I am using the same skybox and values that the map matmata uses but there are two problems. The hieght of the sun is different in my map and there is no sun glare when you look at the sun. I heard that you could make a .sun file but i dont know how and i dont know if thats true. Please help.

Create a new folder in the same place you keep all your other folders called "sun" (lower case no quotes) and inside the folder create a new .txt file called "your_map_name.txt" and paste this text into the .txt file...

r_sunsprite_shader "sun_silotown_assault"
r_sunsprite_size "28.8433"
r_sunflare_shader "sun_flare_toujane"
r_sunflare_min_size "237.8"
r_sunflare_min_angle "84.6081"
r_sunflare_max_size "1309.4"
r_sunflare_max_angle "5.77639"
r_sunflare_max_alpha "0.36121"
r_sunflare_fadein "0.2604"
r_sunflare_fadeout "0.2992"
r_sunblind_min_angle "33.9543"
r_sunblind_max_angle "9.9647"
r_sunblind_max_darken "0.20934"
r_sunblind_fadein "0.5"
r_sunblind_fadeout "1"
r_sunglare_min_angle "10.6101"
r_sunglare_max_angle "48.2526"
r_sunglare_max_lighten "0.21569"
r_sunglare_fadein "2.263"
r_sunglare_fadeout "3"
r_sun_fx_position "-41 212 0"

Finally rename the file to "your_map_name.sun" and recompress the folders with winzip or winrar to make a new .iwd file

/fullaholes...

i made the new iwd file but it did not work. the sun file has the extension .sun but it is still a txt file (i dont know if thats ok). The folder sun is located in my maps/mp folder for my map. Maybe i have to change the hieght of the sun im not sure any suggestions?


edited on Nov. 8, 2006 06:03 pm by jgreen827

For the sun and glare to show up you must have DX9 enabled.

You have the "sun" folder in the wrong place. It doesn't need to be in your maps/mp folder, it needs to be outside of your maps folder like your mp or soundaliases folder.

/fullaholes...

EDIT: And like sharkeh has mentioned, you need DX9 turned on in-game to see the effect..



edited on Nov. 8, 2006 06:32 pm by fullaholes

how do you enable dx9

To enable DX9 in game you go to your graphics menu.

you mean the graphics menu in the game or on the computer?

if you are turning it on in the game, it would be in the game graphics menu. Go to options> graphics> render preference.


btw guys... its called a main folder. soundaliases, mp, maps, sun, textures, etc. are in ur main folder. Same place you put your iwd files. Its called the main folder because....its the main folder.

well heres the deal. im still not getting that lovely glare effect that i long for (lol). the sun folder is in the same drectory as my maps, mp, sounaliases, images, materials, and sound folder. These folders are located in main/mp_mirage folder. My maps name is mirage. I know that I can see the glare because when i play other maps like matmata i see it, but anyway DX9 is now enabled. It was before but that didnt stop me from seeing the glare in other maps. Now I can only think of two things that may be wrong.\

1. My sun file has the extension .sun but it is still a txt file unlike a gsc file for example which becomes a gsc file when you save it .gsc. So that could be one thing.

2. Another possibility is that im using the skybox that mp_matmata uses which i think is libyatown. In this skybox the sun setting and is by default behind a mountain. Perhaps to see a glare the sun hieght needs to be changed so that the sun is visable. If you think this may be the problem please tell me how to change the hieght. I know in the map matmata the sun hieght is higher even though I copied the keys and values directly from this site for matmata.

Please let me know if you have any ideas. Really want to get this to work thank you all so much for your help so far.