making flares non-solid

[prisoner]

how do i make flares non-solid? if i use sof2 compile they a non-solid but i use any version of q3map2 its solid... wut do i do to make flares non-solid in q3map2 compile?

[wedge2211]

Cover the unseen sides of the brush with nodraw.

[Leslie Judge]

Or use a square patch mesh. The flare shader should make it non solid.

 

Hehh, lots of options.

[ydnar]

Or simply make a light entity with a "_flare" "1" or "_flareshader" "<shader>".

 

Then it will be a normal JK2-style z-buffer occluded light flare.

 

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[prisoner]

i tried doing the patch mesh, i tried doing a brush caulked or nodrawed on all sides except one, still ITS SOLID! ydnar can u give me a screenshot to show me wut ur talking about?

[wedge2211]

Be sure you're using nodraw and NOt nodraw_solid.

 

Ydnar means you make a light entity, press n, add key "_flare" and value "1" or key "_flareshader" and value "<shadername>"

 

I've never tried that before, but ydnar made q3map2 and so he's most certainly right.

[sematriclen]

or maybe you could open the properties with shaderED that came with the editor and make another copy of the flare and make the properties non_solid

[prisoner]

:mad: i have tried all of the things u have said in the forum...... NONE OF THEM WORKED... FLARE STILL SOLID!....... LIGHT WITH KEY "_flare" VALUE "1" DIDN'T WORK AND THERE WAS NO LIGHT!! if u just cant give me proven worked lights at least try to..... if have a proven flare send it to me and tell me wut to do email: wilsbr549@comcast.net

[Emon]

Make sure you compile with Q3Map2 when using the light entity flares. It has to work, ydnar wrote it.

[ydnar]

Make sure you compile with the -flares option when creating the BSP. This enables flare surfaces for JKII/SOF2.

 

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