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[[Category:Level Design Tutorials]]
 
==Introduction==
In this tutorial I will show you how to make a wall light that is seen in the Portal test chambers.[[Image:Lighttutorial11.jpg|right|thumb|The final effect]]
 
==Steps==
===Step 1===
Create a room for the light to be in, in this tutorial I used a 384*384*256 room with walls 16 units thick. Ensure the roof is touching the walls only by its edges.
 
===Step 2===
Texture the edges of the roof with the same texture you used for your roof.[[Image:Lighttutorial1.jpg|right|thumb|Step 2]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
===Step 3===
Shrink the roof by four on each end, so in this case, from 384*384 -> 376*376[[Image:Lighttutorial2.jpg|right|thumb|Step 3]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
===Step 4===
Create a 4*16 block with the invisible texture and put it right beside your newly shrunk roof. They should fit so there are no leaks.[[Image:Lighttutorial3.jpg|right|thumb|Step 4]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
===Step 5===
Copy the invisible blocks and re-texture them to have nodraw. Move them higher above the invisible blocks so you can easily preform step 6[[Image:Lighttutorial4.jpg|right|thumb|Step 5]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
===Step 6===
Texture the bottom of the nodraw 4*16 blocks to light_recessedcool002. Rotate the recessed texture with the face edit tool so it is parallel with the block, with the lighter side of the gradient facing the inside of the room.[[Image:Lighttutorial5.jpg|right|thumb|Step 6]]
 
===Step 7===
Move the nodraw blocks to sit on top of the invisible blocks.[[Image:Lighttutorial6.jpg|right|thumb|Step 7]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
===Step 8===
Select all the top walls, and pull them up so they enclose the invisible blocks.[[Image:Lighttutorial7.jpg|right|thumb|Step 8]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
===Step 9===
Add an overlay with decals/overlay_light_gradient, and change the vstart/end to .99 instead of 1.[[Image:Lighttutorial8.jpg|right|thumb|Step 9]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
===Step 10===
Resize to fit, and move inside of the hole.[[Image:Lighttutorial9.jpg|right|thumb|Step 10]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
===Step 11===
Repeat for every wall[[Image:Lighttutorial10.jpg|right|thumb|Step 11]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
===Step 12===
Compile your map, and ensure there are no leaks. If the light looks like the picture, then you have a leak.[[Image:Lighttutorial12.jpg|right|thumb|Step 12]]

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