MoP: Its location in the world DOES matter! Also made the process more clear.

2007-11-26T11:50:55Z

Its location in the world DOES matter! Also made the process more clear.

Ducks: Batch update

2007-11-21T17:26:21Z

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The [[Entity atmosphere|atmosphere entity]] essentially adds a ‘sky’ to the map. Its location in the world doesn’t matter. Add an [[Entity atmosphere|atmosphere entity]] and give it a key pair of {{keyname|atmospheredecl}}{{keyvalue|area22_01}}. This is a nice bright, clear day. In order for game components to behave correctly later on, we need to define an outside area in our map.

[[Image:Small outsideportal box.jpg|thumb|left|
This tells the game which area is outside and which is inside. Inside being the room we just made, and outside being the rest of the map.
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# Like the caulk hull, by using 6 brushes, create a small room from <tt>[[Common Textures#common/caulk|textures/common/caulk]]</tt> underneath the terrain.
# Texture one of the brushes with <tt>[[Common Textures#common/nodraw|textures/common/nodraw]]</tt>, and nudge the brush inwards so the outer face is flush with the adjacent four sides.
# Now texture the outward face with <tt>[[Common Textures#editor/outsideportal|textures/editor/outsideportal]]</tt>.

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== See Also ==
* [[Common Textures]]
* [[Portal Basics]]

[[Category:Basic Level Design]]

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-The [[Entity atmosphere|atmosphere entity]] essentially adds a ‘sky’ to the map. Its location in the world doesn’t matter. Add an [[Entity atmosphere|atmosphere entity]] and give it a key pair of {{keyname|atmospheredecl}}{{keyvalue|area22_01}}. This is a nice bright, clear day. In order for game components to behave correctly later on, we need to define an outside area in our map.
+An atmosphere is needed to add sky, ambient light and sunlight to the outdoor areas of the map.
 # Like the caulk hull, by using 6 brushes, create a small room from <tt>[[Common Textures#common/caulk|textures/common/caulk]]</tt> underneath the terrain.
 # Texture one of the brushes with <tt>[[Common Textures#common/nodraw|textures/common/nodraw]]</tt>, and nudge the brush inwards so the outer face is flush with the adjacent four sides.
-# Now texture the outward face with <tt>[[Common Textures#editor/outsideportal|textures/editor/outsideportal]]</tt>.
+# Now texture the outward face with <tt>[[Common Textures#editor/outsideportal|textures/editor/outsideportal]]</tt>. It should look like the image below.

Adding an atmosphere - Revision history

MoP: Its location in the world DOES matter! Also made the process more clear.

Ducks: Batch update