Question About Spotlights

daveyboydaveyboy Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2197Members
in Mapping Forum
<div class="IPBDescription">and editing them in the hammer</div> Okay so I've got my maps to compile and run <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> this is cool!

Now I have a question about spotlights, is it possible to see the projection cone from within the hammer so that I can edit where it points to and such? Or do you have to play with the numbers each time and test it in the engine to see what the result is? (latter seems rather tedious)

Thanks in advance,

Daveyboy
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  • BiTMAPBiTMAP Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7685Members
    you have to just think of the angles in ur head mostly just trying things is best for HL <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • daveyboydaveyboy Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2197Members
    Shanks for the reply <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

    I was hoping it'd be easier than that like how you can position the target in 3dsmax or Blender.... ah well guess it's just one of those things I'll have to mess with....

    Daveyboy
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  • VyvnVyvn Join Date: 2002-08-24 Member: 1226Members
    I don't do this myself, but it could make it a little easier to guess how it'll look ingame if you set it to target an info_target.
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  • BiTMAPBiTMAP Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7685Members
    you can tell it to target something, but that doesn't make the cone bigger or smaller i don't think... if you want a visible (as in cartoon you can see the cone in the air) light cone you have to use fade textures and brushwork...
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  • VyvnVyvn Join Date: 2002-08-24 Member: 1226Members
    No, telling the light_spot to target something doesn't change the cone size, but this would just be one less angle to estimate on.
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