Any simple way to make the map darker? Maybe and addon?
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(Sorry for bad eng)
I've been looking too long for something that could let me edit the overall lightning. I'm not willing to edit it through hammer and recompile all the stuff. I tried with StormFox (And I don't wanna talk about atmos) but it never got the dark enough and the 0% of light makes it look like sh*t. I also don't want to use the fog editor, because it messes up with the flashlight, so i haven't found something that could match the dark enough for me. If there's not any addon that can handle this, i guess i'll have to use a script
You color correct the map. That will permanently edit the bsp so it will stay that way
(if you dont want that, but want to color correct it while playing only, just use the shaders like colormod and bloom, etc in the menu (press Q))
But assuming you already know that, here are the steps to change the map's lighting without recompiling.
Do the following:
Go into the map.
-Open teh console and write colorcorrectionui (probably requires sv_cheats 1)
Customize stuff (add color curves for example) - VERY IMPORTANT, if you don't see any changes in the color, exit the game, and read plan B below \/ \/
When you are done, save it somewhere (.raw file).
Open up the BSP with Pakrat
Replace the color correction file, that the map originally uses, with the one you just made.
Bam, done.
PLAN B - If the map doesn't have color_correction entity
You still aren't completely screwed. You can do this "trick".
download Entspy: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Entspy
don't worry, its not super complicated.
Open the BSP with Entspy, and make a color_correction entity. Just do this:
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/152811/95c4a9a6-6d66-4393-a5dd-e01159474d96/waaass.png
Click on "Add" (bottom left)
Press enter.
Write the stuff that is on the right (exactly as it's shown)
File>Save
Choose the first option
This will produce a new BSP, with the entity added inside.
Now just replace the map with this one.
Then, just do the steps from Plan A. You should now see changes in the color.
I hope I have helped you, if you have problems, ask me.
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