minor _sun_light problem -leaking through doors

[Mikemc]

How can I keep this room dark, with the sun shining down just outside?



- Mike

[grieve[Q2C]]

you could use an architectonic feature, like a porch, to keep the sunlight away from the door .....



or try the arghrad 3.00 beta. it has an option to let bmodels block light.

[Mikemc]

Alright the lighting's gone! Turned out the one I was using already had that option but I never touch commands like that

Now how about eliminating the light at the base and ceiling? More func_walls?

- Mike

[grieve[Q2C]]

no light ever goes through a solid brush, or two solid brushes linked together, it be then there is a gap between them.

it can be a gap smaller than 1 unit which can't even be seen in the map editor. sink one brush into the other if there is no other way.
set the grid to 1 and zoom in to a microscopic level, until you see all the details of the region.

microgaps are a very likely cause of lighting glitches in a map.

[Mikemc]

Well, I couldn't get rid of the light so i just modified the doors.



- Mike

[grieve[Q2C]]

hmm, that's also a solution ....

[whirlingdervish]

nicely done.. just had to work with the light and not against it...
good idea.