[SOLVED] Too Many Light Styles...

fug's Obsidian clips · Post by **fug4life** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:20 am

have you compared with de_prodigy's?

well here one of its lights.

phys_ballsocket
name:
entity1: lightfixture8

prop_physics_multiplayer
name: lightfixture8
disableshadows: yes
disable recieving: no

light_spot
(nothing special apart from make sure in smartedit spawnflags = 4 ??? idk why).

point_spotlight
parent: lightfixture8
(spawnflags = starton & would you believe it = NoDynamicLight).

Now de_prodigy have 11 of these shootable lights and as you can see its setup is alot simpler than yours and it creates the effect of when the model is shot the point_spotlight moves but the light spot stays put. lol there not even a move_rope there

and also virtually noting is named only the prop and only the ballsocket and the point_spotlight point to or parent to it.

So I suggest you go take a look if shootable lights your after I suggest these.

skidz · Post by **skidz** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:28 am

Throw a bunch of those flashlight dynamic lights up there.

shiftey · Post by **shiftey** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:29 am

Is there a keyframe_rope or move_rope? Because without it there would be no wire attaching the light to the ceiling unless the prop had a wire in which case the light won't swing when shot.

fug's Obsidian clips · Post by **fug4life** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:54 am

the prop is on the ballsocket it swings deffinately

shiftey · Post by **shiftey** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:59 am

Does the wire connecting the wall and light appear as well?

fug's Obsidian clips · Post by **fug4life** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:18 am

let me double check this!

Edit yep thats the model:

models/props/de_prodigy/lighthanging.mdl

This model can be dynamic and it has an idle sequence. If your using cs:s anyhow then why not

So basically the ballsocket is like 6-8 units from ceiling then the center of this prop is about another 6-8 units down from the center of the ballsocket.

See for yourself if you dont believe me.

shiftey · Post by **shiftey** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:18 am

I tried that setup and the light didn't move. So they must have randomly thrown a ballconstraint on their light model...weird

Steam · Post by **Shana** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:23 am

skidz wrote:Throw a bunch of those flashlight dynamic lights up there.

But that ent needs some fixes first

http://www.obsidianconflict.de/forums/v ... php?t=2639

fug's Obsidian clips · Post by **fug4life** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:22 pm

There^

As you can see there is no rope, the prop just rotates on the ballsocket.
You must of set it up wrong. It may not be as free movement as your after but I think its a good compromise.