Why would you have Geo-mod technology in a level if you weren't going to allow Geo-modding(level hardness of 100 and no Geo-regions)?   |
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| goober |
Posted 14th Aug 2005 6:47pm | |
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| Quoting NoClanFrank | | Quoting goober | | That's if you blow up something |
Why would you have Geo-mod technology in a level if you weren't going to allow Geo-modding(level hardness of 100 and no Geo-regions)? |
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| KERPAL |
Posted 15th Aug 2005 3:41am | |
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| Quoting mad_ferrit | Did you change the range of the light so that it is big enough to cast on your walls / ceiling / floor?
If so, this is your little routine...
1. BUILD (Spacebar)
2. W
3. Shift+W
4. L
5. Shift+L
6. Save
7. Create Level Packfile
That should work If it doesn't, then try to be a bit more specific with your problem. |
lol, I pretty much do that every single time I build with lights |
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| Assassin |
Posted 15th Aug 2005 4:06am |
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The method I posted works for me. It was the way I was taught. Ill have to try MF's posted method. |
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| NoClanFrank |
Posted 15th Aug 2005 6:10am | |
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| Quoting Assassin | | The method I posted works for me. It was the way I was taught. Ill have to try MF's posted method. |
Now let me ask you this...Do any of the level that you built have Geo-mod in them?  If they don't that might explain why they work for you. It's an extra 2 steps, even if you say it works for you why take the chance when adding Geo-mod to a level. Well not adding, more like allow it. |
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