Delta_135

i know

i just wanted to see if it could be done

just for fun

just trying to find another way to add light

using normal light entry's take a while to get right

so i thought it might go a bit faster to use shader light

but it's only an experiment so i can live without it

nope doesn't work

just gives me a black blue-light emitting brush

title might be a bit misleading...

anyway I've been trying to make a texture give off a blue light and that works just fine

but i want the texture to be 100% transparent so it looks like the light is coming out of no were

yes, i know about the light entry in radiant and that you can color it

but just wanna see if it can be done.

here is the shader i've been playing around with it for the past 2 days

textures/lights/blue
{
qer_editorimage textures/lights/blue
q3map_surfacelight 4000
surfaceparm nodamage
surfaceparm nomarks
surfaceparm nonsolid
surfaceparm nonopaque
{
map $lightmap
}
{
map textures/lights/blue
blendFunc GL_SRC_ALPHA_SATURATE GL_ONE_MINUS_DST_ALPHA
}
{
map textures/lights/blue
blendFunc GL_SRC_ALPHA GL_SRC_ALPHA
rgbGen wave sin 0 0 1 10
}
}

​but no matter what i do it wont go transparent, ether i get a blue box or a black box witch emit blue light

and if i add "surfaceparm nodraw" it wont emit any light what so ever

i've been working on a small duel map and it needs light of course

so i found a texture that emits a blue light and decided to take a look at it's shader

textures/mp/s_bluestrip
{
q3map_lightimage textures/mp/s_bluestrip_blend.tga
qer_editorimage textures/mp/s_bluestrip.tga
q3map_surfacelight 3000
q3map_lightsubdivide 60
{
	map $lightmap
}
{
	map textures/mp/s_bluestrip
	blendFunc GL_DST_COLOR GL_ZERO
}
{
	map textures/mp/s_bluestrip_blend
	blendFunc GL_ONE GL_ONE
	rgbGen wave sin 0.85 0.005 0 10
}
}

i'm guessing it's the "rgbGen wave sin" line but not sure how it's works

as far as i konw RGB number need to hole numbers and not like the ones used in the line

so does it work like this: Red 0.85 Green 0.005 Blue 0 ? 10 < not sure what this is

or is it using some kind of other code?

thanks

i think may return to mapping just need to find some inspiration

i'm not sure if anyone remember me from the JKA forums (been there 1 or 2 years) i didn't really post that much

just wanted to say that the website looks really good so far

so keep up the good work