[sgtbane]

engine:

set_lights("a")

fakemeta:

engfunc(EngFunc_LightStyle,0,"a")

both of them do the same thing, but there is a problem...
when using the fakemeta method, it does not always make the players darker as well.

eg: in maps like de_dust and cs_assault when standing in the open you stick out like a sore thumb. though when trying to see the light level of the player it says its much darker then its showing up as.

(method used to find level)

public client_PreThink(id)
{
    if (!is_user_alive(id)) return PLUGIN_CONTINUE
    new Float:lambert
    pev(id,pev_light_level,lambert)
    client_print(id,print_center,"lambert: %i",floatround(lambert))
    return PLUGIN_CONTINUE
}

it will do the same when using other values besides "a" as a flag, but only in certian spots.

does anyone know why it does this? am I maby using this wrong?

engfunc(EngFunc_LightStyle,<THISTHING>,"a")

I have tried using different numbers for "<THISTHING>" but only 0 gives me results, and it says its an integer. whats that number used for anyways?

[SAMURAI16]

1) Why are you use fakemeta functions in a engine forward ?
2) For engfunc(EngFunc_LightStyle,<THISTHING>,"a")
Try one if this :

#define EF_BRIGHTFIELD 1      // Swirling cloud of particles
#define EF_MUZZLEFLASH 2           // Single frame ELIGHT on entity attachment 0
#define EF_BRIGHTLIGHT 4           // DLIGHT centered at entity origin
#define EF_DIMLIGHT 8              // Player flashlight
#define EF_INVLIGHT 16           // Get lighting from ceiling
#define EF_NOINTERP 32         // Don't interpolate the next frame
#define EF_LIGHT 64             // Rocket flare glow sprite
#define EF_NODRAW 128      // Don't draw entity

[VEN]

Make sure that CVars values for sv_skycolor_<r|g|b> is equal to 0.

Try one if this

This isn't for that. It's for effects pev.

[SAMURAI16]

yeah i know, i just say try

[sgtbane]

your right, I shouldn't mix engine and fakemeta. that was an accident. Though client_prethink(id) was working without the engine module enabled :S

public plugin_init() 
{
    register_forward(FM_PlayerPreThink,"Forward_PreThink")
}

public Forward_PreThink(id) 
{
    if (!is_user_alive(id)) return FMRES_IGNORED
    new Float:lambert
    pev(id,pev_light_level,lambert)
    client_print(id,print_center,"lambert: %i",floatround(lambert))
    return FMRES_IGNORED
}

Im gonna try the skycolor thing and report back with the results.

edit:
I tried the sv_skycolor_r|g|b and it did the trick
Thankyou very much VEN!