Quake 3 global light

[j3st3r]

What is the best way to add global light level to a map other than ambient (which tends to make things look washed out) or placing light entities everywhere (which is a pain in itself to get right)?

[obsidian]

_minlight?

[VolumetricSteve]

I guess then it comes down to what kinds of level art and detail you're working with....also how is it you have a map that's too hard to manually light?


Use....brighter textures I guess

or code your own shaders that emit a little bit of light?

[j3st3r]

Still new to Q3 mapping so I was wondering what my options were as far as lighting up a level without dumping in a lot of lights or using ambient like you did in Q2 but thanks for answering.

[obsidian]

My usual process is to use skylights and surfacelights first. Then add point lights. Then if needed, _minlight or compile switches to fine tune.

[stevec]

NetRadiant features floodlighting, this is somewhat similar to using the minimum ambient lighting key (but it looks somewhat nicer/less washed out).

http://dev.alientrap.org/projects/netra ... r_features

[dichtfux]

I try to get as many places as possible lit with skylight (both in q2 and q3) because it looks cool and saves tons of work, then I place lights manually for the rest. I always use a bit of ambient/_minlight, too.