Light (GoldSrc)

GoldSrc

Source Engine

Source 2

light is an e0 available in all GoldSrc games.

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It's an invisible static light source.

Key Values

Target (target) <targetname>

The targetname of an entity this entity will trigger when activated.

Name (targetname) <string>

The targetname that other entities refer to this entity by.

Light:

Color + Brightness (_light) <color255 + int>

The RGB color and brightness of the light. Colors must be between 0 and 255; brightness can be anything.

Note:Negative brightness will suck out the amount of lighting that the equivalent positive brightness would cast.

Appearance (lightstyle) (style) <choices>

Various lightstyle presets. Cannot be used on named lights.

Lightstyle presets (epilepsy warning)

Literal Value	Description	Sequence	Preview
0	Normal	m
10	Fluorescent flicker	mmamammmmammamamaaamammma
2	Slow, strong pulse	abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba
11	Slow pulse, noblack	abcdefghijklmnopqrrqponmlkjihgfedcba
5	Gentle pulse	jklmnopqrstuvwxyzyxwvutsrqponmlkj
1	Flicker A	mmnmmommommnonmmonqnmmo
6	Flicker B	nmonqnmomnmomomno
3	Candle A	mmmmmaaaaammmmmaaaaaabcdefgabcdefg
7	Candle B	mmmaaaabcdefgmmmmaaaammmaamm
8	Candle C	mmmaaammmaaammmabcdefaaaammmmabcdefmmmaaaa
4	Fast strobe	mamamamamama
9	Slow strobe	aaaaaaaazzzzzzzz
12	Underwater light mutation	mmnnmmnnnmmnn
63	Testing (Off) !FGD	a

Custom Appearance (pattern) <string>

A string of english letters, like a sequence of piano keys, that define a pattern of brightness. a is 0%, m is 100%, and z is 200%. Updates at 10 Hz. Requires light to have a targetname.

ZHLT:

Copy lighting from (VHLT+) (zhlt_copylight) <targetname>

Copies the lighting from the named entity to the nearest lightmap luxel below this entity's origin.

Tip:To avoid having the copied lighting visibly affecting the brush lighting, put a 16x16x1 func_detail with zhlt_noclip enabled directly below this model's origin. Texture the top face with black_HIDDEN, and the rest of the faces with SKIP.

Note:Not compatible with entities using the effect flag EF_INVLIGHT.

Model shadows (UMHLT, SDHLT) (zhlt_studioshadow) <boolean>

Enable to cast shadows from MDLs found in the model KV.

Model shadow mode (SDHLT) (zhlt_shadowmode) <choices>

0 - Use Bounding Box

1 - Use triangles (default)

2 - Use Bounding boxes of triangles

Flags

Initially dark : [1]