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#21 · June 29, 2011, 4:23 pm

ScicoPax wrote:

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.

Didn't do anything...

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#22 · June 29, 2011, 4:27 pm

Also, for people who cannot run on higher settings (not me), you need to make a cubemap at the center of any water and make the face it affects the face with the water texture.

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[spoiler][SP] Alternate[/spoiler]

#23 · June 29, 2011, 10:36 pm

Vordwann wrote:

Also, for people who cannot run on higher settings (not me), you need to make a cubemap at the center of any water and make the face it affects the face with the water texture.

I'm not sure what display settings have to do with this. You are supposed to do this for all water surfaces.

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#24 · June 29, 2011, 10:55 pm

Well that's wierd because my computer does them perfectly fine without cubemaps, I just put them in anyways because it's standard practice.

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#25 · June 29, 2011, 10:57 pm

Water surfaces will use the nearest cubemap for their surface reflections, yeah, but it's "standard practice" like you said to have a specific cubemap pointing to the face of the water.

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#26 · June 29, 2011, 11:35 pm

Just noticed that without cubemaps, Atlas's metal parts (which I assume are reflective) get this weird kinda brass looking effect.

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#27 · June 30, 2011, 7:48 am

iWork925 wrote:

Just noticed that without cubemaps, Atlas's metal parts (which I assume are reflective) get this weird kinda brass looking effect.

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Best place to look... is the portal gun... the white surface should reflect any nearby light and the bumpmapping should be obvious when using cubemaps correctly.

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#28 · June 30, 2011, 10:34 am

Since we're all asking about cubemaps, I've got a small question I've always wondered about them.

Once you build your cube maps via console, are they permanently embedded into your .bsp file until they are rebuilt again?

#29 · June 30, 2011, 11:43 am

raulness wrote:

Since we're all asking about cubemaps, I've got a small question I've always wondered about them.

Once you build your cube maps via console, are they permanently embedded into your .bsp file until they are rebuilt again?

afaik, yes.
... but, I noticed that they get lost, when you rename the map file.

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#30 · June 30, 2011, 12:17 pm

Aren't the cubemaps automaticly build when you compile on full + hdr? (you still have to place them in hammer offcourse)

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Do cubemaps matter?