Flickering Texture Lights?

taleden

Flames welcome, I just started.. heh.

Is it possible to create flickering texture lights? I can't turn the brush into a light because light entities cannot be brush based; I can put a point-light entity inside the brush I want to flicker, and then turn that brush into a func_wall, but then the texture light on the func_wall brush will still cast light, defeating the flickering effect of the flickering point light.

Suggestions? Is there a different kind of entity or render mode or something I can use to stop a brush-entity from casting light, even if it has light textures?

-tal

RPGreg2600

What do you want the brush to fliker for anyway?

taleden

..because sometimes flickering lights look better in some places than solid lights? It adds atmosphere, and all that jazz. Mind you, I don't want the <i>brush</i> to flicker as if it's not entirely solid or something, I want the <i>light it casts</i> to flicker.

Ollj

I was already wondering when to post this again... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
This fgd enables switched texture lights (and brushes casting shadows btw).

You can make any brush (rendermode solid !!!) that has texture-light make this light flickering or toggling. (check the new entrys ints simple and explained).

To toggle texture lights with this .fgd give the brush a name - e.g. "brushname" and let the button or whatever aim at "@brushname" .
The @ is important!
(Or was it the other way around???)

Still not got it? Search for tutorials.

remember:
Toggling and flickering lights need twice as much lightdata and longer to compile rad.
One face-part (thoose little squares with blocky shadows) can have max 3 DIFFERENT flickering lights (or 8 different non flickering lights) on it or RAD wil abort with "too many different light styles on a face". This includes differences in RGBH+behaviour/name.

taleden

Thanks, that did the trick. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->