How to make REALISTIC lighting in HAMMER EDITOR 

This tutorial is great, this technique of having a light_spot and a light entity is something that everyone thats starting with hammer should learn.

this really helped because my lights were looking like garbage

underrated,deserves more

You can use an updated editor called Hammer++ if you want to see real-time lighting updates in your viewport.

Awesome!!!

Thank you, it helped a lot.

I hope the author is alive, I want to see more hammer tutorials

Very nice!

The room looks awesome, tho i think the dustmotes may be bunched up too close, is there a way to spread them out?

Thank you

Thanks

Interesting! :)

Tremendo ❤ ahora mi mapa d left 4 dead 1 estaran mejor iluminados ❤

Could you do simmilar tutorial for ligt_env? escpiecially for night maps, thats something i been strugling for a while and some good tutorial would be most welcome.

Why not use point_spotlight instead of the sprite?

song?

ля пацы, разбирался, но так и не понял зачем триггер...

The most realistic form of lighting is to have no additional lights beside the light_spot. Adding the second light is cheating. The floor should bounce enough lighting to the ceiling and walls to light up the surrounding without it. If it doesn't, it's because the texture of the floor is too dark. This is how light works in real life.

live point_spotlight reaction:

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