Pathmesh and Lights

Krane · Post by **Krane** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 9:49 pm

I have a spotlight in my map that circles a area (duh). Anyway, during the traveling, I realize that some pathmeshes are not "reflecting" the lights. I have another pathmesh at the side and this one is working fine....Check it out:

In this example, my road (bocroad full) do not reflect the light.

The same here with the road texture (or mesh)....WHY ???????????

Balr14 · Post by **Balr14** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 3:39 am

The properties of the texture you used do accept light. Change the shaders or the textures.

tltrude · Post by **tltrude** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 5:19 am

Balr14 wrote:The properties of the texture you used do accept light. Change the shaders or the textures.

I think balr14 meant to say, "The properties of the texture you used do NOT accept light".

Krane · Post by **Krane** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 1:43 pm

Thanks for the reply dudes. The shader is like any other working texture shader. Actually, I have 2 meshes, same texture and reacting different. Check it out:

There is a ground brush below the mesh. It's nodraw right now, but I've try caulk too.

This will be hard...

btw: If anyone wants to see the bizarre roads, check it on my hideout
http://www22.brinkster.com/krane/MOHAA/mohaamaps.html

bdbodger · Post by **bdbodger** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 3:22 pm

The spotlight uses dynamic light not compiled light . It lights up the brush or mesh within its radius . If you where to spawn a light into a map near a wall you whould see the light lighting up both sides of a wall it it is too close to it or has too high a radius . Dynamic light is not as good as compiled light . All you can do is change the path of the light so that is is not too close to a border between brushes or so that its radius maybe catches both brushes by putting the path on the border not sure you may need to experiment .

Krane · Post by **Krane** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 3:36 pm

Yeah bdbodger, I was testing w/ other lights and had the same conclusion: the dam dynamic lights.

I'll try replace these meshes for brushes, see wtf is going to happen...

tltrude · Post by **tltrude** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 6:00 pm

Dynamic lights will shine brighter when they are near a normal lightmap area--like under the streetlamp light--if there is one. So maybe you just need to put dim lights around its path.

Krane · Post by **Krane** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 7:08 pm

Thanks dudes. My map is fine right now. I've replace the pathmeshes for very thin brushes and the dam dynamic lights are working perfectly on the ground.