Delete map default lightning

[Laffy]

Is it posible to delete all the lights that come with a map? or at least turn them off or something? i want to make a dark scene in a L4D map but the default light is a day light... halp!1!

[Pte Jack]

I believe that is only possible by editing the map in Hammer. Besides, most L4D maps are not compatible in SFM. Becareful when using them, you may find SFM will load them, only to crash if you move to a certain area of the map or add content to them.

[Marco Skoll]

This recompiler can strip lights out of maps, but doesn't seem to work properly for all maps. Still, when it works, it's a lot easier than needing to use Hammer.

https://sfmlab.com/item/1225/

[Laffy]

i downloaded the map from the workshop, it works.... "good" I don't really use the extra things fom the map because they doesn't even show up, everything shows up as "error"

So i need to use Hammer?... where do i get it?

[Capt Fuzzy]

Originally posted by Cr3epyD:

i downloaded the map from the workshop, it works.... "good" I don't really use the extra things fom the map because they doesn't even show up, everything shows up as "error"

So i need to use Hammer?... where do i get it?

It's included in the SFM SDK, just launch SFM from within the Steam interface, not from the desktop icon, and you will have the option to launch the SFM Hammer...

[Marco Skoll]

Originally posted by Cr3epyD:

everything shows up as "error"

Then you haven't got the L4D assets mounted to SFM.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=126371116

[Pte Jack]

Check the recompiler that Marco suggested. Getting into Hammer has a completely new learning curve on its own (and then there is no guarantee that the map will recompile after the fix.)

[Laffy]

Well, thanks everyone! i'll try to do this

[Capt Fuzzy]

I've used Hammer in the past to make maps for CS1.5 and 1.6, it DOES have a steep learning curve, so don't think you will just open it up and do blah, blah, blah, and poof, there's the finished product. It doesn't work that way at all... lol

[Laura Vanderbooben]

Open the decompiled map in hammer

Go into the "entity report" box

delete all "light" entities

recompile

or just edit the light_env entity

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=334175655&searchtext=dark

[Capt Fuzzy]

Originally posted by Dingle Trashboat|sleep:

Open the decompiled map in hammer

Go into the "entity report" box

delete all "light" entities

recompile

Yeah, IF you already know the program and where all that is... lol
Unless they've changed it since the last time I used it, which has been a while.

[Laura Vanderbooben]

Originally posted by Capt Fuzzy:

Originally posted by Dingle Trashboat|sleep:

Open the decompiled map in hammer

Go into the "entity report" box

delete all "light" entities

recompile

Yeah, IF you already know the program and where all that is... lol
Unless they've changed it since the last time I used it, which has been a while.

Hammer hasn't changed in a good 10/15 years. It's all the same.

[Capt Fuzzy]

Originally posted by Dinglebert Trashboat:

Hammer hasn't changed in a good 10/15 years. It's all the same.

Cool, I think I'm gonna get back into it and remake my Nostromo map from CS 1.6!!...
I had the full interior, all 3 decks modelled.., it was pretty nice...

[Aliassfm]

I can't believe nobody has suggested tonemapscaling...
Create an animationset for your camera and drop the tonemapscale to super low. That will make everything (light included) darker. You then just edit the slider ranges of your lights by a few orders of magnitude to compensate.

Same effect with none of this decompiling stuff.

[Marco Skoll]

Originally posted by Aliassfm:

I can't believe nobody has suggested tonemapscaling...

The reason we didn't suggest it is because it often causes more problems than it solves.

For any $selfillum and $additive materials, including many/most particle effects, turning down the tonemapscale cannot be compensated for by adjusting the scene lighting, because they don't respond to any lighting.

It's generally better to recompile the lighting out of a map rather than trying to control it using tonemapscale.