prop_static lighting and day/night cycle problem

[Python1320]

light_environment with targetname
prop_statics with default settings except model name.
prop_statics are slightly underground, affecting this?

Images to show the problem:
[url]http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/8545/metastruct2220011.jpg[/url]
[url]http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5006/metastruct2220010.jpg[/url]
[url]http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1763/metastruct2220009.jpg[/url]
So basically prop_statics aren't receiving the lighting changes, which causes ugliness. Is there a way to fix this or what are the best workarounds that you know?

I was thinking:
- Override lighting position and use lamps to make them at least look good at day.
- Above, but make lamps that have toggleable states to simulate env lighting. This could even work?
- Ditch daynight cycle....

[Firegod522]

ditch the dynamic cycle.

[Legend286]

Or use colour correction instead.

[Sgt.Sickness]

Only thing you can do is change all the prop statics to prop dynamics or live with it like I did with evocityv17x.

[brerben]

[QUOTE=Sgt.Sgt;29048845]Only thing you can do is change all the prop statics to prop dynamics or live with it like I did with evocityv17x.[/QUOTE]

yea if you change the props to prop_dynamic make sure to add the keyvalue gmod_allowphysgun = 0

so people can't mess up the prop placement in your map

[Python1320]

[QUOTE=Firegod522;29041301]ditch the dynamic cycle.[/QUOTE]
No.
[QUOTE=Legend286;29043182]Or use colour correction instead.[/QUOTE]
No, I don't see how that would work on indoor areas?
[QUOTE=Sgt.Sgt;29048845]Only thing you can do is change all the prop statics to prop dynamics or live with it like I did with evocityv17x.[/QUOTE]
We're a build server. That would seriously hurt the maximum number entities we can use on the server.

[QUOTE=brerben;29091644]yea if you change the props to prop_dynamic make sure to add the keyvalue gmod_allowphysgun = 0

so people can't mess up the prop placement in your map[/QUOTE]
Yeah thanks for reminding, I already use it on other props though.

But back to the case. With GiGaBiTe we discovered the prop_statics can only become darker. e.g. if I change the light env from bright to dark the prop_statics fade nicely to black, but if I then try to make the world bright again, no can do. The props stay black.
I'm still determining if this can be fixed by Garry or Valve, if at all.

[editline]11th April 2011[/editline]

This is interesting. The lighting "works" now. What I did was "ent_fire setpattern lightenv az" to set some changing pattern and then "retry". Prop_statics work now as they should. Now to figure out what happens and how to fix it. We could then finally have slightly prettier day/night cycles without compromises.