Players rendered black

[Clueless Newbie]

In a level I released recently (Torus: http://www.notam02.no/~clund/nexuiz/Torus.pk3 ), it turns out that the players are all rendered as black silhouettes - except for the glowy bits.

What causes this and how do I fix it? The level is otherwise well lit.

[divVerent]

The textures are too bright, and there is not enough light.

However, you CAN fix the map afterwards using my tool from http://www.forums.alientrap.local/viewtopi ... t=bsp+tool

(the screenshot... oops, I overwrote it...)

In your case:

cp torus.bsp torus-new.bsp; ./bspscale torus-new.bsp lg-mul 3 3 3

and all players/etc. get three times as bright.

[Clueless Newbie]

The textures are too bright, and there is not enough light.

However, you CAN fix the map afterwards using my tool from http://www.forums.alientrap.local/viewtopi ... t=bsp+tool

(the screenshot... oops, I overwrote it...)

In your case:

cp torus.bsp torus-new.bsp; ./bspscale torus-new.bsp lg-mul 3 3 3

and all players/etc. get three times as bright.

Hmm.. What I get from your link is an uncompiled c file. How do I use this? Do I compile it and then ...?

But I'll try making the textures darker and increasing the lights.

[Clueless Newbie]

The textures are too bright, and there is not enough light.

I have now made the textures darker (first darker by 66%, and then by 50%), and increased the lights. A lot.
What I discovered is that when I do a fast compile, like this:

-deluxemap
-fastbounce
-faster
-fastgrid
-bounce 8
-samples 8

The player colours are fully visible - just like with the version that I uploaded a couple of days ago. But when I do the final compile, like this:

-bouncegrid
-deluxemap
-shade
-bounce 8
-samples 8

- the result are players that are displayed as black outlines while the textures still get too bright, I didn't have this problem with RustVents / SmallVents.