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=Related Items=
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This is a list of all the topics related to lighting itself but dont emit light.
This is a list of all the topics related to lighting itself but don't emit light.
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Revision as of 22:30, 7 June 2006

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Introduction

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This tutorial will cover the more advanced lighting techniques used in Source maps. If you are new to lighting in Hammer, you may want to read the basic light tutorial first.

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Light Entities

This is a list and rundown of each entity you can use to cast physical light.

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light

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light_spot

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light_dynamic

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light_environment

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Related Items

This is a list of all the topics related to lighting itself but don't emit light.

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env_lightglow

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shadow_control

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Lightmaps

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Glowing Textures

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Vrad

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Techniques

This covers how to use the mentioned items to create effective lighting.

Static Vs Dynamic

Todo: discuss satic Vs Dynamic light, how and why

Creating a true light source

Todo: talk about creating places for your light to come from and realistic sources

Conclusion

This covers the base of all lighting effects. Any lighting affect that can be achived is a mixture of all or some of these effects.

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