Tutorials

How to light an outdoor CS 1.6 map with a single light_environment, aim the sun with angle and pitch, and set the skybox name so gfx/env files render.

How GoldSrc lighting works: point lights, spotlights, the single light_environment sun tied to your sky, texture lights, and why hlrad bakes it all into lightmaps at compile time.

Why the GoldSrc engine throws AllocBlock: Full when a map has too many unique lightmaps, and how to fix it with texture scaling, fewer lights, and the -chart report.