Glowing Glass

oloffe

On my map, all the glass textures is "glowing" and it's very desturbing <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
My settings on the glass is:
func_wall
Render FX: Normal
Render mode: Texture
FX Amount: 180
...

No other changes is made.
I use a glass texture from NS.WAD
Anyone know something?

Huze

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change to

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brute_force

Actually, Additive will make it glow at all times. Keep it at Texture, but change the FX Amount to 100.

Kester

Put it lower than that, use between 15 and 60

oloffe

okey, so if Im change XF amount, will it still glow, but less??

SgtBarlow

Use the glass made on a black background ( cc_glass1 / cc_glass2 / glastrans / glass_dark / tubeglass) with the following settings:

FX Amount: 80
Render Mode: Additive

Kester

You don't use additive for glass ffs!

Additive, adds that texture with the texture behind, to make it brighter, hence the name. Texture, the one you should use, makes the texture less visable, which is what you want for glass.

brute_force

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Yep. The FX Amount actually depends on what texture you use, like how bright it is. I find a good value is 100, but you can try whatever you like. Just don't use a too high value.

Cagey

It's also important to use a glass texture that doesn't start out with any bright colors if you're going to use it in a dark environment -- the Half-Life engine doesn't use lightmaps when displaying items rendered as either Texture or Additive, so textures that match Normal or Solid rendered areas when fullbright will appear too bright when they are lit in game.

If a window's going to be in a dark area, pick a texture that's as dark you'd expect it to be after the lightmaps are applied to the area around it. This is acually why Valve's .wads have the same glass patterns with different color schemes--it gives level designers a chance to match the glass to the surrounding scene.