Lighting Problem

#1 · July 27, 2013, 4:10 am

Hi! I'm making a Wheatley map with one destroyed chamber. In both sides of the chamber I put an observation room. When you enter the chamber, the lights works perfect, but when you touch a trigger_once that I put over a platform, the lights malfunction and the platform becomes dark. What can I do?

#2 · July 27, 2013, 4:39 am

Have you checked the outputs that trigger over the platform has? Also can you post some picture? or post the .VMF?

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#3 · July 27, 2013, 4:20 pm

Here are the screenshots (The platform is where I'm standing over in the 'AFTER' screenshot)

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MORE INFO:

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sp_untitled2.vmf

#4 · July 28, 2013, 3:49 am

I have found the problem. The texture I used for the platform was 'metal/black_wall_metal002a_vertex'. I don't know why, but that thing of 'VERTEX' caused the problem. Instead of it, I now used 'metal/black_wall_metal_002a' and now it works

#5 · July 28, 2013, 6:26 am

Yes, I was going to say That is the typical behaviour of the vertex textures. Vertex textures are used by models, never intended to be used for brushes

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#6 · July 28, 2013, 12:44 pm

Thanks for the info! I didn't know that.