[CrazY.]

Hello, it's possible to create lighting entities (light, light_spot, etc) with create_entity instead of TE_DLIGHT message?

I don't found enough informations about these entities in hlsdk.

[raizo11]

stock bool:createSquare(Float:vAngles[3],Float:vOrigin[3])
{ 
   	ent = create_entity( "info_target" );
	
   	if (is_valid_ent(ent)) 
   	{
		entity_set_string( ent , EV_SZ_classname, "square");
		entity_set_int(ent, EV_INT_solid, SOLID_BBOX); 
      		entity_set_int(ent, EV_INT_movetype, MOVETYPE_NONE); 
      		entity_set_model(ent, SQUARE); 
		entity_set_size( ent , Float:{ -80.0, -90.0, 0.0 }, Float:{ 80.0, 90.0, 10.0 } );
		entity_set_vector(ent, EV_VEC_angles, vAngles);
                entity_set_int(ent, EV_INT_fixangle , 1 );
      		entity_set_origin(ent, vOrigin);

                message_begin(MSG_BROADCAST,SVC_TEMPENTITY)
                write_byte(TE_DLIGHT) // 27
                write_coord(floatround(vOrigin[0])) // x
                write_coord(floatround(vOrigin[1])) // y
                write_coord(floatround(vOrigin[2])) // z
                write_byte(50) // radius
                write_byte(50) // Red
                write_byte(255) // Green
                write_byte(255) // Blue
                write_byte(255) // life
                write_byte(60) // decay rate
                message_end()
   	}

}

[CrazY.]

Without te_dlight and tempentity.

[E1_531G]

AFAIK, GoldSource doesn't support dynamic light, that means, "light" or "light_spot" entities created after map's compilation won't have any effect. But i didn't try.

Did you try? Try also with cs_create_entity("light").

[CrazY.]

Yes, only dynamic lights work in "real time". I Will leave thread open, case someone manage to do that and want to share.

[DarthMan]

Originally Posted by CrazY. Yes, only dynamic lights work in "real time". I Will leave thread open, case someone manage to do that and want to share.

I remember seeing a server with permanent lights. I am not sure how it worked, but the lights would never ever dissapear, you know, when you're using the de_dlight message to make lights and use a task to repeat the process, there is a little bit of lag so the lights are off for like 0.5 secs or whatever then they appear again. However, on that server, which is a TFC server, they would never dissapear. Still, I'm quite sure it's still the tempentity message, because, there is no other way to add lights after map completly loaded.

[Neeeeeeeeeel.-]

Originally Posted by DarthMan I remember seeing a server with permanent lights. I am not sure how it worked, but the lights would never ever dissapear, you know, when you're using the de_dlight message to make lights and use a task to repeat the process, there is a little bit of lag so the lights are off for like 0.5 secs or whatever then they appear again. However, on that server, which is a TFC server, they would never dissapear. Still, I'm quite sure it's still the tempentity message, because, there is no other way to add lights after map completly loaded.

Maybe 2 lights in the same point with different EOL times.

[DarthMan]

Originally Posted by Neeeeeeeeeel.- Maybe 2 lights in the same point with different EOL times.

Maybe, I don't know.

[wilianmaique]

does anyone know a good method?

[<VeCo>]

no, light is baked into the bsp