1. i made my skybox but now when i walk in my map i see the skybox and i want a sun etc. how do you make that?

2. how do you make a wall so no one can move out the map
cause when i'm in my map and i walk out the map i jump in my skybox ground

2. Just place a wall right next to the skybox texture, u can create buildings that are closing the maps, or small fences, small walls, brushes,...

The sun is set in the worldspawn settings. And run the lighting part of the compile.

if you dont want anyone moving out of the map you put a player clip texture along the outs side of the map, also u can bring the skybox walls closer to the map

1. You will need to create a mp_yourmapname.sun in the "call of duty 2\main\sun" directory.

the contents of that file should look like this

r_sunsprite_shader "sun_trainyard"
r_sunsprite_size "109.722"
r_sunflare_shader "sun_flare_trainyard"
r_sunflare_min_size "390.1"
r_sunflare_min_angle "82.3608"
r_sunflare_max_size "889.3"
r_sunflare_max_angle "0"
r_sunflare_max_alpha "0.45622"
r_sunflare_fadein "0.2604"
r_sunflare_fadeout "0.2992"
r_sunblind_min_angle "62.4258"
r_sunblind_max_angle "14.6015"
r_sunblind_max_darken "0.23165"
r_sunblind_fadein "0.5"
r_sunblind_fadeout "1"
r_sunglare_min_angle "20.7108"
r_sunglare_max_angle "5.7933"
r_sunglare_max_lighten "0.0930199"
r_sunglare_fadein "0.7758"
r_sunglare_fadeout "3"
r_sun_fx_position "-38.6856 -53.8224 0"

the main setting you need to change is r_sun_fx_position "-38.6856 -53.8224 0" change the coordinates to match a location of your sun to the sundirection you are using in your worldspawn settings.

I can allready see a tutorial is going to be needed for further explanation of all the settings but for now this will give you a sun.

my bad, you dont have to put a player clip, buildings and fences work fine

the same here !!
i cant get no sun on my map!!
or when i m getting some sun, it lights all my car and models inside my buildings and its damn dark outside!!!
can you just give us a good tutorial for SUN and how to create a spawnworld that works!!
i have tried the sun dir thing, the line in worldspawn in entity...nothing seems to work, and its still dark on my map
thank you guys...

basic lighting is done in the worldspawn settings. There is a tutorial on how to add these in the CoD section. And the stock CoD2 settings can be found in the CoD2 tutorial section.

Just to clarify, the procedure i described is to get a visual representation of a sun in your sky. It does not provide light to your map that is done in the world spawn settings as The_Caretaker stated.

that is great info:)
so if i used the code above to make a sun visible then i would use the sunlight comand to light the map, yes?
is the sundirection the actual position of the LIGHT that is set by the sunlight entry?
I would like to make the light come from the position of the sun in the skybox grafic. would this be done like finding a location for a radio on an HQ map? i could use a brush to figure out its location?
ive been looking for some good definitions on the worldspawn settings cant seem to find them.

edited on May. 22, 2006 06:16 pm by Maniacal