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#11 · June 28, 2011, 12:04 am

Okay, I tried over and over, and I DO know how to work cubemaps, as I've used them in portal 1 maps successfully. But no matter how hard I try they don't effect my surfaces in portal 2, can somebody please help me?

Portal 1.5 http://www.moddb.com/mods/portal-15

#12 · June 28, 2011, 12:48 am

What are your video settings?

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#13 · June 28, 2011, 1:25 am

Everything is on high, and I'm pretty sure I'm on highest resolution also.

Portal 1.5 http://www.moddb.com/mods/portal-15

#14 · June 28, 2011, 6:52 am

after building the cubemaps, make sure you execute the "reload" command in the console for the cubemaps to be applied.

make sure you check out the VDC:
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Cubemaps

.:: [SP] Lost in Testing :: #1 :: #2 :: #3 :: #4 ::.

#15 · June 28, 2011, 7:49 am

Without cubemaps, you get a default cubemap which looks horrible.

My Maps:
[spoiler][SP] Alternate[/spoiler]

#16 · June 28, 2011, 7:50 am

Oh and BTW i've always wondered if it is a model or just brushwork to make the frames for glass in Portal 2. Anyone?

My Maps:
[spoiler][SP] Alternate[/spoiler]

#17 · June 28, 2011, 8:05 am

Vordwann wrote:

Oh and BTW i've always wondered if it is a model or just brushwork to make the frames for glass in Portal 2. Anyone?

It's a model. (check out the zoo_mechanics.vmf for the model name)

.:: [SP] Lost in Testing :: #1 :: #2 :: #3 :: #4 ::.

#18 · June 29, 2011, 1:09 pm

Hey, I had the same problem.
You have to put in the console:

Code: Select all: buildcubemaps mat_reloadtextures mat_reloadallmaterials

I discovered it by myself messing around with the console.

ScicoPax

#19 · June 29, 2011, 3:54 pm

without cubemaps the box dropper's glass look ugly. So at least one cubemap is a must.

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#20 · June 29, 2011, 4:08 pm

DaMaGepy wrote:

without cubemaps the box dropper's glass look ugly. So at least one cubemap is a must.

Truth. Also, faith plates. Horrendous without cubemaps.

"Games are made out of smaller games ? turtles all the way down, until you hit the game that is so trivial and stupid it isn?t deserving of the name." --Raph Koster

Do cubemaps matter?