[Tutorial] REMOVING UGLY SHADOWS

[YM]

Then you've done something wrong. Double and tripple check everything you did.

[Undies]

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Originally Posted by VelvetFistIronGlove

I went through every tf2 model, and identified all (I believe) the models that use alpha textures that you'd want these rules for, so here's a complete custom lights-tf2.rad:

forcetextureshadow models/props_gameplay/security_fence_big01.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_gameplay/security_fence_big02.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_gameplay/security_fence512.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_gameplay/security_fence512_lower.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_gameplay/security_fence512_skybox.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_gameplay/security_fence256.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_gameplay/security_fence32.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_gameplay/security_fence64.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_gameplay/security_fence64_lower.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_gameplay/security_fence80.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_gameplay/security_fence_section01.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_gameplay/security_fence128.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_gameplay/security_fence128_lower.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_gameplay/security_fence256_gate01.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_gameplay/security_fence256_gate02.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_gameplay/security_fence256_lower.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_farm/haypile001.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_farm/tree001.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_farm/tree001_skybox.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_gameplay/door_grate001_bottom.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_gameplay/door_grate001_top.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_gameplay/door_grate002_bottom.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_gameplay/door_grate002_top.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_gameplay/door_grate003_bottom.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_gameplay/door_grate003_top.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/bramble001a.mdl 
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/bramble001a_skybox.mdl 
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/corn_plant01.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/shrub_01a.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/shrub_02a.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/shrub_03_card.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/shrub_03_card_skybox.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/shrub_03_cluster.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/shrub_03_cluster02.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/shrub_03_cluster_skybox.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/shrub_03a.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/shrub_03b.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/shrub_03c.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/shrub_04a.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/shrub_04b.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/tree01.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/tree02.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/tree_pine01.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/tree_pine01_4cluster.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/tree_pine01_8cluster.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/tree_pine01_8cluster.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_forest/shrub_03_cluster.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_forest/shrub_03b.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_forest/shrub_03c.mdl

If you come across any I've missed, let me know and I'll add them here.

Quote:

Originally Posted by An Icy Mouse

Add these new ones for the recent update:

forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/tree_pine_huge.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/tree_pine_small.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/tree_pine_extrasmall.mdl

Would appear that these are missing too:

forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/grass_01.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/grass_02.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/grass_02_cluster01.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/grass_02_cluster02.mdl
forcetextureshadow models/props_foliage/grass_02_detailmodel.mdl

[sniprpenguin]

I just have a quick question pertaining to this.

I would like to do the nice prop-lighting compile with all the parameters stated in the tutorial EXCEPT for the lights_youme.rad. Would the following work?

-lights -both -staticproppolys -staticproplighting -textureshadows -final -game $gamedir $path\$file

Or is the lights parameter not necessary? I noticed that it needed to go before light_youme.rad but it's not included in the regular light compile.

[YM]

-lights is not needed unless followed by the lights rad file.

I must ask though why you'd want to run -textureshadows without anything to tell the engine which props have texture shadows?

[sniprpenguin]

Quote:

Originally Posted by YM

-lights is not needed unless followed by the lights rad file.

I must ask though why you'd want to run -textureshadows without anything to tell the engine which props have texture shadows?

I was originally going to try and get a nice lightmap without going through too much additional work, but since that textureshadows works off of the light_youme you created, I'll try it instead.

Basically, I wanted to do less work.

[stevethepocket]

Bumping to let you all know that I added this information to the Dev Wiki here. Let me know if I got something wrong, since I paraphrased as liberally as I could.

[YM]

Rewritten this at nodraw.net - http://www.nodraw.net/2010/12/lighting-compile-options/

with some minor extras - http://www.subtleallusion.com/blog/?p=36

[honeymustard]

One thing that should be mentioned somewhere is that the current lights.rad in the GCF is up to date these days. So you shouldn't need to create your own .rad file (unless you're using custom props).

Nice to see nodraw.net in my RSS feed again.