OK so I bought a gamepack from torque and i got all the images and such over into med properly, saved and loaded up in wed. the result is that the lighting is not showing up on the model whatsoever. I did a search and nothing came up. even looked in the manual. I have a feeling it is something simple. It looks like it is in this screen but I assure it is not


Shot at 2007-07-27

Heres a better screen of it. notice the light just passes right through the model


Shot at 2007-07-27

it's an MDL, isn't it? only static level geometry (that excludes Map Entities) will cast and receive proper shadows from static lights in WED.

julz

I have actually set the light on dynamic with the tick option in the editor and still is the same effect

all the dynamic flag means is that it will affect models without them having to detect the light colour between them (i think). it doesn't make models cast shadows.

julz

ok so basically I have 2 choices then ?

1. Use models and have no lighting at all.
2. Use level geometry and have fancy lights and shadows but have helluva load times and compile times

ventilator has script for models to have baked shadows, you could write shaders for realtime projected shadows/lights.

you can fake some shadows with sprites, too.

experiment with these ideas. some of them are annoying or tedious but it's the way to go.

ventilator's shadowmapped stuff is your easiest option.

julz

Ive also had similar problems with the dynamic flag. If I were you I would try using an entity that emits dynamic light, i found this works better.

Ok, I have the same problem and here is the answer:
When you finish putting all the models create a Hollow Cube but build each wall for individual and scale for covers all your level and in the properties marks the invisible flag.
It works to me. Tested and tell me the results.

The walls must be perfectly aligned, cannot be left space among them,like the original Hollow cube that can create in WED.