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From: "David H. Bronke" <ci363@freenet.buffalo.edu>
Subject: Re: Worldspawn & Sun entity
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On Fri, 20 Feb 1998, Alexander Rina=DF wrote:

> I am using GLQoole 2.31 and my compiling utilities are at 1.03.
>=20
> Now I don't get the thing with this "Worldspawn Entity Set". What is
> this?
> I have figured out, that when editing my .map-file, there is something
> called Worldspawn, and at the end some entities.

Worldspawn is the "controlling"entity of the level. It includes all of the
brushes and entities in the level. When you edit the properties of Worldspa=
wn
(Object menu, Entity Properties, without anything selected) you can change =
the
ambience, default light
level, CD track to play, etc. of the current level.

> But when I add entities and let Qoole run the compiling utilities it
> somehow overwrites
> the .map-file, because afterwards my additions are not included anymore.
>=20
> So how do I can I change worldspawn entities?
> I probably get another problem after solving the one above:
> I would like to add the sun entity, and in the QRad.txt they say, I
> shouldn't leave it blank but enter a dummy value instead. And what is a
> dummy value?
> I suppose like this...
>=20
> "sun"            ""
>=20
> ..it is blank and wrong.
>

Sorry, I don't know about the "sun" entity, so I cant help U there

>=20
> Well, I hope someone can help. Thanks if you are the one.
>=20
> Tricky
>=20
>=20
>=20

David H. Bronke
Quake+Doom level creator, programmer ;'), and Web Page maker.
E-Mail: ci363@freenet.buffalo.edu
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