BTS Light Sources

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Introduction

This page will show and teach you how to create the light sources found in the Behind The Scenes Areas.

Warning:This page is incomplete, not a lot has been added.

Big Lamp

Create a prop_static entity set it's world model to models/props_wasteland/light_spotlight01_lamp.mdl this model is the lamp itself. The base model is models/props_wasteland/light_spotlight01_base.mdl disable shadows for both props.

Create a point_spotlight and enter the following Properties:

Property Name	Value
Color	250 240 205
HDR color scale	.7
Spotlight Width	80
Spotlight Length	Is how long the spotlight will go.

Create a light_spot and enter the following Properties:

Property Name	Value
Brightness	250 240 205 900
Constant	500000

Small Lamp

Create a prop_static entity set it's world model to models/props_wasteland/light_spotlight02_lamp.mdl this model is the lamp itself. The base model is models/props_wasteland/light_spotlight02_base.mdl disable shadows for both props.

Create a point_spotlight and enter the following Properties:

Property Name	Value
Color	250 240 205
HDR color scale	.7
Spotlight Width	32
Spotlight Length	Is how long the spotlight will go.

Create a light_spot and enter the following Properties:

Property Name	Value
Brightness	250 240 205 900
Constant	500000

Note:These values should be quite small due to the size of the lamp.