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Category:	DOOM III Level Design D3 mapping and level design.
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Topic: "J" Button :D

TheJuice

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Category: DOOM III Level Design
Posted: Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2004 12:37 pm

J4FswampyG writes...

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Here are some very useful tips on using lights most by raven of ravensoft

This is 1 I found very fast way to make my light the size I wanted

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Here is some useful info. from Lloyd Morris:

Not sure if this has been covered yet but one quick way to create a light of the size you want without guessing/calculating values is to create a brush of the size light you want and then right-click and select light entity to convert it to a light.

This is the link to this page

www.map-center.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=4505&sid=d8a5f3c375002a6809acfd4c2da14624

Ummmm ok, has anyone tried this? I have tried this multiple times. The brush turns into a light and everything seems just as it should be. But after I compile and run the map and goto where this light should be there is no light at all. I have made the brush the size of the room, I have made them smaller than the room but NONE of them cast any light at all. And before you ask, YES the lights are inside of the room. When I hit J and bring up the light editor all the settings are identical to a light created by just adding a light entity except for the size. I don't get it, what am I doing wrong?

foyleman

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Category: DOOM III Level Design Posted: Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2004 12:48 pm
hmmm... compare the radius to a light created by right clicking. I bet this has something to do with it. I think I might have tried playing with the radius numbers on lights and found something similar. This method is fine for creating fog (which uses lights), but might have a bad effect on emitting light correctly.
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TheJuice

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Category: DOOM III Level Design Posted: Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2004 02:21 pm
The radius is different than a light created by right clicking because it is determined by how large you make the brush? Right? Ok so I created a brush now and it was the size to perfectly fill the room. I turned it into a light. The radius was 192,192,128. I compiled the map and ran it and there was no light at all. I went back to the editor and looked at a light created by right clicking and the radius of that is 300,300,300. So I changed the Z value to 192 and it now works. AFter making a few more lights this way it seems that the Z value is the culprit. This method of creating lights sets the Z value way too low and it must be changed for the light to work properly.

minusmojo

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Category: DOOM III Level Design Posted: Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2004 02:41 pm
The brush MUST be bigger than the room, or AT LEAST touch a wall/side/ceiling Think about it this way - if the brush doesnt touch the wall - light wont touch the wall - if the brush doesnt touch the floor - the light wont touch the floor It does work by radious from the center point, and it will be brightest at the center - at the very edge, you WONT see much light, if any. I havent seen that happen as you say Juice, that is weird.

TheJuice

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Category: DOOM III Level Design Posted: Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2004 03:13 pm
Yes, I know. I did make one that extended passed the walls of the room and it had the same problem. I just had to adjust the Z value and everythings fine now.

minusmojo

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Category: DOOM III Level Design Posted: Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2004 03:21 pm
Hmmm weird, I guess I just havent had that happen to me - and I always make a brush and then right click it into being a light. shrugs

tyrantkiller

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Category: DOOM III Level Design Posted: Wednesday, Jul. 27, 2005 12:24 pm
referring back to pg.1, i also have a problem with that stupid gay J button. if this hasnt been answered yet, how do u get the light editor to come up cause i know it would be useful

ragnar

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Category: DOOM III Level Design Posted: Sunday, Jul. 31, 2005 02:55 pm
The lighting editor key dont work in fullscreen mode. Try to start the doom3 with the following shortcut: ...DOOM3.exe" + r_fullscreenmode0. If you start the game with this - not fullscren mode - , then the J button have to work.

ragnar

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Category: DOOM III Level Design Posted: Sunday, Jul. 31, 2005 03:45 pm
Sorry this shortcut does not work. The other way , that you modify a line in the doomconfig.cfg file : seta r_fullscreen "1" - fullscreen seta r_fullscreen "0" - windowed edited on Jul. 31, 2005 02:45 pm by ragnar

tyrantkiller

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Category: DOOM III Level Design Posted: Friday, Aug. 5, 2005 01:28 pm
so i type either one of those lines? or do i type both? Or do i type them both but simultaniously or alternatly