Light Entities

Entity	Description
light	A normal ent light, invisible
light_mine1	A light from the mine levels, have a shape
light_mine2	A light from the mine levels, have a shape

light

The basic light entity that you will use in most cases of ent lighting. By default this acts a single point of light that expands equally in all directions. Here are some of the ways this behavior can be modified.

keypairs

light: This is the brightness of the light, which has a proportional relationship with the fall-off distance of the light. The default value is 300.

_color: The color of light the ent will emit. This uses a # # # format where each # corresponds to a reg/green/blue value. However it does not use the typical 0-255 format and instead uses proportional values. For example, 0 0 1 would emit pure blue light, but 0 0 .1 would emit the same color blue. Additionally, .5 1 1, .25 .5 .5, and 50 100 100 would emit the same color.

style: This determines if a light will be dynamic or static. To choose a light style, choose from the list below. The light patterns use the alphabet for a scale of on/off-ness. a represents total darkness, m represents normal, and z represents double brightness. Styles 1-11 are available for use. In order to see dynamic players must use gl_dynamic 1.

	Style	Letter Pattern
1	FLICKER (first variety)	“mmnmmommommnonmmonqnmmo”
2	SLOW STRONG PULSE	“abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba”
3	CANDLE (first variety)	“mmmmmaaaaammmmmaaaaaabcdefgabcdefg”
4	FAST STROBE	“mamamamamama”
5	GENTLE PULSE 1	“jklmnopqrstuvwxyzyxwvutsrqponmlkj”
6	FLICKER (second variety)	“nmonqnmomnmomomno”
7	CANDLE (second variety)	“mmmaaaabcdefgmmmmaaaammmaamm”
8	CANDLE (third variety)	“mmmaaammmaaammmabcdefaaaammmmabcdefmmmaaaa”
9	SLOW STROBE (fourth variety)	“aaaaaaaazzzzzzzz”
10	FLUORESCENT FLICKER	“mmamammmmammamamaaamammma”
11	SLOW PULSE NOT FADE TO BLACK	“abcdefghijklmnopqrrqponmlkjihgfedcba”

_cone: Used for spotlights. In order to make a spotlight you need to target an info_null. Place the info_null where you want the light to aim. The default cone size is 10, a higher number makes the spotlight larger.

light_mine1/2

These are simple predefined lights that were used in the mine levels in the single player campaign. They are just like the lights from above, but have a shape instead of being invisible.

light_mine1	light_mine2