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Opiate wrote:
> 
> Just a quick question. Does anyone know if sky textures emit their own
> light and if so is this light adjustable?
> 
> I have a room with some windows where the background is a sky texture
> and need to know if they will be emitting their own light before i
> start to light this room. Also, i want to put a light inside the sky
> texture brush (so that the window frame/bars cast a shadow on the
> ground), but when i compile the map will qbsp recognize that there is
> an entity inside the brush before removing the outside faces or should
> i enclose the sky texture in another brush.
> 
> Thanks in advance, and if this sounds a little confusing tell me, its
> 6:30 in the morning and i havent slept yet (have to get these ideas
> out of my damn head! it HURTS!! ARGH!!! :) )
> 
> [CG]Opiate
> Opiate's Texture Warehouse - http://www.escape.ca/~opiate


Nope they don't but there is some vis version somewhere that enables sky
textures to emit light.
(Find it somewhere on 1 of the big quake file archive sites)

Cya Borsato

